Wang Jun

Personal profile

Wang Jun, male, born in 1972, doctor, professor, doctoral supervisor, visiting scholar, associate director.

Academic Education & Work Career

Academic Education

Work Career：

Main Research directions

1. Genomics of foxtail millet

2. Breeding of foxtail millet varieties

Overview of Teaching and Research

Prof. Wang has long been committed to researches of genomics and new variety selection of foxtail millet. He has successively presided over 9 projects of national key R & D projects, Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi, Research Project Supported by Shanxi Scholarship Council of China, and Agricultural science and technology innovation project of Shanxi Agricultural University, and participated in more than 10 projects such as National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth), National key R & D Program of Shanxi, Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi (Youth), Science and technology innovation team of Shanxi, project of Shanxi Agricultural University and other projects. More than 30 papers have been published in international and national academic journals, of which 5 were included in SCI journal. He has obtained 3 national patents and won the 2nd prize of Shanxi Province Science and technology progress twice.

Teaching and Research Projects

1. Genetic analysis of grain weight per panicle in foxtail millet, Sub Topics of National key R & D Program of China, Preside over.

2. QTL mapping for plant structure of foxtail millet, Shanxi Scholarship Council of China, Preside over.

3. Functional verification of a white strip leaf mutant gene SiWSL1 in foxtail millet, Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi, Preside over.

4. Establishment and application of gene editing based on CRISPR/Cas9 in foxtail millet, Agricultural science and technology innovation project of Shanxi Agricultural University, Preside over.

5. Construction of genetic linkage map with SSR(EST-SSR) markers of foxtail millet, Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi, Preside over.

6. Functional verification and allelic variation discovery of candidate gene for early heading date in foxtail millet, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth), Participate in.

7. Identification and gene fine-mapping of a yellow green leaf mutant ygl7 in foxtail millet, Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi (Youth), Participate in.

8. Heterosis utilization and technology development based on whole genome SNP in foxtail millet, National key R & D Program of Shanxi, Participate in.

9. Gene fine-mapping and identification of a white strip leaf and white panicle mutant in foxtail millet, Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi (Youth), Participate in.

10. Fine mapping of green hulled color in foxtail millet, Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi (Youth), Participate in.

11. Mapping of tillering gene via molecular markers in foxtail millet, Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi (Youth), Participate in.

12. Utilization and molecular mechanism research of heterosis in foxtail millet, Science and technology innovation team in Shanxi, Participate in.

Presentative papers

1. First Author. Mapping of Sihc1, which controls hull color, using a high-density genetic map based on RAD-seq in foxtail millet [Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.], Molecular Breeding, 2017, 37(10): 128. (SCI)

2. First Author. A high-density genetic map and QTL analysis of agronomic traits in foxtail millet [Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.] using RAD-seq, Plos One, 2017, 12(6): e0179717. (SCI)

3. Corresponding author. QTL mapping for 11 agronomic traits based on a genome-wide Bin-map in a large F₂ population of foxtail millet (Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv) , Molecular Breeding, 2019, 39(2):18. (SCI)

4. Corresponding author. Molecular cloning, expression analysis and development of functional markers for SiARGOS1 gene in foxtail millet, Scientia Agricultura Sinica, 2017, 50(22): 4266-4276. (in Chinese)

5. Corresponding author. Analysis of phenotype and genetic diversity of foxtail millet germplasm with tillering, Journal of Plant Genetic Resources, 2017, 18(4): 685-695. (in Chinese)

Achievement , patent and regulation

Achievement

1. Breeding and application of a new high quality and efficient foxtail millet variety Changnong No. 36, the 2nd prize of Science and Technology Progress Award in Shanxi Province in 2011.

2. Breeding and application of a new high quality and efficient foxtail millet variety Changnong No. 35, the 2nd prize of Science and Technology Progress Award in Shanxi Province in 2008.

Patent

1. Primers and applications of molecular markers closely linked to glume color in foxtail millet. Patent NO.: ZL201710863719.1, First accomplisher.

2. Primer and application of SNP marker linked to hulled color of foxtail millet. Patent NO.: ZL201710227954.X, First accomplisher

3. Primers and applications of molecular markers closely linked to tillering traits in foxtail millet. Patent NO.: ZL201710863686.0, First accomplisher.

Honors and Awards

1. "May 1st Labor Medal ", Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 2018

2. " Academic Leader in Professional Technology", Changzhi, Shanxi, 2014

Contact information

Address：Scientific Research Lane No.2, Zhangyi West Road, Luzhou District, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province

Postcode：046011

Email：128wan@163.com

Tel： 0355-2204158