Unit:College of Crop Science, Fujian Agriculture & Forestry University
Title: Professor
Education background:
Dr. He received his Bachelor degree in Agronomy from JiangxiAgricultureUniversity in 1988, his Master degree in Agronomy from Huazhong AgricultureUniversity in 1991 and his Ph.D in Crop Cultivation and Farming Science in 1998 from Fujian Agriculture University.
Field of study:
Pepper breeding, molecular mechanisms of disease resistance in Solanaceae plants, especially focusing on the molecular mechanisms of disease resistance in Solanaceae plants under high temperature and high humidity conditions
Study overseas:
Dr. He worked from 1996 October to 1998 January in Kyungpook NationalUniversity as a visiting scholar. In 2008, he visited Eulgem Thomas’ lab in University of California, Riverside for 4 months as visiting scholar.
Publications:
1. Cheng, X., M. Wan, Y. Song, Q. Liu, X. Hu, X. Chen, X. Zhang, Y. Zhang, R. Wu, Q. Lu, Y.
Huang, J. Lv, W. Cai, D. Guan, S. Yang and He S. CaSTH2 disables CaWRKY40 from activating
pepper thermotolerance and immunity against Ralstonia solanacearum via physical
interaction[J]. Horticulture Research, 2024: uhae066.
2. Mou, S., W. He, H. Jiang, Q. Meng, T. Zhang, Z. Liu, A. Qiu and He S.Transcription factor
CaHDZ15 promotes pepper basal thermotolerance by activating HEAT SHOCK
FACTORA6a Plant Physiology.2024(10.1093/plphys/kiae037)
3. Liu, K., L. Shi, H. Luo, K. Zhang, J. Liu, S. Qiu, X. Li, He S and Z. Liu. Ralstonia
solanacearum effector RipAK suppresses homodimerization of the host transcription factor
ERF098 to enhance susceptibility and the sensitivity of pepper plants to dehydration.Plant
Journal,2024, 117(1): 121-144.
4. Cai, W., Tao，Y., Gan J., Yang, S., Thomas W. Okita, He, S., Tian, L. Auxin response factor
CaARF9 mediates the trade-off between pepper growth and immunity. Plant Biotechnology
Journal, 2024(doi: 10.1111/pbi.14325).
5. Dang, F., J. Lin, Y. Li, R. Jiang, Y. Fang, F. Ding, He S and Y. Wang. SlWRKY30 and
SlWRKY81 synergistically modulate tomato immunity to Ralstonia solanacearum by directly
regulating SlPR-STH2. Horticulture Research,2023, 10(5): uhad050.
6. Huang, X., S. Yang, Y. Zhang, Y. Shi, L. Shen, Q. Zhang, A. Qiu, D. Guan and He S. Pepper
mildew resistance locus O 1 (MLO1) context-specifically induces high-temperature-specific
immunity and thermotolerance. Journal of Experimental Botany,2023(doi: 10.1093/jxb/erad479)
7. Yang S, W. Cai, R. Wu, Y. Huang, Q. Lu, W. Hui, X. Huang, Y. Zhang, Q. Wu, X. Cheng, M.
Wan, J. Lv, Q. Liu, X. Zheng, S. Mou, D. Guan and He S. Differential CaKAN3-CaHSF8
associations underlie distinct immune and heat responses under high temperature and high
humidity conditions. Nature Communications,2023, 14(1): 4477.
8. Zhang, Y., W. Cai, A. Wang, X. Huang, X. Zheng, Q. Liu, X. Cheng, M. Wan, J. Lv, D. Guan, S.
Yang and He S.MADS-box protein AGL8 interacts with chromatin-remodelling component SWC4
to activate thermotolerance and environment-dependent immunity in pepper. Journal of
Experimental Botany,2023, 74(12): 3667-3683.
9.Shi L，Li X，Weng Y，Cai H，Liu K，Xie B，Ansar H，Guan D，He S，Liu Z，The
CaPti1-CaERF3 module positively regulates resistance of Capsicum annuum to bacterial wilt
disease by coupling enhanced immunity and dehydration tolerance. The Plant Journal,
2022,DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15790
10. Yang S, Cai W, Shen L, Wu R, Cao J, Tang W, Lu Q, Huang Y, Guan D, He S. Solanaceous
plants switch to cytokinin-mediated immunity against Ralstonia solanacearum under high
temperature and high humidity. Plant, Cell & Environment 2022, 45(2):459-478.
