Dongdong Niu
Associated Professor
Mailing Address:
College of Plant Protection
No.1, Wei gang, Nanjing
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, 210095
People’s Republic of China
Phone: 025-84399093
Email: ddniu@njau.edu.cn
Degree(s):
PhD 2012 Nanjing Agricultural University
Research Summary:
The research goal in our laboratory is to understand the molecular mechanism of plant immune responses against Rhizoctonia solani infection, and ultimately develop effective means of disease control. The major focus of our lab is to study small RNA-mediated gene regulation and protein control in plant immune responses. These projects have the potential to reveal new regulatory mechanisms underlying plant immunity, and will ultimately contribute to crop protection in the field.
Selected Publications:
1. SE Wang, Y Zheng, C Gu, C He, MY Yang, X Zhang, JH Guo, HW Zhao, DD Niu*. (2018) Bacillus cereus AR156 activates defense responses to Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato in Arabidopsis thaliana similarly to flg22. Mol Plant Microbe Interact (Online)
2. DD Niu# , X Zhang# , XO Song, ZH Wang, YQ Li, LL Qiao, ZY Wang, JZ Liu, YW Deng, ZH He, DL Yang, RY Liu, YL Wang, and HW Zhao*. (2018) Deep sequencing uncovers rice long siRNAs and its involvement in immunity against Rhizoctonia solani. Phytopathology. 108(1):60-69.
3. PP Nie, X Li, SE Wang, JH Guo, HW Zhao*, and DD Niu*. (2017) Induced systemic resistance against Botrytis cinerea by Bacillus cereus AR156 through a JA/ET- and NPR1-dependent signaling pathway and activates PAMP-triggered immunity in Arabidopsis. Front. Plant Sci. 8:238.
4. DD Niu#, YE. Lii#, P Chellappan, L Lei, K Peralta, CH Jiang, JH Guo, G Coaker, and HL Jin*. (2016) miRNA863-3p sequentially targets negative immune regulator pseudokinase ARLPKs and positive regulator SERRATE upon bacterial infection. Nature Communications, 7:11324.
5. DD Niu, J Xia, CH Jiang, BB Qi, XY Ling, SY Lin, WX Zhang, JH Guo*, HL Jin *, and HW Zhao*. (2016). Bacillus cereus AR156 primes induced systemic resistance by suppressing miR825/825* and activating defense related genes in Arabidopsis. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 58(4):426-439.
6. DD Niu, XJ Wang, YR Wang, XO Song, JS Wang, JH Guo, and HW Zhao*. (2016) Bacillus cereus AR156 activates PAMP-triggered immunity and induces a systeJmic acquired resistance through a NPR1- and SA-dependent signaling pathway. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 469 120-125.
7．DD Niu#, Y Zheng#, L Zheng, CH Jiang, DM Zhou, and JH Guo*. (2016). Application of PSX biocontrol preparation confers root-knot nematode management and increased fruit quality in tomato under field conditions. Biocontrol science and technology, 26(2):174-180.
8. DD Niu，ZY Wang, SE Wang, LL Qiao, and HW Zhao*. (2015). Profiling small RNAs during plant-pathogen interaction. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1287: 61-79.
9. XM Zhang, DD Niu, A Carbonell, AR Wang, A Lee, V Tun, ZH Wang, JC Carrington, CA Chang, and HL Jin*. (2014). ARGONAUTE PIWI domain and microRNA duplex structure regulate small RNA sorting in Arabidopsis. Nature Communications, 19,5: 5468.
10. DD Niu, HX Liu, CH Jiang, YP Wang, QY Wang, HL Jin, and JH Guo *. (2011). The Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacterium Bacillus cereus AR156 Induces Systemic Resistance Arabidopsis thaliana by Activation of Multiple Defense Signals．Mol Plant Microbe Interact, 24:533-542.
