Zhuo Chen PhD

Distinguished Professor of Pesticide Science and Phytopathology

Doctoral Supervisor

State Key Laboratory of Green Pesticides

Contact details

Room 423, D Building, East Campus, Guizhou University

Email gychenzhuo@aliyun.com

Phone 13312201270

Qualifications

BSc –Guiyang Medical College, China 2001

MSc – Guiyang Medical College, China 2005

PhD – Guizhou University, China 2010

Positions held

2005-2008 Lecturer – Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, China

2009-2012 Associate Professor, Professor - Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, China

2013-2022 present Professor – Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, China

2022 – present Professor and Deputy Director – State Key Laboratory of Green Pesticides, Guizhou University, China

Profile

Zhuo is an internationally renowned expert of pesticide target biology and fungal plant diseases. He is a national-level leading talent and the Job Expert of Modern Agricultural Industry Technology System (CARS). His research focuses on target biology of fungicides, pathogenic mechanisms of fungal diseases, and controlling technology of plant diseases on tea, vegetables, and rice. His work also covers the regulatory mechanisms of circRNA, microRNA, lncRNA and mRNA in the pathogenic process of phytopathogenic diseases. He has served on editorial boards and committees in Asia and the European Union. He has published more than 200 scientific works including 10 books and obtained more than 20 national invention patents. He has won more than 10 national and provincial science and technology awards.

Selected recent publications (*corresponding author)

Yin, J. Y, Wu, S., Yang, Y. L., Wang, D. L., Ma, Y., Zhao, Y. T., Sheth, S., Huang, H. L., Song, B. A.*, Chen, Z.* (2024) In addition to damaging the plasma membrane, phenolic monoterpenoid carvacrol can bind to minor groove of DNA of phytopathogenic fungi to potentially control tea leaf spot caused by Lasiodiplodia theobromae. Phytopathology, 114(4): 700-716. 

Huang, H. K., Li, D. X., Jiang, S. L., Yang, R., Yang, Y. Q., Xia, Z. Q., Jiang, X. Y., Zhao, Y. T., Wang, D. L., Song, B. A.*, Chen, Z.* (2023) Integrated transcriptome and proteome analysis reveals that the antimicrobial griseofulvin targets Didymella segeticola beta-tubulin to control tea leaf spot. Phytopathology, 113(2): 194-205.

Jiang, X. Y., Jiang, S. L., Huang, H. K., Li, D. X., Yang, R., Yang, Y. Y., Wang, D. L., Song, B. A.*, and Chen, Z.* (2022) Multi-omics analysis reveals that the antimicrobial Kasugamycin potential targets nitrate reductase in Didymella segeticola to achieve control of tea leaf spot. Phytopathology, 112(9):1894-1906.

Ren, Y. F., Li, D. X., Jiang, S. L., Wang, Y., Tang, Q., Huang, H. L., Wang, D. L., Song, B. A.*, Chen, Z.* (2021) Integration of transcriptomic and proteomic data reveals the possible action mechanism of the antimicrobial Zhongshengmycin against Didymella segeticola, the causal agent of tea leaf spot. Phytopathology, 111(12): 2238-2249.

Yang, R., Jiang, S. L., Wen, X. D., Song, X. C., Wang, X., Li, D. X., Yin, Q. X., Wu, X., Wang, D. L.*, Chen, Z.* (2021) Antifungal activity and possible mode of action of Ningnanmycin against tea gray blight disease pathogen Pseudopestalotiopsis camelliae-sinensis. Phytopathology, 111(10):1735-1742.