Zhenhua Lu

ORCID: 0000-0003-1711-0495
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Research Areas
  • Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
  • Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management
  • Horticultural and Viticultural Research
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Pomegranate: compositions and health benefits
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Semiconductor materials and devices
  • Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
  • Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
  • Nuts composition and effects
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Nanowire Synthesis and Applications
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences

Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute
2016-2025

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
2016-2025

Sanya University
2025

Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences
2024

Ministère de l'Agriculture et de la Souveraineté alimentaire
2023

Southwest University
2011

Citrus Research Institute
2011

South Texas Veterans Health Care System
2007

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
2007

High concentrations of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) are required for climacteric ethylene biosynthesis to cause fruit softening in melting flesh peaches at the late ripening stage. By contrast, fruits stony hard peach cultivars do not soften and produce little due low IAA concentrations. To investigate regulation accumulation during [the transition from stage S3 S4 III (climacteric)], a digital gene expression (DGE) analysis was performed. The patterns auxin-homeostasis-related genes were...

10.1093/jxb/erv400 article EN cc-by Journal of Experimental Botany 2015-08-24

The plant hormone ethylene regulates ripening in climacteric fruits. phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) affects biosynthesis, but whether influences ABA biosynthesis is unknown. To explore this possibility, we investigated the interactions between genes PpNCED2/3 and response transcription factor PpERF3 peach fruit. content increased during fruit maturation reached a peak at stage S4 III. increase was greatly inhibited by inhibitor 1-MCP, which also suppressed expression. shared similar...

10.1038/s41438-018-0094-2 article EN cc-by Horticulture Research 2019-01-08

Mutation rates vary between species, strains within species and regions a genome. What are the determinants of these forms variation? Here, via parent-offspring sequencing peach we ask whether (i) woody perennials tend to have lower per unit time mutation compared annuals, (ii) hybrid high rates. Between leaf from low heterozygosity individual, derived an intraspecific cross, its selfed progeny, rate is 7.77 × 10-9 point mutations bp generation, similar Arabidopsis thaliana (7.0-7.4...

10.1098/rspb.2016.1016 article EN cc-by Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 2016-10-19

The green peach aphid (GPA), Myzus persicae (Sülzer), is a widespread phloem-feeding insect that significantly influences the yield and visual quality of [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch]. Single dominant gene (Rm3)-based resistance provides effective management this invasive pest, although little known about molecular responses plants to GPA feeding. To illustrate mechanisms monogenic in young tissue-infecting GPAs, aphid-resistant/aphid-susceptible lines from segregating population with Rm3/rm3...

10.1186/s12864-018-5215-7 article EN cc-by BMC Genomics 2018-11-28

Seed hardness is a unique trait for edibility and an important breeding target pomegranates. We compared changes in hormones during the development of soft- hard-seeded varieties order to identify key developmental stages that affect seed lignin synthesis accumulation. During pomegranate seeds, accumulates significantly stereid layer, degree lignification higher Shandazi than Huazi cultivars. The results showed accumulation layer outer coat reason differences between soft-seeded variety...

10.3390/horticulturae11010038 article EN cc-by Horticulturae 2025-01-03

Stony hard (SH) peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch) fruit does not release ethylene and has very firm crisp flesh at ripening, both on- off-tree. Long-term cold storage can induce production a serious risk of chilling injury in SH fruit; however, the regulatory mechanism underlying stony is relatively unclear. In this study, we analyzed phytohormone levels, firmness, transcriptome, lipidome changes 'Zhongtao 9' (CP9) during (4 °C). The expression level biosynthesis gene PpACS1 content were...

10.3390/ijms222111308 article EN International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2021-10-20

Peach (Prunus persica) is a typical climacteric fruit that produces ethylene rapidly during ripening, and its softens quickly. Stony hard peach cultivars, however, do not produce large amounts of ethylene, the remains firm until fully ripe, thus differing from melting flesh cultivars. To identify key proteins involved in an antibody-based proteomic analysis was conducted. A mega-monoclonal antibody (mAb) library generated arrayed on chip (mAbArray) at high density, covering ~4950 different...

10.1038/s41438-020-0249-9 article EN cc-by Horticulture Research 2020-03-15

Walnut ( Juglans ) species are economically important hardwood trees cultivated worldwide for both edible nuts and high-quality wood. Broad-scale assessments of diversity, evolutionary history, domestication needed to improve walnut breeding. In this study, we sequenced 309 accessions from around the world, including 55 relatives, 98 wild Persian walnuts J . regia ), 70 landraces, 86 cultivars. The phylogenetic tree indicated that samples (section Dioscaryon were monophyletic within core...

10.1371/journal.pgen.1010513 article EN cc-by PLoS Genetics 2022-12-07

The pomegranate fruit is valued for its nutritional and medicinal properties, the composition content of primary secondary metabolites are main factors impacting properties. However, a deep understanding in different parts still lacking. Here, peel, aril, seed mature fruits were analyzed separately to compare metabolic component differences using UPLC/MS-MS. A total 858 belonging 11 classes identified, which flavonoids, such as delphinidin-3-O-glucoside cyanidin-3-O-glucoside; tannins,...

10.1002/fsn3.4264 article EN cc-by Food Science & Nutrition 2024-06-26

The walnut (Juglans regia L.) is a typical and an economically important tree species for nut production with heterodichogamy. absence of female male flowering periods seriously affects both the pollination fruit setting rates walnuts, thereby affecting yield quality. Therefore, studying characteristics processes flower bud differentiation helps in gaining deeper understanding regularity mechanism heterodichogamy walnuts. In this study, total 3540 proteins were detected 885 unique...

10.3390/ijms25147878 article EN International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2024-07-18

The chemical compositions of juice and peel from 37 cultivars pomegranates grown in China were identified using UPLC-Q TOF MS. total phenolic contents antioxidant activities pomegranate samples also determined to make comparisons their potential nutraceutical values. A 20 25 compounds tentatively the samples. For samples, No. 32 Italy showed greatest abilities scavenging DPPH ABTS free radicals, a registered novel cultivar 24 value oxygen radical. 8 Anhui Province generally greater values...

10.1155/2023/9915770 article EN Journal of Food Processing and Preservation 2023-12-05

Piercing/sucking insects such as green peach aphid (GPA) (Myzus persicae) cause direct damage by obtaining phloem nutrients and indirect spreading plant viruses. To investigate the response of trees (Prunus persica) to aphids, leaf transcriptome metabolome two genotypes with different sensitivities GPA were studied. The gene expression aphid-susceptible plants infested aphids was similar that control plants, whereas aphid-resistant showed strong induced changes in compared plants....

10.1093/jxb/erae339 article EN Journal of Experimental Botany 2024-08-08
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