All the Degrees of Bachelor （1987-1991）, Master （1993-1996） and Philosophy （2001-2004） were obtained from Nanjing Agricultural University (NJAU) in 1991, 1996 and 2004, respectively. During 1991-1993, I focused on the integrated management of pests in a farm with more than 2700 hectares, and during 1996-2001, I shifted to study the rational management techniques for weeds and pathogens of vegetables. On graduating from NJAU in 2004, I got a position of Department of Pesticide Sciences of NJAU, and promoted an associate professor in 2006 and professor in 2011. Nowadays my favorite researches are involved in the roles of autophagy in the mode of action of fungicides in the two phytopathogenic fungi, Fusarium graminearum and Botrytis cinerea, molecular mechanism and early warning techniques of fungicide-resistance, and integrative management of phytopathogenic fungi from wheat, rice and vegetables.
Major fundings in the past three years:[C1]
1. Biological function and molecular mechanism of synonymous mutation G235G, concomitant with the mutations at the beta2-tubulin, which confer the resistance of Fusarium fujikurio against carbendazim. National Natural Science Foundation of China, 31672065, RMB 650,000, 2017-2020.Principal.
2. Extension and integrative techniques for decreasing fertilizers and pesticides in the plantation of soybean and peanuts. National Key R&D Program of China, No. 2018YFD0201000, RMB 200,000, 2017.7-2020.12. Participant
3. Extension and integrative techniques for decreasing fertilizers and pesticides in the plantation of vegetables outdoor. National Key R&D Program of China, No. 2018YFD0201201, RMB 250,000, 2017.7-2020.12. Participant.
4. R & D and industrialization of novel pesticides for controlling weeds and Sclerotial blight from rice paddy field. Jiangsu Provincial Specific Plan for Extension Scientific Achievements, No. , RMB 600.000, 2017-2020, Participant
5. Extension and integrative techniques for controlling important diseases from specific vegetables in Jiangsu Province, No. CX(18)2005, RMB 300,000, 2017-2020, Participant.
Selected publications
1) Weichao Ren, Zhihui Zhang, Wenyong Shao, Yalan Yang, Mingguo Zhou and Changjun Chen. The autophagy-related gene BcATG1 is involved in fungal development and pathogenesis in Botrytis cinerea. Molecular Plant Pathology (2017) 18(2), 238–248
2) Yu Zhang, Tao Gao, Wenyong Shao, Zhitian Zheng, Mingguo Zhou and Changjun Chen. The septins FaCdc3 and FaCdc12 are required for cytokinesis and affect asexual and sexual development, lipid metabolism and virulence in Fusarium asiaticum. Molecular Plant Pathology (2017) 18(9), 1282–1294
3) Weichao Ren, Hu Zhao, Wenyong Shao, Weiwei Ma, Jianxin Wang, Mingguo Zhou and Changjun Chen .Identification of a novel phenamacril-resistance related gene by cDNA-RAPD method in Fusarium asiaticum , Pest management science，2016，72（8）：1558-1565
4) Wenyong Shao, Yalan Yang, Yu Zhang, Chiyuan Lv, Weichao Ren and Changjun Chen*Involvement of BcStr2 in methionine biosynthesis, vegetative differentiation, multiple stress tolerance and virulence in Botrytis cinerea（IF=4.3）, Molecular plant pathology, 2016,17(3):438-447
5) Wenyong Shao, Yu Zhang, Jin Wang, Chiyuan Lv & Changjun Chen. BcMtg2 is required for multiple stress tolerance, vegetative development and virulence in Botrytis cinerea, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS，2016, DOI: 10.1038/srep28673,
6) Zhihui Zhang, Weichao Ren, Jin Wang, Wenchan Chen, Chengwei Sang, Changjun Chen Resistance risk Xu Han, Hu Zhao, Weichao Ren, ChiYuan Lv, Changjun Chen. Resistance risk assessment for fludioxonil in Bipolaris maydis. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 139 (2017) 32–39
