Department of Plant Pathology

Name

Luo Chaoxi

Gender

male

Position Title

Professor

Working Department

College of Plant Science and Technology

Email

cxluo@mail.hzau.edu.cn

Address

College of Plant Science and Technology

Huazhong Agricultural University

Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P.R. China

Tel

+86-27-87281242

Fax

Research Interest

Ø Molecular mechanisms of fungicide resistance in plant pathogenic fungi, e.g. Monilinia spp., Colletotrichum spp., Venturia carpophila, Botryotinia fuckeliana, Ustilaginoidea virens 

Ø Genetic diversity of plant pathogenic fungi, e.g., peach pathogens in China

Ø Rice false smut disease

Ø Management of peach diseases

Professional Memberships

Ø Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society (APS)

Ø Fellow of the Chinese Society for Plant Pathology (CSPP)

Ø Senior member of Council of the Hubei Province Society for Plant Pathology

Other Roles

Ø Editor for Scientific Reports, Phytopathology Research, Acta Phytopathologica Sinica;

Ø Reviewer for more than 20 international journals such as PLoS Pathogens, Environmental Microbiology, Molecular Plant Pathology, Phytopathology, Plant Disease, Pest Management Sciences etc.

Education & Working Experience

Education

Ph.D. in Plant Pathology

Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan, 2003.4-2006.3

Dissertation: Genetic Analysis and Chromosomal Assignment of Cultivar-Specific Avirulence Genes in Rice Blast Fungus

Master of Agriculture in Plant Pathology 

Saga University, Saga, Japan, 2001.4-2003.3

Thesis: Genetic Analysis of Avirulence Genes in Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae

Bachelor of Agriculture in Plant Protection 

China Agriculture University, Beijing, China, 1991.9-1995.7

Working Experience

Professor: 2008.8-present, College of Plant Science and Technology & Key Lab of Crop Disease Monitoring & Safety Control in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.

Postdoctoral Research Associate: 2006.4-2008.7, the Department of Entomology, Soils and Plant Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0315, USA. Research Advisor: Dr. Guido Schnabel

Publications

1. Zhang, M. M., Wang, Z. Q., Xu, X., Huang, S., Yin, W. X., and Luo, C. X*. 2020. MfOfd1 is crucial for stress responses and virulence in the peach brown rot fungus Monilinia fructicola. Molecular Plant Pathology, 21: 820-833.

2. Chaisiri, C., Liu, X. Y., Lin, Y., Li, J. B., Xiong, B., and Luo, C. X*. 2020. Phylogenetic analysis and development of molecular tool for detection of Diaporthe citri causing melanose disease of citrus. Plants, 9: 329.

3. Yin, L. F., Mo, W., Guo, D. Y., and Luo, C. X*. 2020. First report of brown rot of Prunus mume caused by Monilinia fructicola in China. Plant Disease, 104: 1253.

4. Yin, L. F.,  Du, S. F., Chaisiri, C., Cheewangkoon, R. and Luo, C. X*. 2019. Phylogenetic analysis and fungicide baseline sensitivities of Monilia mumecola in China. Plant Disease, 103: 2231-2236.

5. Chen, S. N., Schnabel, G., Yuan, H. Z. and Luo, C. X*. 2019. LAMP detection of the genetic element‘Mona’associated with DMI resistance in Monilinia fructicola. Pest Management Science, 75:779-786.

6. Adnan, M., Hamada, M. S., Hahn, M., Li, G. Q. and Luo, C. X*. 2019. Fungicide resistance of Botrytis cinerea from strawberry to procymidone and zoxamide in Hubei, China. Phytopathology Research, 1:17.

7. Fan, F., Hahn, M., Li, G. Q., Lin, Y. and Luo, C. X*. 2019. Rapid detection of benzimidazole resistance in Botrytis cinerea by loop-mediated isothermal amplification. Phytopathology Research, 1:10.

8. Xie, S. L^#., Wang, Y. F^#., Wei, W., Lin, Y., Yin, W. X* and Luo, C. X. 2019. Development of novel methods for functional evaluation of the signal peptide of secreted protein. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 106:182-186.

9. Xie, S. L., Wang, Y. F., Wei, W., Li, C. Y., Liu, Y., Qu, J. S., Meng, Q. H., Lin, Y., Yin, W. X*, Yang, Y. N. and Luo, C. X. 2019. The Bax inhibitor UvBI-1, a negative regulator of mycelial growth and conidiation, mediates stress response and is critical for pathogenicity of the rice false smut fungus Ustilaginoidea virens. Current Genetics 65(5):1-13.

