Employment and Education
2005-2006 Academic visitor, Centre for infectious diseases, Durham university
2012.3-2012.6 Exchange visitor, College of life sciences, La Trobe University
2015.1-2015.3 Exchange visitor, College of life sciences, La Trobe University
2010-present Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing agricultural University
2004-2009 Associated Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing agricultural University
2000 - 2004Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing agricultural University
1997-2000 Ph.D., Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, P.R.China
1994-1997 Quarantine officer, Plant quarantine service, Yili, Xinjiang, P.R. China.
1991-1994 M.S.; Plant Pathology, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, P.R.China
1987-1991B.S., Plant protection, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, P.R.China
Foreign Languages
Fluent English
Research Interest
Quorum sensing and quorum quenching in plant pathogenic bacteria pathogenesis;
Type VI secretion systems in plant pathogenic bacteria pathogenesis;
Cloning and function analysis of bacterial pathogenic genes;
Immunological and molecular detection of plant pathogens, pesticides and heavy metals;
Biocontrol of plant diseases.
Membership in Professional Societies
2002-present Vice director of Plant Pathology Department, Nanjing Agricultural University, P.R.China
2002-present Director of Plant quarantine Institute , Nanjing Agricultural University, P.R.China
2000-present Membership of The Chinese Society of Plant Pathology; The Chinese Society of Plant Protection
2000-present Membership of The Chinese Society of Plant quarantine.
Awards and Achievements
The Special Fund for Agro-Scientific Research in the Public Interest, 2013-2017, Pathogenic mechanism and detection of some important bacteria in rice and pear
The National 863 Plan, 2012-2015, High-throughput detection of important pathogens in agriculture and forestry
The NSFC project, 2010-2012, Screening and evaluation of DSF degrading enzymes from bacteria
The National 973 Plan, 2009-2013, Cloning and function analysis of pathogenic related genes of Erwinia amylovora
The National 863 Plan, 2008-2010 Molecular detection of dangerous plant pathogens
The Royal Society of British, 2005-2006, The structure and function of Pseudomonal type III secretion system
Research Publications (last 5 years)
Tian Y, Zhao Y, Shi L, et al. Type VI Secretion Systems of Erwinia amylovora Contribute to Bacterial Competition, Virulence, and Exopolysaccharide Production.[J]. Phytopathology, 2017:PHYTO11160393R. (Correspondence)
Tian Y, Zhao Y, Chen X, et al. Evidence for a Novel Phylotype of Pseudomonas syringae Causing Bacterial Leaf Blight of Cantaloupe in China[J]. Plant Disease, 2017. (Correspondence) (Correspondence)
Tian Y, Liu D, Zhao Y, et al. Visual detection of Didymella bryoniae, in cucurbit seeds using a loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay[J]. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2016, 147(2):1-9. (Correspondence)
Yanli Tian, Yuqiang Zhao, Xinrong Wu , Fengquan Liu, Baishi Hu and Walcott R.R. The Type VI Protein Secretion System Contributes to Biofilm Formation and Seed-to-Seedling Transmission of Acidovorax citrulli on melon, Molecular Plant Pathology, 2015,16(1):38-47. (Correspondence)
Yanli Tian, Yuqiang Zhao, Hongfang Xie, Xiumei Wang, Jiaqin Fan, and Baishi Hu(*)，First Report of Bacterial Soft Rot of Seleng Wormwood Caused by Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum in China，Plant Disease，Accepted.
Yanli Tian, Yuqiang Zhao, Rui Xu, Fengquan Liu, Baishi Hu, and R. R.Walcott. Simultaneous Detection of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae and X. oryzae pv. oryzicola in Rice Seed Using a Padlock Probe-Based Assay. Phytopathology, 2014,104:1130-1137. (Correspondence)
Yanli Tian, Yuqiang Zhao, Sa Bai, R. R. Walcott, Baishi Hu, Fengquan Liu. Reliable and sensitive detection of Acidovorax citrulli in cucurbit seeds using a padlock probe-based assay. Plant disease.2013, 97(7):961-966. (Correspondence)
Yanli Tian, Yuqiang Zhao, Baishi Hu, Fengquan Liu. First report of seedling blight of watermelon caused by Acidovorax citrulli transmitted from rootstock of pumpkin in China. Plant disease. 2013, 97(3):420. (Correspondence)
Guoliang Qian, Chunhui Liu, Guichun Wu, Fangqun Yin, Yancun Zhao, Yijing Zhou, Yanbing Zhang, Zhiwei Song, , Jiaqin Fan, Baishi Hu, Fengquan Liu. AsnB, regulated by diffusible signal factor and global regulator Clp, is involved in aspartate metabolism, resistance to oxidative stress and virulence in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola. Molecular Plant Pathology, 2013,14(2):145-157
Guoliang Qian, Yulan Wang, Yiru Liu, Feifei Xu, Ya-Wen He, Liangcheng Du, Vittorio Venturi, Jiaqin Fan,Hu, Baishi Hu, Fengquan Liu. Lysobacter enzymogenes Uses Two Distinct Cell-Cell Signaling Systems for Differential Regulation of Secondary-Metabolite Biosynthesis and Colony Morphology. Applied and Environmental Microbiology,2013, 79(21):6604-6616
Guoliang Qian, Yijing Zhou, Yancun Zhao, Zhiwei Song, Suyan Wang, Jiaqin Fan,Hu, Baishi Hu, Venturi, Vittorio, Fengquan Liu. Proteomic Analysis Reveals Novel Extracellular Virulence-Associated Proteins and Functions Regulated by the Diffusible Signal Factor (DSF) in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola. JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH, 2013, 12(7):3327-3341
Guoliang Qian, YB Zhang, YJ Zhou, CH Liu, , YC Zhao, , ZW Song, Jiaqin Fan,Hu, Baishi Hu, Fengquan Liu. epv, Encoding a Hypothetical Protein, Is Regulated by DSF-Mediating Quorum Sensing as Well as Global Regulator Clp and Is Required for Optimal Virulence in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola. Phytopathology,2012, 102(9):841-847
Jiaqin Fan, Guoliang Qian, Xue Yang, Chunyan Gu, Yuejing Kang, Yao Ma, Baishi Hu, Fengquan Liu, Biocontrol of bacterial soft rot of calla lily by elicitor HarpinXoo and N-acyl homoserine lactonase (AttM), World J Microbiol Biotechnol (2011) 27:401–410 (Correspondence)
Jiaqin Fan, Guoliang Qian , Tao Chen, Yuqiang Zhao, Fengquan Liu , Ron R. Walcott, Baishi Hu, The acyl-homoserine lactone (AHL)-type quorum sensing system affects growth rate, swimming motility and virulence in Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli, World J Microbiol Biotechnol (2011) 27:1155–1166 (Correspondence)
GuoLiang Qian, JiaQin Fan, DeFeng Chen, YueJing Kang, Bing Han, BaiShi Hu and FengQuan Liu.(2010), Reducing Pectobacterium virulence by expression of an N-acyl homoserine lactonase gene Plpp-aiiA in Lysobacter enzymogenes strain OH11, Biological Control 52(1):17-23
