Xuan Zhang

ORCID: 0000-0003-4070-6406
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Research Areas
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect behavior and control techniques
  • Plant responses to water stress
  • Heat shock proteins research
  • Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Liver physiology and pathology
  • Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection
  • Food composition and properties
  • Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
  • Insect Pest Control Strategies
  • Nematode management and characterization studies
  • Exercise and Physiological Responses
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
  • Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements
  • Insect Resistance and Genetics
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis

China Agricultural University
2013-2025

Northwest A&F University
2012-2024

Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
2021

Yunnan Agricultural University
2013-2018

Beijing Forestry University
2016

Huazhong Agricultural University
2015

Hebei University of Chinese Medicine
2015

Institute of Apiculture Research
2013

Israeli acute paralysis virus (IAPV) is a widespread RNA of honey bees that has been linked with colony losses. Here we describe the transmission, prevalence, and genetic traits this virus, along host transcriptional responses to infections. Further, present RNAi-based strategies for limiting an important mechanism used by IAPV subvert defenses. Our study shows established as persistent infection in bee populations, likely enabled both horizontal vertical transmission pathways. The...

10.1371/journal.ppat.1004261 article EN cc-by PLoS Pathogens 2014-07-31

The microsporidia parasite Nosema contributes to the steep global decline of honey bees that are critical pollinators food crops. There two species have been found infect bees, apis and N. ceranae. Genome sequencing comparative genome analysis with ceranae, a fully sequenced species, reveal novel insights into host-parasite interactions underlying infections.We applied whole-genome shotgun approach sequence assemble which has an estimated size 8.5 Mbp. We predicted 2,771 protein- coding...

10.1186/1471-2164-14-451 article EN cc-by BMC Genomics 2013-01-01

We investigated the ameliorative effects and potential mechanisms of tannic acid (TA) in carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-intoxicated mice hepatic stellate cells (HSCs). Liver fibrosis was observed CCl4 (800 ml/kg)-induced mice, high viability (10 mM)-intoxicated HSCs. Pre-treatment with TA (25 or 50 g/kg/day) significantly ameliorated morphology coefficient values reduced activities aspartate aminotransferase (AST) alanine (ALT), concentrations malondialdehyde (MDA) serum levels endothelin-1...

10.1016/j.jphs.2015.12.002 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Journal of Pharmacological Sciences 2015-12-16

Intestinal symbiotic bacteria have played an important role in the digestion, immunity detoxification, mating, and reproduction of insects during long-term coevolution. The oriental fruit moth, Grapholita molesta, is tree pest worldwide. However, composition G. molesta microbial community, especially gut microbiome, remains unclear. To explore differences microbiota when reared on different host plants, we determined bacterial structure was transferred from artificial diet to plants (apples,...

10.3390/ijms22136843 article EN International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2021-06-25

Spodoptera frugiperda is a highly polyphagous and invasive agricultural pest that can harm more than 300 plants cause huge economic losses to crops. Symbiotic bacteria play an important role in the host biology ecology of herbivores, have wide range effects on growth adaptation. In this study, high-throughput sequencing technology was used investigate different hosts (corn, wild oat, oilseed rape, pepper, artificial diet) gut microbial community structure diversity. Corn one most favored S....

10.3390/ijms222011266 article EN International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2021-10-19

Pulse labeling of crops using 13C is often employed to trace photosynthesized carbon (C) within crop-soil systems. However, few studies have compared the C distribution for different periods. The overall aim this study was determine length monitoring interval required after 13C-pulse quantify photosynthate allocation into plant, soil and rhizosphere respiration pools entire growing season maize (Zea mays L.). Pot grown pulse-labeled with 13CO2 (98 at. %) at beginning emergence, elongation,...

10.1007/s11104-013-1841-7 article EN cc-by Plant and Soil 2013-07-23

Abstract Soil rhizosphere aeration status is an important aspect of soil quality and ecology. The objective the current study was to determine appropriate moisture environment that facilitates ensures normal root respiration in tomato. In potted experiment, five treatments were used (0.4, 0.8, 1.2, 1.6 ventilation volume 50% porosity soil, no ventilation) under conditions different upper limits. effects aerations on physiological indicators water absorption tomato studied. Under same...

10.1002/clen.201100417 article EN CLEAN - Soil Air Water 2012-09-26

Grapholita molesta, the oriental fruit moth, is a serious pest of trees with host transfer characteristics worldwide. The gut microbiota, which plays crucial part in insect physiology and ecology, can be influenced by many elements, such as antibiotics, temperature, diet, species. However, effects antibiotics on G. molesta microbiota are still unclear. In this study, we selected five common antibiotic agents to test inhibition found ciprofloxacin shown best antibacterial activity. After...

10.3390/insects13090838 article EN cc-by Insects 2022-09-15

This study was conducted to determine the effect of a fermented corn-soybean meal (fermented feed, [FF]) on gene expression immunity in blood, level secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA), and mucosa-associated bacterial community colon grower-finisher pigs. In this study, crossbred barrows (Duroc × Landrace Large White) were randomly assigned either an unfermented diet (Ctrl) (n = 6) or FF then examined using real-time reverse transcription polymerase-chain reaction sIgA enzyme-linked...

10.3389/fvets.2020.00246 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Veterinary Science 2020-06-02

The eastern honey bee (Apis cerana), a Chinese native species, plays an important role in local ecosystems and agriculture, as it pollinates flowering plants. In this study, we assessed the genetic variation population structure of A. cerana using mitochondrial sequences cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COXI). We collected samples from 11 provinces China also included previously-collected data two southern China. A total 1,518 with length 760 bp 51 populations were analyzed. found 111...

10.1080/00218839.2018.1454036 article EN Journal of Apicultural Research 2018-05-08

Abstract Tagiadini and Celaenorrhinini, two closely related groups of skippers in the subfamily Pyrginae, are mainly distributed across Oriental, Palaearctic African regions. While some efforts have been made to explore phylogenetic relationships within several unresolved issues still persist. In this study, we sequenced 13 complete mitochondrial genomes from Celaenorrhinini. Additionally, extracted nuclear genes CAD , EF‐1α IDH MDH RPS5 Wingless public database. Through comparative...

10.1111/zsc.12674 article EN Zoologica Scripta 2024-06-08

Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is a popular condiment used as both medicine and food. production in China severely affected by continuous cropping especially leaf blight disease. sterile, so it very important to develop specialized genotypes, such those for disease resistance, nutritional quality, plant architecture, through genetic modification innovation. In this experiment, we applied the induction method using EMS mutate garlic cloves of cultivar G024. From mutations, 5000 M0 mutants were...

10.3390/ijms241411819 article EN International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2023-07-23
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