English Name：MA Xinghua

中文名：马兴华

Phone：0532-88703786

Email：maxinghua@caas.cn

Academic Title：Associate Professor

Supervisor：Master Supervisor

Department：Department of Cultivation and Nutrition

Group：Tobacco Intelligent Agriculture

Research Area：Theory and technology of high quality and efficient cultivation of tobacco. Focus on mechanism and regulation of tobacco leaf development, mechanism and regulation of tobacco water and fertilizer utilization.

Publications：

1. Xinghua Ma*, Xiaochun Ren, Huajun Gao, Xiaoying Wu, Keling Chen, Rayyan Khan*. Proteomic, transcriptomic, biochemical, and physio-anatomical analyses provide insights into energy metabolism, light usage, and photosynthesis in cigar tobacco under different light intensities. Industrial Crops & Products, 2023,116651.

2. Rayyan Khan, Xinghua Ma*, Quaid Hussain, Keling Chen, Saqib Farooq, Muhammad Asim, Xiaochun Ren, Shahen Shah d, Yi Shi*. Transcriptome and anatomical studies reveal alterations in leaf thickness under long-term drought stress in tobacco. Journal of Plant Physiology, 2023,153920.

3. Rayyan Khan, Xinghua Ma*, Quaid Hussain, Muhammad Asim, Anas Iqbal, Xiaochun Ren, Shahen Shah, Keling Chen, Yi Shi. Application of 2,4-Epibrassinolide improves drought tolerance in tobacco through physiological and biochemical mechanisms. Biology, 2022,11,1192.

4. Juan Zhang, Rayyan Khan, Lei Zhou, Xiaoying Wu, Na Xu, Xinghua Ma*, Yan Zhang*. Genome‑wide identification analysis of the auxin response factors family in Nicotiana tabacum and the function of NtARF10 in leaf size regulation. Journal of Plant Biology, 2021, 64:281-297.

5. Juan Zhang, Yan Zhang, Rayyan Khan, Xiaoying Wu, Lei Zhou, Na Xu, Shasha Du, Xinghua Ma*. Exogenous application of brassinosteroids regulates tobacco leaf size and expansion via modulation of endogenous hormones content and gene expression. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2021,27(4):847-860.

6. Rayyan Khan, Xinghua Ma*, Juan Zhang, Xiaoying Wu, Anas Iqbal, Yuanhua Wu, Lei Zhou, Shusheng Wang. Circular drought-hardening confers drought tolerance via modulation of the antioxidant defense system, osmoregulation, and gene expression in tobacco. Physiologia Plantarum, 2021,172:1073-1088.

7. Xiaoying Wu†, Rayyan Khan†, Huajun Gao, Haobao Liu, Juan Zhang, Xinghua Ma*. Low light alters the photosynthesis process in cigar tobacco via modulation of the chlorophyll content, chlorophyll fluorescence, and gene expression. Agriculture, 2021,11,755.

8. Rayyan Khan, Xinghua Ma*, Shahen Shah, Xiaoying Wu, Aaqib Shaheen, Lixia Xiao, Yuanhua Wu, Shusheng Wang*. Drought-hardening improves drought tolerance in Nicotiana tabacum at physiological, biochemical, and molecular levels. BMC Plant Biology, 2020,20:486.

9. Rayyan Khan, Peilu Zhou, Xinghua Ma*, Lei Zhou, Yuanhua Wu, Zia Ullah, Shusheng Wang. Transcriptome profiling, biochemical and physiological analyses provide new insights towards drought tolerance in Nicotiana tabacum L. Genes, 2019,10,104.