Educational Background
Ph.D., Plant Pathology, 2000, Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing
Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
M.S., Plant Pathology, 1997, Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing
Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
B.S., Plant Protection, 1995, Department of Plant Protection, Nanjing
Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Research Experience
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2000-2004, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology
and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Research Interests
Pathogen Molecular Biology and Genetics, Microbial Pathogenesis, Mechanisms
of Host-Pathogen Interactions
Cyst nematode secreted proteins originating in the esophageal gland
cells and injected through the stylet into or within the vicinity of
the initial feeding cell are believed to trigger the formation of specialized
feeding cells called syncytia. Previously, more than 50 soybean cyst
nematode (Heterodera glycines) gland cell-expressed genes were
identified by coupling microaspiration with cDNA library construction.
Many of these genes constitute completely novel sequences with unknown
function. My research is to unveil the functions of some of these secreted
proteins in cyst nematode-plant interactions. Of particular interest
is the class of cyst nematode secreted CLAVATA3/ESR-like (CLE) peptides.
Currently, I am characterizing the function of Heterodera CLE
peptides in detail.
Publications
Wang J., Gou J.Y., Mao Y.B., Xu Y.H., Jiang W.H.,
Chen, X.Y. 2004. VdNEP, an elicitor from Verticillium dahliae
induces cotton plant wilting. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70:4989-4995.
Xu Y.H, Wang J.W., Wang S., Wang J., Chen X.Y. 2004.
Characterization of GaWRKY1, a cotton transcription factor that regulates
the sesquiterpene synthase gene CAD1-A. Plant Physiol. 135(1):507-15.
Wang J. and Zheng X. B. 2003. Phylogenetic relationship
among isolates of Phytophthora boehmeriae Sawada revealed by
RAPD. Mycosystema 22(2): 228-234.
Wang J., Hou X. L., Zhang Y. M., Zhang Z. G., Zheng
X. B. 2001. Identification of resistance to disease caused by Colletotrichum
sp. in non-heading Chinese cabbage. Journal of Nanjing Agricultural
University 24(1):35-39.
Wang J. and Zheng X. B. 2001. Inheritance of pathogenicity
and sensitivity to metalaxyl in Phytophthora cactorum. Mycosystema
20(3): 337-341.
Wang J. and Zheng X. B. 2001. Inheritance of growth
rate and homothallism in Phytophthora cactorum . Journal of
Nanjing Agricultural University 24(2):32-36.
Wang J. and Zheng X. B. 1999. Induction of heterothallic
variation in Phytophthora cactorum by ethazol and mating type
inheritance of the variants. Mycosystema 18(4): 392-399.
Wang J., Zhou Y. C., Zheng X. B. 1999, Mating type
inheritance of heterothallic variants of Phytophthora boehmeriae
induced by ethazol. Journal of Nanjing Agricultural University 22(2):37-41.
Presentations
Wang J., Replogle A., Wang X., Davis E.L., Mitchum,
M.G. 2006. Functional analysis of nematode secreted CLAVATA3/ESR(CLE)-like
Peptides of the Genus Heterodera. American Phytopathological
Society Meeting, Quebec City, Canada (oral presentation by Melissa G.
Mitchum).
Wang J., Replogle A., Wang X., Davis E.L., Mitchum,
M.G. 2006. Functional analysis of nematode secreted CLAVATA3/ESR(CLE)-like
Peptides of the Genus Heterodera. Plant Biology 2006, Roots-From
Genes to Form and Function, Columbia, MO (Poster).
Wang J., Hussey R.S., Davis E.L., Baum T.J., Mitchum
M.G. 2005. Identification and functional analysis of soybean cyst nematode
parasitism proteins with a role in virulence. American Phytopathological
Society Meeting, Austin, TX (Poster).
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Professional Memberships
American Phytopathological
Society