7) Wenyong Shao, Chiyuan Lv, Yu Zhang, Jin Wang and Changjun Chen. Involvement of BcElp4 in vegetative development, various environmental stress response and virulence of Botrytis cinerea. Microbial Biotechnology (2017) 10(4), 886–895
8) Y. Zhang, W. Chen, W. Shao, J. Wang, C. Lv, H. Ma and C. Chen. Molecular, biological and physiological characterizations of resistance to phenamacril in Fusarium graminearum. Plant Pathology (2017) 66, 1404–1412
9) Chengwei Sang, Weichao Ren, Jiajie Wang, Heng Xu , Zhihui Zhang, Mingguo Zhou, Changjun Chen and Kai Wang. Detection and fitness comparison of target-based highly fludioxonil-resistant isolates of Botrytis cinerea from strawberry and cucumber in China. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiologym,2018, 147:110-118
10) Weichao Ren, Wenyong Shao, Xu Han, and Changjun Chen. Molecular and Biochemical Characterization of Laboratory and Field Mutants of Botrytis cinerea Resistant to Fludioxonil. Plant Disease. 2016, 100(7): 1414-1423
11) Zhen Zhang, Zihao Chen, Yiping Hou, Yabing Duan, Jianxin Wang, Mingguo Zhou, and Changjun Chen .PIRA-PCR for detection of Fusarium fujikuroi genotypes with carbendazim-resistance alleles, Plant disease, 2015,99, 1241-1246,
12) Shao wenyong, Yu Zhang, Jingle Lu, Jianxin Wang, MingGuo Zhou, Changjun Chen. Baseline sensitivity of natural populations and characterization of resistant strains of Botrytis cinerea to fluazinam, Australasian Plant Pathology,2015,44(4):375-383
13) D-X Wu, R-S. zhang, X. Han, J-X. wang, M-G. Zhou & C-J Chen .Resistance risk assessment for fludioxonil in Stemphylium solani , Annals of Applied Biology, 2015, 167(2):277-284
14) Wenyong Shao; Yu Zhang; Weichao Ren; *Changjun Chen, Physiological and biochemical characteristics of laboratory induced mutants of Botrytis cinerea with resistance to fluazinam, Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology,2015,117:19-23
15) Zhen Zhang; Zihao Chen; Yiping Hou; Yabing Duan; Jianxin Wang; Mingguo Zhou; *Changjun chen, PIRA-PCR for detection of Fusarium fujikuroi genotypeswith carbendazim-resistance alleles. , Plant disease, 99, pp 1241-1246, 2015/2/13.
12-1 Yu Zhang,Jingle Lu, Jianxin Wang, MingGuo Zhou, Changjun Chen.Baseline sensitivity and resistance risk assessmemt of Rhizoctonia cerealis to thifluzamide, a succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology. 2015,124:97-102
16) Zhang, Xiaoke; Wu, Dongxia; Duan, Yabing; Ge, Changyan; Wang, Jianxin; Zhou, Mingguo; *Chen, Changjun, Biological characteristics and resistance analysis of the novel fungicide SYP-1620 against Botrytis cinerea, Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 114, pp 72-78, 2014/9.
17) Chen, Zihao; Gao, Tao; Liang, Shuping; Liu, Kexue; Zhou, Mingguo; *Chen, Changjun, Molecular mechanism of resistance of Fusarium fujikuroi to benzimidazole fungicides, FEMS Microbiology Letters, 357(1), pp 77-84, 2014/8.
Honors & membership
[list your major honors and major academic positions]
1. Extension and integrative techniques for environment-compatible prevention and controlling important pests from Solanaceous vegetables, second prize, awarded by Jiangsu Provincial Government of China, the second at the list of members, 2018.
2. The discovery of new fungicide phenamacril target and industrial application, first prize, awarded by Ministry of Education of China, the tenth at the list of members, 2017.
3. Mechanism, monitoring and management of fungicide resistance in several economically important crop pathogens, second prize, awarded by the State Council of China, the forth at the list of members, 2012.
4. Pathogenic mechanism and key control techniques of wheat scab, second prize, awarded by the State Council of China, the seventh at the list of members, 2010.
