English Name：MA Xinghua

中文名： 马兴华

Phone：0532-88703786，13616487356

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 quality.

Publications：

1. Chuanxi Peng, Xiaochun Ren, Abdullah Khan, Keling Chen, Huajun Gao*, Xinghua Ma*. Insights into leaf morphology, photosynthetic efficiency, and light adaptation in cigar tobacco as light intensity transitions: A comprehensive analysis of transcriptomic, hormonal, and physiological responses. Industrial Crops & Products, 2025,230,121087.

2. Abdullah Khan†, Chuanxi Peng†, Keling Chen, Xinghua Ma*. Multi-split nitrogen application via drip irrigation improved dry matter accumulation, nitrogen uptake and utilization efficiency in flue-cured tobacco. BMC Plant Biology, 2025,25,674.

3. Xinghua Ma†, Jinpeng Yang†, Xiaochun Ren, Keling Chen, Chunlei Yang, Abdullah Khan, Huajun Gao*, Rayyan Khan*. Exploration of the intricacies of low light-induced changes in cigar leaf anticlinal growth: a holistic approach from anatomical and hormonal levels to gene expression. Plant Growth Regulation, 2025,105:1015-1028.

4. Huajun Gao†, Zhaoliang Geng†, Shixin Zhao, Abdullah Khan, Keling Chen, Yuan He, Chuanxi Peng, Xinghua Ma*. Decoding the shading effect in cigar tobacco leaf development through transcriptomic and physiological insights. Plant Stress, 2025,18,101036. 

5. 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.

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

7. 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.

8. Juan Zhang†, Rayyan Khan†, Lei Zhou, Xiaoying Wu, Na Xu, Xinghua Ma*, Yan Zhang*. Genomewide 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.