Dr. Jia Xiaocheng
Associate Professor
Coconut Research Institute
Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences Address: No 496, Wenqingdadao Rd., Wenchang, 571339, P.R. China
Phone: +86-898-63330640
E-mail:jiaxiaocheng@catas.cn
Website: http://www.catas.cn/yzs/
Education Background
Jia Xiaocheng, a plant geneticist by training, received his BSc degree of Science(1998) from Shandong Agricultural University, China, and his PhD in Evolutionary Biology (2007) from South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
Research Area
Dr. Jia have completed the breeding of two oil-tea Camellia varieties named “Reyan 1#” and “Reyan 2#”, which are all adapted to the tropical environment. On the other hand, Dr Jia have found in previous studies that the oil-tea Camellia in Hainan is not the same as C. drupifera from the perspective of morphological characteristics. The expression of genes in the metaphase of seed development was significantly different, and the differential metabolites of mature seed distributed in multiple metabolic pathways. Based on this, it is speculated that the oil-tea Camellia in Hainan could be a variety of C. drupifera, and the type and quantity of its synthetic components are the biological basis for determining its unique quality. To this end, his study will be aimed at following aspects: 1) to determine the morphological differentiation among populations of oil-tea Camellia in Hainan and C. drupifera in its distribution regions based on traits cluster analysis of multi-population. 2) to screen orthologous genes from oil-tea Camellia in Hainan and its genetic related species based on comparative transcriptomics analysis and to construct a phylogenetic tree. 3) to elucidate the components of mature seeds of oil-tea Camellia in Hainan and its genetic related species based on widely-targeted motabolomics analysis. And, to find possible evolutionary laws combined with phylogentics trees.
Projects
1. Internation Fund of Science，(Grant No. D/4254-1)，Genetic diversity and conservation of Hornstedtia hainanensis in China，2007.10-2009.09
2. Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation，(Grant No. 20080440327)，The polliantion biology of three Zingiber plants, 2009.02-2011.01
3. The Fundamental Research Fund for Coconut Research Institute，CATAS, (Grant No.1630152019009), Photo-autotrophic Rapid Propagation System Construction and application in oil tea Camellia，2019.01-2019.12
Publications
(1) Xiaocheng Jia, Jia Li, Guohui Lu, Yingqiang Wang, The concrete evidence of flexistyly in Plagiostachys: pollination biology of a wild ginger on Hainan Island, China, Ecology and Evolution, 2015, 5(22): 5364-5371
(2) Xiaocheng Jia, Jinyan Yao, Yizhu Chen, James M. Cook, Ross H. Crozier, The phenology and potential for self-pollination of two Australian monoecious fig species, Symbiosis, 2008, 45: 91-96
(3) Xiaocheng Jia, Nanxian Zhao, Yun Zhan, Jinyan Yao, Yizhu Chen, Adaptive significance of asynchronous syconia production in a dioecious fig, Symbiosis, 2008, 45: 97-100
(4) Xiaocheng Jia, Yang Dan, Yun Zhang, Yizhu Chen, Direct evidence for the cycling of fig wasps within one male fig tree, Nordic Journal of Botany, 2007, 25(6): 119-124
