Dr. Zhai Rui

College of Horticulture

Northwest A&F University

Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100

China

E-mail: Zhai.rui@nwsuaf.edu.cn

Education:

B.S., 2011, Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, PRC

M.S., 2014, Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, PRC

Ph.D., 2019, Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, PRC

Research filed：Phenolic metabolism in pear

Publications：

1. Rui Zhai; Zhimin Wang; Shiwei Zhang; Geng Meng; Linyan Song; Zhigang Wang; Pengmin Li; Fengwang Ma; Lingfei Xu*; Two MYB transcription factors regulate flavonoid biosynthesis in pear fruit (Pyrus bretschneideri Rehd.), Journal of Experimental Botany, 2015, 67(5): 1275-1284.

2. Rui Zhai; Yingxiao Zhao; Meng Wu; Jie Yang; Xieyu Li; Hanting Liu; Ting Wu; Fangfang Liang; Chengquan Yang; Zhigang Wang; Fengwang Ma; Lingfei Xu*; The MYB transcription factor PbMYB12b positively regulates flavonol biosynthesis in pear fruit, BMC Plant Biology, 2019, 19(1).

3. Rui Zhai; Xiao-Ting Liu; Wen-Ting Feng; Sha-Sha Chen; Ling-Fei Xu*;Zhi-Gang Wang; Jiang-Li Zhang; Peng-Min Li; Feng-Wang Ma; Different Biosynthesis Patterns among Flavonoid 3- glycosides with Distinct Effects on Accumulation of Other Flavonoid Metabolites in Pears (Pyrus bretschneideri Rehd.), PLOS ONE, 2014, 9(3).

4. Rui Zhai; Zhigang Wang; Chengquan Yang; Kui Lin-Wang; Richard Espley;Jianlong Liu; Xieyu Li; Zhongying Wu; Pengmin Li; Qingmei Guan; Fengwang Ma;Lingfei Xu ;*PbGA2ox8 induces vascular-related anthocyanin accumulation andcontributes to red stripe formation on pear fruit, Horticulture Research, 2019,6(1).