Kezhen Zhao

ORCID: 0000-0003-4864-668X
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Research Areas
  • Soybean genetics and cultivation
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Nematode management and characterization studies
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies
  • Plant responses to water stress
  • GABA and Rice Research
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Seed Germination and Physiology
  • Cassava research and cyanide
  • Phytoestrogen effects and research
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Polyamine Metabolism and Applications
  • Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
2023-2024

Heilongjiang Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences
2023-2024

Northeast Agricultural University
2022

Introduction Rhizosphere microorganisms can effectively promote the stress resistance of plants, and some beneficial rhizosphere significantly growth crops under salt stress, which has potential to develop special microbial fertilizers for increasing yield saline-alkali land provides a low-cost environmentally friendly new strategy improving crop cultivated by using agricultural technology. Methods In May 2022, field study in completely randomized block design was conducted at Heilongjiang...

10.3389/fmicb.2023.1233351 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Microbiology 2023-09-20

Salt-alkali stress is a key factor affecting plant development and production, altering essential physiological metabolic processes within plants. Particularly, soybean (Glycine max) exhibits wide range of saline-alkali tolerance in germplasms. Hence, the objective this research was to pinpoint potential genes that react through comparative transcriptome analysis two distinct varieties exposed such conditions. The varieties, including salt-tolerant Heinong531 salt-sensitive 20_1846, were...

10.1016/j.stress.2024.100375 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Plant Stress 2024-01-28

Ion beam mutagenesis is an advanced technique capable of inducing substantial changes in plants, resulting noticeable alterations their growth. However, the precise molecular mechanisms underlying effects radiation on soybeans remain unclear. This study investigates impact ionizing soybean development through a comprehensive approach that integrates transcriptomics and metabolomics. A total 1500 rounds disease-free seeds underwent irradiation with 270 MeV/u

10.1016/j.ecoenv.2025.117689 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 2025-01-01

Abstract Background Microbial communities associated with roots play a crucial role in the growth and health of plants are constantly influenced by plant development alterations soil environment. Despite extensive rhizosphere microbiome research, studies examining multi-kingdom microbial variation across large-scale agricultural gradients remain limited. Results This study investigates soybean 13 diverse geographical locations China. Using high-throughput shotgun metagenomic sequencing on...

10.1186/s40168-025-02104-y article EN cc-by Microbiome 2025-04-26

Optimizing soybean yield remains a crucial challenge in meeting global food security demands. In this study, we report comprehensive genetic analysis of yield-related traits soybeans using recombinant inbred line (RIL) population derived from crosses between 'Qihuang 34' (GH34) and 'Dongsheng 16' (DS16). Phenotypic across two years (2023-2024) revealed significant variations parental lines. Through high-density mapping with 6297 SLAF markers spanning 2945.26 cM 20 chromosomes, constructed...

10.3390/ijms26052300 article EN International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2025-03-05

Abstract Main stem node number (MSNN) is a key yield-related quantitative trait that directly affects the of branches and seeds per soybean plant. In this study, QTL mapping using SLAF sequencing candidate gene analyses were used to determine detailed genetic basis MSNN across diverse set line. This study investigated variation characteristics in 325 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) obtained from hybridization Qihuang 34 Dongsheng 16. The phenotypic analysis revealed prominent transgressive...

10.1186/s12870-025-06457-2 article EN cc-by BMC Plant Biology 2025-04-03

Low temperatures greatly restrict the development, growth, and productivity of soybeans, with their effects differing across various cultivars. The present work investigated transcriptome physiological reactions two soybean cultivars, namely "KD52" exhibiting cold tolerance "DS17" displaying sensitivity, to stress a precisely defined period. plants were subjected treatment at 6 °C for durations 0, 2, 4, 8 h. A comparative marker study revealed distinct in findings showed that increased...

10.3390/biology13110856 article EN cc-by Biology 2024-10-23

Soybean is an important food crop that contains high amounts of isoflavones. However, due to the expression multiple genes, different soybean seeds have isoflavone compositions. The underlying mechanisms for this complexity remain unknown. In study, we identified potential differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in two wild cultivars, ZYD7068 (high isoflavone) and ZYD7194 (low isoflavone), at seed developmental stages using RNA-seq technology compared their differences content. A total 1067...

10.3390/agriculture13061164 article EN cc-by Agriculture 2023-05-30

Drought is the main abiotic stress limiting soybean production worldwide and seriously limits reproductive growth of soybean. To elucidate molecular mechanisms drought response in seed developmental stages, transcriptome analysis was performed on five stages under control conditions. Thousands genes were found to change expression level stress, GO KEGG enrichment showed that differentially expressed (DEGs) involved resistance at every stage or tissue, but there very few DEGs primary...

10.3390/agriculture13050949 article EN cc-by Agriculture 2023-04-25

Vegetative soybean (maodou or edamame) serves as a nutrient-rich food source with significant potential for mitigating global nutritional deficiencies. This study undertook thorough examination of the profiles and transcriptomic landscapes six cultivars, including three common cultivars (Heinong551, Heinong562, Heinong63) fresh maodou (Heinong527, HeinongXS4, HeinongXS5). Nutrient analysis seeds disclosed notable differences in levels protein, fat, soluble sugars, vitamin E, calcium,...

10.1371/journal.pone.0313632 article EN cc-by PLoS ONE 2024-11-14

Context Soybean cyst nematode is the most important pest of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) worldwide, causing serious yield losses. Lignin a vital component cell wall that can provide resistance to nematode. O-Methyltransferase (OMT) key enzyme involved in lignin metabolism phenylalanine pathway. Aims In this study, OMT gene family was systematically identified, and expression response GmOMT abiotic stresses investigated. Methods total, 67 genes were obtained from genome through conserved...

10.1071/cp22002 article EN Crop and Pasture Science 2022-06-22

Soybean is a widespread crop in semi-arid regions of China, where soil salinity often increases and has significant harmful impact on production, which will be huge challenge the coming years. Salicylic acid (SA) pyraclostrobin are strobilurin-based bactericides (PBF). Under rainfall-harvesting conditions covered ridges, exogenous application SA PBF can improve growth performance soybeans, thereby reducing adverse effects salinity. The objectives this research to evaluate potential soybean...

10.3390/land12071319 article EN cc-by Land 2023-06-30

Polyamine oxidases (PAOs) are flavin adenine dinucleotide-dependent enzymes that involved in polyamine catabolism and play an essential role growth developmental processes as well the response to abiotic stresses. Although PAO gene families have been intensively studied many plants, soybean ( Glycine max (L.) Merr.) family has not systematically identified. Here, we identified six genes genome named them GmPAO1– GmPAO6. The phylogenetic analysis revealed plant proteins divided into four...

10.1139/cjps-2022-0019 article EN Canadian Journal of Plant Science 2022-10-10

Lodging is an important agronomic trait related to crop yield and easily susceptible environmental influences. In this study, a recombinant inbred line population from soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) Hefeng 25 × Dongnong L28 including 109 lines was used identify quantitative loci (QTLs) lodging. Seven QTLs were identified in the three environments (Harbin 2017, 2018 2019), these could explain 2.21–20.17% of phenotypic variation. Among QTLs, qLDG-I-1 (Chr20_24146101–Chr20_24297321) stable...

10.1071/cp21468 article EN Crop and Pasture Science 2022-03-20
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