Zhou Lixia

Coconut Research Institute

Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Science (CATAS)

Address: No. 496, Wenqing Rd., Wenchang, 571339, P.R. China

E-mail: lxzhou@catas.cn

Zhou Lixia, received her master degree in Molecular Biology (2011) from Hunan University

To meet the needs of large-scale industrialization of oil palm for biotechnology and aiming at the international forefront of tropical oil crops science, molecular biology research tools were used to solve scientific problems. Currently, two projects were undertaken. The research field is mainly in the molecular mechanisms underlay for the abiotic stress (low temperature, high salt and drought) response and adaptation of oil palm response. The second field of interesting is the regulation mechanisms of fatty acid metabolic for coconut. The works will provide a theoretical basis and talent pool for the selection of high yield tropical oil crops and the creation of resilience germplasm resources. The total funds are as follows:

Projects:

National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (Grant no. 31601723).

Publications:

[1] Yong Xiao, Lixia Zhou equal contributor, Xintao Lei ,Hongxing Cao, Yong Wang, Yajing Dou, Wenqi Tang, Wei Xia. Genome-wide identification of WRKY genes and their expression profiles under different abiotic stresses in Elaeis guineensis, PLoS One，12 (12):e0189224，2017.

[2] L. X. Zhou*,  Y. Xiao,  W. Xia and Y. D. Yang， Analysis of genetic diversity and population structure of oil palm from China and Malaysia based on species-specific simple sequence repeat markers，Genetics and Molecular Research，14(4): 16247-16254 ，2015.

[3] Lixia Zhou, Hongxing Cao. Expression characteristics of WRKY transcription factor genes in oil palm under low temperature, Journal of Southern Agriculture, 49(8): 1490-1497, 2018