11. Yang S, Cai W, Shen L, Cao J, Liu C, Hu J, Guan D, He S. A CaCDPK29-CaWRKY27b
module promotes CaWRKY40-mediated thermotolerance and immunity to Ralstonia
solanacearum in pepper. New Phytologist, 2022, 233(4):1843-1863.
12. Cai W, Yang S, Wu R, Zheng Y, He S, Shen L, Guan D, He S. CaSWC4 regulates the
immunity-thermotolerance tradeoff by recruiting CabZIP63/CaWRKY40 to target genes and
activating chromatin in pepper. PLoS Genetics, 2022, 18(2):e1010023.
13. Liu ZQ, Shi LP, Yang S, Qiu SS, Ma XL, Cai JS, Guan DY, Wang ZH, He S. A conserved
double-W box in the promoter of CaWRKY40 mediates autoregulation during response to
pathogen attack and heat stress in pepper. Molecular Plant Pathology, 2021, 22(1):3-18.
14.Cai W, Yang S, Wu R, Cao J, Shen L, Guan D, He S. Pepper NAC-type transcription factor
NAC2c balances the trade-off between growth and defense responses. Plant Physiology, 2021,
186(4):2169-2189.
15. Huang J, Shen L, Yang S, Guan D, He S. CaASR1 promotes salicylic acid- but represses
jasmonic acid-dependent signaling to enhance the resistance of Capsicum annuum to bacterial wilt
by modulating CabZIP63. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2020, 71(20):6538-6554.
16. Dang F, Lin J, Chen Y, Li GX, Guan D, Zheng SJ, He S. A feedback loop between
CaWRKY41 and H2O2 coordinates the response to Ralstonia solanacearum and excess cadmium
in pepper. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2019, 70(5):1581-1595.
17. Qiu A, Lei Y, Yang S, Wu J, Li J, Bao B, Cai Y, Wang S, Lin J, Wang Y , He S. CaC3H14
encoding a tandem CCCH zinc finger protein is directly targeted by CaWRKY40 and positively
regulates the response of pepper to inoculation by Ralstonia solanacearum. Molecular Plant
Pathology, 2018, 19(10):2221-2235.
18.Cheng W, Xiao Z, Cai H, Wang C, Hu Y, Xiao Y, Zheng Y, Shen L, Yang S, Liu Z, He S. A
novel leucine-rich repeat protein, CaLRR51, acts as a positive regulator in the response of pepper
to Ralstonia solanacearum infection. Molecular Plant Pathology, 2017, 18(8):1089-1100.
19. Shen L, Liu Z, Yang S, Yang T, Liang J, Wen J, Liu Y, Li J, Shi L, Tang Q, He S. Pepper
CabZIP63 acts as a positive regulator during Ralstonia solanacearum or high temperature-high
humidity challenge in a positive feedback loop with CaWRKY40. Journal of Experimental
Botany, 2016, 67(8):2439-2451.
20.Liu ZQ, Qiu AL, Shi LP, Cai JS, Huang XY, Yang S, Wang B, Shen L, Huang MK, Mou
SL, He S. SRC2-1 is required in PcINF1-induced pepper immunity by acting as an interacting
partner of PcINF1. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2015, 66(13):3683-3698.
21.Cai H, Yang S, Yan Y, Xiao Z, Cheng J, Wu J, Qiu A, Lai Y, Mou S, Guan D, He S. CaWRKY6
transcriptionally activates CaWRKY40, regulates Ralstonia solanacearum resistance, and confers
high-temperature and high-humidity tolerance in pepper. Journal of Experimental
Botany, 2015, 66(11):3163-3174.
22. Wang Y, Dang F, Liu Z, Wang X, Eulgem T, Lai Y, Yu L, She J, Shi Y, Lin J, He
S. CaWRKY58, encoding a group I WRKY transcription factor of Capsicum annuum, negatively
regulates resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum infection. Molecular Plant Pathology,2013,
14(2):131-144.
23.Dang FF, Wang YN, Yu L, Eulgem T, Lai Y, Liu ZQ, Wang X, Qiu AL, Zhang TX, Lin J, He
S. CaWRKY40, a WRKY protein of pepper, plays an important role in the regulation of tolerance
to heat stress and resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum infection. Plant, Cell &
Environment 2013, 36(4):757-774