Principal Investigator

Suhua Li Lab

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Suhua Li
Researcher
Ph.D., Tsinghua University, 2017
Keywords: Plant hormone, metabolism, herbivore, AMF
Email: lisuhua01@caas.cn
Research Interest
Plant secondary metabolites play essential roles in plant development, defense on biotic and abiotic stresses and interactions with other organisms and constitute a valuable resource for commercial applications in pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals. By taking advantage of genomics, metabolomics with genetic methods, our group focuses on elucidating the roles of plant hormones such as strigolactones and jasmonates in regulating the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, which consequently affects the growth and production of economic plants such as potato and tobacco. We are interested in understanding the mechanism of how the changes of metabolism triggered by these hormones may affect the interplay between the host plants with plant herbivores and rhizosphere microbes. This research will facilitate the production of crops. Our research projects have three main focus areas: 1. Molecular mechanisms of Strigolactone and jasmonate signal transductions 2. How do plant hormones regulate plant-herbivore interactions including potato with Colorado potato beetle and potato tuberworm? 3. How do plant hormones regulate plant-microbe interactions including tobacco with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)?
Honors and Awards
2021	Shenzhen Overseas High-level Talent Certificate, Overseas High-level B talent
2018-2020	Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Germany
Selected Publications
1.	Suhua Li, Youngsung Joo, Dechang Cao, Ran Li, Gisuk Lee, Rayko Halitschke, Gundega Baldwin, Ian T. Baldwin and Ming Wang. Strigolactone signaling regulates specialized metabolism in tobacco stems and interactions with stem-feeding herbivores. PLoS Biology, 2020, 18(8): e3000830.
2.	Ruifeng Yao, Zhenhua Ming, Liming Yan, Suhua Li, Fei Wang, Sui Ma, Caiting Yu, Mai Yang, Li Chen, Linhai Chen, Yuwen Li, Chun Yan, Di Miao, Zhongyuan Sun, Jianbin Yan, Yuna Sun, Lei Wang, Jinfang Chu, Shilong Fan, Wei He, Haiteng Deng, Fajun Nan, Jiayang Li, Zihe Rao, Zhiyong Lou, Daoxin Xie. DWARF14 is a non-canonical hormone receptor for strigolactone. Nature, 2016, 536: 469-473(* co-first-author).
3.	Suhua Li, Linhai Chen, Yuwen Li, Ruifeng Yao, Fei Wang, Mai Yang, Min Gu, Fajun Nan, Daoxin Xie, Jianbin Yan. Effect of GR24 stereoisomers on plant development in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant, 2016, 10(9): 1432-1435.
4.	Jianbin Yan, Suhua Li, Min Gu, Ruifeng Yao, Yuwen Li, Juan Chen, Mai Yang, Jianhua Tong, Langtao Xiao, Fajun Nan, Daoxin Xie. Endogenous bioactive jasmonate is composed of a set of (+)-7-iso-JA-amino acid conjugates. Plant Physiology, 2016, 172(4): 2154-2164.
5.	Suhua Li , Yuwen Li, Linhai Li*, Chi Zhang, Fei Wang, Haiou Li, Ming Wang, Yupei Wang, Fajun Nan, Daoxin Xie, Jianbin Yan. (2021). Strigolactone mimic 2-nitrodebranone is highly active in Arabidopsis growth and development. Plant Journal, 107, 67–76.
6.	Yuwen Li, Suhua Li †, Ran Du, Jiaojiao Wang, Haiou Li, Daoxin Xie†, and Jianbin Yan† (2021) Isoleucine enhances plant resistance against Botrytis cinerea via jasmonate signaling pathway. Frontiers in Plant Science, August 19 († corresponding author).
7.	Ming Wang, Martin Schäfer, Dapeng Li, Rayko Halitschke, Dong Chuanfu, Erica McGale, Christian Paetz, Yuanyuan Song, Suhua Li, Junfu Dong, Sven Heiling, Karin Groten, Philipp Franken, Michael Bitterlich, Maria J Harrison, Uta Paszkowski, Ian T Baldwin. Blumenols as shoot markers of root symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. eLife, 2018, 7:e37093.
8.	Jianbin Yan, Ruifeng Yao, Li Chen, Suhua Li, Min Gu, Fajun Nan, Daoxin Xie. Dynamic perception of jasmonates by the F-box protein COI1. Molecular Plant, 2018, 11: 1237-1247.

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