Selected Publications since 2003 (* corresponding author) 1. Zuo, D.-Y., Yi, S.-Y., Liu, R.-J., Qu, B., Huang, T., He, W.-J., Li, C., Li, H.-P*., Liao, Y.-C*. A deoxynivalenol-activated methionyl-tRNA synthetase gene from wheat encodes a nuclear localized protein and protects plants against Fusarium pathogens and mycotoxins. Phytopathology, 2016, DOI:10.1094/PHYTO-12-15-0327-R. 2. Song, X.-S., Xing, S., Li, H.-P., Zhang, J.-B., Qu, B., Jiang, J.-H., Fan, C., Yang, P., Liu, J.-L., Hu, Z.-Q., Xue, S., Liao, Y.-C*. An antibody that confers plant disease resistance targets a membrane-bound glyoxal oxidase in Fusarium. New Phytologist, 2015, doi: 10.1111/nph.13806. 3. Liu, N., Zhao, Z., Tan, Y., Lu, L., Wang, L., Liao, Y.-C., Beloglazova, N., De Saeger, S., Zheng, X., Wu, A*. Simultaneous raising of rabbit monoclonal antibodies to fluoroquinolones with diverse recognition functionalities via single mixture immunization. Analytical Chemistry, 2016, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b03637. 4. Hu, Z.-Q., Li, H.-P., Liu, J.-L., Xue, S., Gong, A.-D., Zhang, J.-B*., Liao, Y.-C. Production of a phage-displayed mouse scFv antibody against Fumonisin B1 and molecular docking analysis of their interactions. Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering, 2016, in press. 5. Cheng, W., Song, X.-S., Li, H.-P., Cao, L.-H., Sun, K., Qiu, X.-L., Xu, Y.-B., Yang, P., Huang, T., Zhang, J.-B., Qu, B., Liao, Y.-C*. Host-induced gene silencing of an essential chitin synthase gene confers durable resistance to Fusarium head blight and seedling blight in wheat. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2015, 13, 1335-1345. 6. Cheng, W., Li, H.-P., Zhang, J.-B., Du, H.-J., Wei, Q.-Y., Huang, T., Yang, P., Kong, X.-W., Liao, Y.-C*. Tissue-specific and pathogen-inducible expression of a fusion protein containing a Fusarium-specific antibody and a fungal chitinase protects wheat against Fusarium pathogens and mycotoxins. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2015, 13: 664-674. 7. Li, C., Li, C.-Y., Zhang, R.-Q., Liang, W., Kang X.-L., Jia, Y., Liao, Y.-C*. Effects of drought on the morphological and physicochemical characteristics of starch granules in different elite wheat varieties. Journal of Cereal Science, 2015, 66: 66-73. 8. Gong, A,-D., Li, H.-P., Shen, L., Zhang, J.-B., Wu, A.-B., He, W.-J., Yuan, Q.-S., He, J.-D., Liao, Y.-C*. The Shewanella algae strain YM8 produces volatiles with strong inhibition activity against Aspergillus pathogens and aflatoxins. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2015, Oct 6. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01091. 9. Ma, S., Liao, Y.-C., Jevnikar, A.M. Induction of oral tolerance with transgenic plants expressing antigens for prevention/treatment of autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, 2015, 16, 1002-1011. 10. Hu, Z.-Q., Li, H.-P., Wu, P., Li, Y.-B., Zhou, Z.-Q., Zhang, J.-B., Liu, J.-L., Liao, Y.-C*. An affinity improved single-chain antibody from phage display of a library derived from monoclonal antibodies detects fumonisins by immunoassay. Analytica Chimica Acta, 2015, 867: 74-82. 11. Gong, A.-D., Li, H.-P., Yuan, Q.-S., Song, X.-S., Yao, W., He, W.-J., Zhang, J.-B., Liao, Y.-C*. Antagonistic mechanism of iturin A and plipastatin A from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens S76-3 from wheat spikes against Fusarium graminearum. PLoS ONE, 2015 Feb 17;10(2):e0116871. