Publications by authors named "Houbao Zhang"
The root microbes play pivotal roles in plant productivity, nutrient uptakes, and disease resistance. The root microbial community structure has been extensively investigated by 16S/18S/ITS amplicons and metagenomic sequencing in crops and model plants. However, the functional associations between root microbes and host plant growth are poorly understood.
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- Foxtail millet is vital for food and fodder in dry and infertile areas, and research involving 184 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) was conducted for its improvement.
- A total of 483,414 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were identified, leading to the creation of high-density bin maps, which updated reference genomes and addressed assembly errors.
- Quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping revealed important genetic traits, with several controlled by single genes, including those related to plant height and heading date, enhancing tools for foxtail millet research and breeding efforts.
To understand the accumulated temperature (ACT) demand of maize for its normal maturation among years and regions as well as the use efficiency of local ACT, a group of work-net field experiments was conducted at 55 sites in 28 regions of Northeast China spring maize planting area (40 degrees 07'-48 degrees 08' N) in 2007-2009, taking an eurychoric maize variety Zhengdan 958 as test object. The meteorological conditions in the area had large difference. In the same regions, the active accumulated temperature above 10 degrees C in whole corn growth season (ACT10 for short) demand of Zhengdan 958 for completing its whole growth and development process had little difference among different years (P > 0.
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