Current Position: Associate professor, College of Horticulture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
Educational background:
Ph.D: College of Horticulture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
Undergraduate: College of Food Science and Engineering, Shanxi Agricultural University
Research Interest：
1. Regulation mechanism of environmental factors on the growth, development and metabolism of edible mushroom.
2. Breeding of edible fungi with excellent and specific traits.
3. Intelligent cultivation of edible mushroom and rare mushroom.
Publications:
[1] Yizhao Chen; Huimin Ju; Hui Li; Chang Xu; Hui Jia; Lijun Xian; Chengjin Yuan; Zexuan Guo; Xijin Zhang; Yilin Yu; Yongxin Tao*. Light and phytochrome PHY control the production of edible fungus Flammulina filiformis by regulating the morphogenesis of fruiting bodies and l-lysine accumulation, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 2024, 261: 1-14.
[2] Shiyun Wei; Hui Jia; Honglei Zhao; Huiming Ju; Hui Li; Chang Xu; Bo Liu; Yanhong Hong; Yina Fang; Ziyan Li; Mengyao Niu; Sen Yao; Yongxin Tao*. Blue light receptor cryptochrome determines primordia formation, fruiting body development and pileus opening in macro mushroom Flammulina filiformis, Scientia Horticulturae, 2025, 339: 1-12.
[3] Jian Li; Chang Xu; Zhuohan Jing; Xiaoyu Li; Hui Li; Yizhao Chen; Yanping Shao; Jianfa Cai; Bo Wang; Baogui Xie; Yongxin Tao*. Blue light and its receptor white collar complex (FfWCC) regulates mycelial growth and fruiting body development in Flammulina filiformis, Scientia Horticulturae, 2023, 309: 1-11.
[4] Jian Li, Yanping Shao, Yayong Yang, Chang Xu, Zhuohan Jing, Hui Li, Baogui Xie, Yongxin Tao*. The chromatin modifier protein FfJMHY plays an important role in regulating the rate of mycelial growth and stipe elongation in Flammulina filiformis. Journal of Fungi, 2022, 8(5): 477.
[5] Yongxin Tao, Xiaofei Han, Ang Ren, Jian Li, Hanbing Song, Baogui Xie, Mingwen Zhao*. Heat stress promotes the conversion of putrescine to spermidine and plays an important role in regulating ganoderic acid biosynthesis in Ganoderma lucidum. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2021, 105(12), 5039-5051.
Research project:
1. National Key Research and Development Plan Project “Accurate Identification and Innovative Utilization of Edible Mushroom Germplasm Resources Suitable for Factory Cultivation”
2. Major Science and Technology Project of Fujian Province of China “Special Varieties and Key Technologies for Industrial Production of the Characteristic and Dominant Edible Fungi in Fujian Province”
3. National Natural Science Foundation of China
4. Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China
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