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116871. 12. Liu, Y.-K., Li, H.-P*., Huang, T., Gao, C.- S., Zuo, D.-Y., Zhao, Z.-X., Liao, Y.-C*. A wheat-specific gene, ribosomal protein L21, used as the endogenous reference gene for qualitative and real-time quantitative PCR detection of transgenes. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2014, 62: 10405-10413. 13. Wang, J.-H., J.-B. Zhang, Li, H.-P., A.-D. Gong, Liao, Y.-C*. Molecular identification, mycotoxin production and comparative pathogenicity of Fusarium temperatum isolated from maize in China. Journal of Phytopathology, 2014, 162: 147-157. 14. Song, X.-S., Li, H.-P., Zhang, J.-B., Song, B., Huang, T., Du, X.-M., Gong, A.-D., Liu, Y.-K., Feng, Y.-N. Agboola, R.S., Liao, Y.-C*. Trehalose 6-phosphate phosphatase is required for development, virulence and mycotoxin biosynthesis apart from trehalose biosynthesis in Fusarium graminearum. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2014, 63: 24-41. 15. Wang, J.-H., Li, H.-P., J.-B. Zhang, B.-T. Wang, Liao, Y.-C*. First report of Fusarium maize ear rot caused by Fusarium kyushuense in China. Plant Disease, 2014, 98: 279-280. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-05-13-0558-PDN. 16. Xue, S., Li, H.-P., Zhang, J.-B., Liu, J.-L., Hu, Z.-Q., Gong, A.-D., Huang, T., Liao, Y.-C*. Chicken single-chain antibody fused to alkaline phosphatase detects Aspergillus pathogens and their presence in natural samples by direct sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Analytical Chemistry, 2013, 85, 10992–10999. 17. Song, B., Li, H.-P., Zhang, J.-B., Wang, J.-H., Gong, A.-D., Song, X.-S., Chen T., Liao, Y.-C*. Type II myosin gene in Fusarium graminearum is required for septation, development, mycotoxin biosynthesis and pathogenicity. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2013, 54: 60-70. 18. Saad, A. S. I., Li, X., Li, H.-P., Huang, T., Gao, C.-S., Guo, M.-W., Cheng, W., Zhao, Y.-G., Liao, Y.-C*. A rice stress-responsive NAC gene enhances tolerance of transgenic wheat to drought and salt stresses. Plant Science. 2013, 203-204: 33-40. 19. Hu, Z.-Q., Li, H.-P., Zhang, J.-B., Huang, T., Liu, J.-L., Xue, S., Wu, A.-B., Liao, Y.-C*. A phage-displayed chicken single-chain antibody fused to alkaline phosphatase detects Fusarium pathogens and their presence in cereal grains. Analytica Chimica Acta, 2013, 764: 84-92. 20. Gao, C.-S., Kou, X.-J., Li, H.-P., Zhang, J.-B., Saad, A. Sefyan I., Liao, Y.-C*. Inverse effects of Arabidopsis NPR1 gene on fusarium seedling blight and fusarium head blight in transgenic wheat. Plant Pathology, 2013, 62: 383-392. 21. Zhang, J.-B., Wang, J.-H., Gong, A.-D., Chen, F.-F., Song, B., Li, H.-P., Li, X., Peng, C.-H., Liao Y.-C*. Natural occurrence of Fusarium head blight, mycotoxins, and mycotoxin-producing strains of Fusarium in commercial fields of wheat in Hubei. Plant Pathology, 2013, 62: 92-102. 22. Han, Z., Zhao, Z. Y., Shi, J. X., Liao, Y.-C., Zhao, Z.H., Zhang, D.B., Wu, Y.L., Saeger, S.D., Wu, A.B. Combinatorial approach of LC–MS/MS and LC–TOF-MS for uncovering in vivo kinetics and biotransformation of ochratoxin A in rat. Journal of Chromatography B, 2013, 925: 46-53. 23. Liu, Z.-W., Li, H.-P., Cheng, W., Yang, P., Zhang, J.-B., Gong, A.-D., Feng, Y.-N., Fernando, W. G. D., Liao, Y.