Associate Professor
Education background:
BSc, Horticulture (Postharvest science), South China Agricultural University, 2010.9-2014.7
PhD, Vegetable science (Postharvest), South China Agricultural University, 2014.9-2019.7
Research Interests:
Postharvest biology of fruits and vegetables
Selection of Publications:
（1）Lijuan Bai, Yangting Wu, Hetong Lin, Wenbing Su, Zhongqi Fan. MaERF9 and MaERF113 transcription factors involve in chilling injury development by regulating membrane lipid metabolism of postharvest banana fruit. Postharvest Biology and Technology. 2025, 219: 113230.
（2）Zhongqi Fan, Ling Fang, Qingqing Liu, Hetong Lin, Mengshi Lin, Yinfen Lin, Hui Wang, Yen-Con Hung, Yihui Chen. Comparative transcriptome and metabolome reveal the role of acidic electrolyzed oxidizing water in improving postharvest disease resistance of longan fruit. Food Chemistry. 2024, 449: 139235.
（3）Jia Si, Zhongqi Fan, Chaojie Wu, Yingying Yang, Wei Shan, Jianfei Kuang, Wangjin Lu, Wei Wei, Jianye Chen. MaHsf24, a novel negative modulator, regulates cold tolerance in banana fruits by repressing the expression of HSPs and antioxidant enzyme genes. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 2024. 22: 2873-2886.
（4）Qian Li, Han Lin, Hetong Lin, Mengshi Lin, Hui Wang, Wei Wei, Jianye Chen, Wangjin Lu, Xingfeng Shao, Zhongqi Fan. The metabolism of membrane lipid participates in the occurrence of chilling injury in cold-stored banana fruit. Food Research International, 2023, 173: 113415.
（5）Xiaoyong Kuang, Yazhen Chen, Hetong Lin, Han Lin, Guo Chen, Yifen Lin, Yihui Chen, Hui Wang, Zhongqi Fan. Comprehensive analyses of membrane lipids and phenolics metabolisms reveal the developments of chilling injury and browning in Chinese olives during cold storage. Food Chemistry, 2023, 416: 135754.
Research Projects:
（1）National Natural Science Foundation Committee, surface project, 32372776, The molecular mechanism of banana MaWRKY31 and its ubiquitination in regulating reactive oxygen species involved in fruit chilling injury occurrence, 2024-01-01 to 2027-12-31, 500,000 yuan , under study, host.
（2）National Natural Science Foundation, Youth Fund project, 32001747, The mechanism of WRKY transcription factor in the regulation of ROS metabolism during chilling stress response in banana fruit, 2021-0101 to 2023-12-31, 240,000 yuan, completed, host.
Email：ffanzqi@qq.com