Biography:Wen-Hao Zhang
Wen-Hao Zhang (Chinese: 张文浩) is a Chinese plant physiologist and nutritionist at Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Career
Zhang's career as a biologist began in 1991. Back then, he along with Stephen Tyerman have studied sodium azide and concluded that by combining it with oxygen and using both on the hydraulic conductivity of the cell cortex will increase volumes of pressure relaxation.[1]
In 1999 he and Tyerman have studied Triticum aestivum and how mercuric chloride effects on hydraulic conductivity in that plant. During the experiment it was revealed that the inhibition of [math]\displaystyle{ Lp }[/math] and depolarization of [math]\displaystyle{ Vm }[/math] which is caused by [math]\displaystyle{ HgCl2 }[/math] was similar to hypoxia.[2]
In 2001 he, Tyerman, and Peter Ryan have studied the same species again and how malic acid which is found on the tip or extreme end of a root is tolerant against aluminum. During the same study he also discovered that when Al3+ is activated its permeability is higher than malate2− and contained anion channel antagonists such as niflumate and diphenylamine-2-carboxylic acid.[3]
In 2009 he along with Chinese colleagues had studied nitric oxide in combination with nitrate reductase in both cold and freezing temperature on a plant species called Arabidopsis thaliana. He discovered that when combining this with both nia1nia2 and nitric oxide associated leaves the cold doesn't bother the plants as much, but it does bother its seedings. He also discovered proline in wild plants and used nitrate reductase inhibitor with nitric oxide scavenger and donor to prove that there is positive correlation between them when it comes to freezing temperature.[4]
In June 2010 he along with American and Japanese colleagues had studied acid soils and discovered that certain species of crop plants are resistant to soluble aluminum. The way how they do, he explained, is that the genes of ALMT and MATE families encode membrane proteins which produce anion efflux called TaALMT1 across the cell membrane.[5]
References
- ↑ WH Zhang; SD Tyerman (1991). "Effect of Low O2 Concentration and Azide on Hydraulic Conductivity and Osmotic Volume of the Cortical Cells of Wheat Roots". Functional Plant Biology (CSIRO Publishing) 18 (6): 603–613. doi:10.1071/PP9910603. http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/PP9910603.
- ↑ Wen-Hao Zhang; Stephen D. Tyerman (1999). "Inhibition of Water Channels by HgCl2 in Intact Wheat Root Cells". Plant Physiology (American Society of Plant Physiologists) 120 (3): 849–858. doi:10.1104/pp.120.3.849. PMC 59324. http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/120/3/849.short.
- ↑ Wen-Hao Zhang; Peter R. Ryan2; Stephen D. Tyerman. "Malate-Permeable Channels and Cation Channels Activated by Aluminum in the Apical Cells of Wheat Roots". Plant Physiology 125 (3): 1459–1472. doi:10.1104/pp.125.3.1459. PMC 65624. http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/125/3/1459.short.
- ↑ Min-Gui Zhao; Lei Chen; Li-Li Zhang; Wen-Hao Zhang (2009). "Nitric Reductase-Dependent Nitric Oxide Production Is Involved in Cold Acclimation and Freezing Tolerance in Arabidopsis". Plant Physiology (American Society of Plant Biologists) 151 (2): 755–767. doi:10.1104/pp.109.140996. PMID 19710235. PMC 2754647. http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/151/2/755.short.
- ↑ PR Ryan; SD Tyerman; T Sasaki; Takuya Furuichi; Yoko Yamamoto; WH Zhang; E Delhaize (2011). "The identification of aluminium-resistance genes provides opportunities for enhancing crop production on acid soils". Journal of Experimental Botany (Oxford University Press) 62 (1): 9–20. doi:10.1093/jxb/erq272. http://jxb.oxfordjournals.org/content/62/1/9.short.
External links
- Official page at the Institute of Botany
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