-C*. Enhanced overall resistance to Fusarium seedling blight and Fusarium head blight in transgenic wheat by co-expression of anti-fungal peptides. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2012, 134: 721-732. 24. Hu, Z.-Q., Liu, J. L., Li, H.-P., Xing, S., Xue, S., Zhang, J.-B., Wang, J.-H., Nölke, G., Liao, Y.-C*. Generation of a highly reactive chicken-derived single-chain variable fragment against Fusarium verticillioides by phage display. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2012, 13, 7038-7056. 25. Ndoye, M., Zhang, J-B., Wang, J.-H., Gong, A.-D, Qu, B., Li, H.-P., Li, S.-J, Liao, Y.-C*. Nivalenol and 15-acetyldeoxynivalenol chemotypes of Fusarium graminearum clade species are prevalent on maize throughout China. Journal of Phytopathology, 2012, 160: 519-524. 26. Wang, J.-H., Zhang, J-B., Chen, F.- F., Li, H.-P., Ndoye M., Liao, Y.-C*. A multiplex PCR assay for genetic chemotyping of toxigenic Fusarium graminearum and wheat grains for 3-acetyldeoxynivalenol, 15-acetyldeoxynivalenol and nivalenol mycotoxins. Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment. 2012, 10: 505-511. 27. Liu, J.-L., Hu, Z.-Q., Xing, S., Xue, S., Li, H.-P., Zhang, J.-B., Liao, Y.-C*. Attainment of 15-fold higher affinity of a Fusarium-specific single-chain antibody by directed molecular evolution coupled to phage display. Molecular Biotechnology, 2012, 52: 111-122. 28. Huang, T., Qu, B., Li, H.-P., Zuo, D.-Y., Zhao, Z.-X., Liao, Y.-C*. A maize viviparous 1 gene increases seed dormancy and preharvest sprouting tolerance in transgenic wheat. Journal of Cereal Science, 2012, 55: 166-173. 29. Liu, G., Han, Z., Nie, D., Yang, J., Zhao, Z. H., Zhang, J. B., Li, H.P., Liao, Y. C., Song, S., Saeger, S. D., Wu, A. B. Rapid and sensitive quantitation of zearalenone in food and feed by lateral flow immunoassay. Food Control, 2012, 27: 200-205. 30. Han, Z., Zhao, Z.-Y., Song, S.-Q., Liu, G., Shi, J.-X., Zhang, J.-B., Liao, Y.-C., Zhang, D.-B., Saeger, S. D., Wu, A.-B. Establishment of a model isotope dilution LC-MS/MS method revealing kinetics and distribution of co-occurring mycotoxins in rat. Analytical Methods, 2012, 4, 3708–3717. 31. Chen, F. F., Zhang, J. T., Song, X.S., Yang, J., Li H. P., Tang, H*., Liao, Y.-C*. Combined metabonomic and quantitative real-time PCR reveal systems metabolic changes of Fusarium graminearum induced by Tri5 gene deletion. Journal of Proteome Research, 2011, 10:2273-2285. 32. Wang, J.-H., Ndoye, M., Zhang, J.-B., Li, H.-P., Liao, Y.-C*. Population structure and genetic diversity of the Fusarium graminearum species complex. Toxins, 2011, 3, 1020-1037. 33. Glinka, E. M., Liao, Y.-C. Purification and partial characterisation of pectin methylesterase produced by Fusarium asiaticum. Fungal Biology, 2011, 115: 1112-1121. 34. Amarasinghe, C., Wang, J.-H., Liao, Y.-C., Fernando, D. Difference in TRI13 gene sequences between the 3-Acetyldeoxynivalenol producing Fusarium graminearum chemotypes from Canada and China. International Journal of Molecular Science, 2011, 12, 6164-6175. 35. Li, X., Zhang, J.-B., Song, B., Li, H.-P., Xu, H. Q., Qu, B., Dang, F.-J., Liao, Y.-C*. Resistance to Fusarium head blight and seedling blight in wheat is associated with activation of a cytochrome P450 gene. Phytopathology, 2010, 100:183-191. 36. Xu, Y.-B., Li, H.-P., Zhang, J.-B., Song, B., Chen, F.-F., Duan, X.-J., Xu, H.-Q., Liao, Y.-C*. Disruption of the chitin synthase gene Chs1 from Fusarium asiaticum results in an altered structure of cell walls and reduced virulence. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2010, 47: 205-215. 37. Cheng, L., Li, H.-P., Qu, B., Huang, T., Tu, J.-X., Fu, T.-D., Liao, Y.-C*. Chloroplast transformation of rapeseed (Brassica napus) by particle bombardment of cotyledons. Plant Cell Reports, 2010, 29, 37:371-381. 38. Li, H.-P., Huang, T., Wang, C.-X., Liao, Y.-C*. An efficient regeneration system of barley cultivars from leaf base segments. Biologia Plantarum, 2009, 53: 733-736. 39. Wang, J.-H., Li, H.-P., Qu, B., Zhang, J.-B., Huang, T., Chen, F.-F., Liao, Y.-C*. Development of a generic PCR detection of 3-acetyldeoxynivalenol-, 15-acetyldeoxynivalenol- and nivalenol-chemotypes of Fusarium graminearum clade. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2008, 9:2495-2504. 40. Li, H.-P., Zhang, J.-B., Shi, R.-P., Huang, T., Fischer, R., Liao, Y.-C*. Engineering Fusarium head blight resistance in wheat by expression of a fusion protein containing a Fusarium-specific antibody and an antifungal peptide. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interaction, 2008, 21:1242-1248. 41. Hu, Z.-Q., Li, H.-P., Zhang, J.-B., Glinka, E., Liao, Y.-C*. Antibody-mediated prevention of Fusarium mycotoxins in the field. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2008, 9: 1915-1926. 42. Qu, B., Li, H.-P., Zhang, J.-B., Xu, Y.-B., Huang, T., Wu, A.B., Zhao, C.-S., Carter, J., Nicholson, P., Liao, Y.-C*. Geographical distribution and genetic diversity of the Fusarium graminearum and F. asiaticum on wheat spikes throughout China. Plant Pathology, 2008, 57: 15-24. 43. Qu, B., Li, H.-P., Zhang, J.-B., Huang, T., Carter, J., Liao, Y.-C*., P. Nicholson. Comparison of genetic diversity and pathogenicity of Fusarium head blight pathogens from China and Europe revealed by SSCP and seedling assays on wheat. Plant Pathology, 2008, 57:642-651. 44. Zhang, J.-B., Li, H.-P., Dang, F.-J., Qu, B., Xu, Y.-B., Zhao, C.-S., Liao, Y.-C*. Determination of the trichothecene mycotoxin chemotypes and associated geographical distribution and phylogenetic species of the Fusarium graminearum clade from China. Mycological Research, 2007, 111:967-975. 45. Liao, Y.-C*., Li, H.-P., Yao, M.-J., Zhang, J.-B., Liu, J.-L. Plantibodies: A novel strategy to create pathogen-resistant plants. Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews, 2006, 23:253-271. 46. Li, H.-P., Wu, A.-B., Zhao, C.-S., Scholten, O., Loeffler, H., Liao, Y.-C*. Development of a generic PCR detection of deoxynivalenol-and nivalenol-chemotypes of Fusarium graminearum. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 2005, 243:505-511. 47. Wu, A.-B.,Li., H.-P., Zhao, C.-S., Liao, Y.-C*. Comparative pathogenicity of Fusarium graminearum from China revealed by wheat coleoptile and floret inoculations. Mycopathologia, 2005, 160:75-83. 48. Peschen, D., Li, HP., Fischer, R., Kreuzaler, F., Liao, Y.-C*. Fusion proteins comprising a Fusarium-specific antibody linked to anti-fungal peptides protect plants against fungal pathogens. Nature Biotechnology, 2004, 22:732-738. 49. Li, H.P., Fu, CY., Fischer, R., Liao, Y.-C*. Cloning and characterization of a gene coding for a class I chitin synthase from Fusarium graminearum. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, 2003, 25: 240-248. |