10. Wang, Y. F., Wang, F., Xie, S. L.,  Liu, Y., Qu, J. S.,  Huang, J. B., Yin, W. X* and Luo, C. X. 2019. Development of rice conidiation media for Ustilaginoidea virens. PLoS ONE,14(10):e49096.

11. Cong, M. L., He, S., Zhang, J., Luo, C. X. and Zhu, F. X*. 2019. Hormetic effects of mixtures of carbendazim and iprodione on the virulence of Botrytis cinerea. Plant Disease, 103(1) : 95-101.

12. Chechi, A., Stahlecker, J., Zhang, M., Luo, C. X., Schnabel, G*. First report of Colletotrichum fioriniae and C. nymphaeae causing anthracnose on cherry tomatoes in South Carolina. Plant Disease, 103(5):1042.

13. Yin, W. X.^#, Adnan, M.^#, Shang, Y., Lin, Y. and C. X. Luo*. 2018. Sensitivity of Botrytis cinerea from nectarine/cherry in China to six fungicides and characterization of resistant isolates. Plant Disease, 102: 2578-2585.

14. Wang, Z. Q., Meng, F. Z., Zhang, M. M., Yin, L. F., Yin, W. X., Lin, Y., Hsiang, T., Peng, Y. L., Wang, Z. H. and Luo, C. X*. 2018. A putative Zn₂Cys₆ transcription factor is associated with isoprothiolane resistance in Magnaporthe oryzae. Frontiers in Microbiology, 31: fmicb.2018.02608.

15. Fan, F., Yin, W. X., Li, G. Q., Lin, Y. and Luo, C. X*. 2018. Development of a LAMP method for detecting SDHI fungicide resistance in Botrytis cinerea. Plant Disease, 102: 1612-1618.

16. Adnan, M., Hamada, M. S., Li, G. Q. and Luo, C. X*. 2018. Detection and molecular characterization of resistance to the dicarboximide and benzamide fungicides in Botrytis cinerea from tomato in Hubei province, China. Plant Disease, 102: 1299-1306.

17. Chen, S. N., Wang, Y. Y., Schnabel, G., Peng, C. A., Lagishetty, S., Smith, K., Luo, C. X., Yuan H. Z*. Inherent resistance to 14α-demethylation inhibitor fungicides in Colletotrichum truncatum is likely linked to CYP51A and/or CYP51B gene variants. Phytopathology, 2018, 108(11): 1263-1275.

18. Chen, S. N., Yuan, N. N., Schnabel, G., and Luo, C. X*. 2017. Function of the genetic element ‘Mona’ associated with fungicide resistance in Monilinia fructicola. Molecular Plant Pathology, 18: 90-97.

19. Fan, F., Hamada, M. S., Li, N., Li, G. Q., and Luo, C. X*. 2017. Multiple fungicide resistance in Botrytis cinerea from greenhouse strawberries in Hubei province, China. Plant Disease, 101: 601-606.

20. Yin, L. F., Cai, M. L., Du, S. F., Luo, C. X*. 2017. Identification of two Monilia species from apricot in China. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 16(11): 2496-2503.

21. Yin, W. X., Cui, P., Wei, W., Lin, Y., Luo, C. X*. Genome-wide identification and analysis of the basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factor gene family in Ustilaginoidea virens. Genome, 2017, 60(12): 1051-1059

22. Song, J. H^#., Wei, W^#., Lv, B., Lin, Y., Yin W. X., Peng, Y. L., Schnabel, G., Huang, J. B., Jiang, D. H., Luo, C. X*. 2016. Rice false smut fungus hijacks the rice nutrients supply by blocking and mimicking the fertilization of rice ovary. Environmental Microbiology, 18: 3840-3849.

23. Fan, F., Li, N., Li, G. Q., and Luo, C. X*. 2016. Occurrence of fungicide resistance in Botrytis cinerea from greenhouse tomato in Hubei Province, China. Plant Disease, 100: 2414-2421.

24. Firoz, M. J., Xiao, X., Zhu, F. X., Fu, Y. P., Jiang, D. H., Schnabel, G., and Luo, C. X*. 2016. Exploring mechanisms of resistance to dimethachlone in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Pest Management Science, 72: 770-779.

25. Chen, S. N., Luo, C. X., Hu, M. J. and Schnabel, G*. 2016. Fitness and competitive ability of Botrytis cinerea isolates with resistance to multiple chemical classes of fungicides. Phytopathology, 106: 997-1005.

26. Chen, S. N., Luo, C. X., Hu, M. J., and Schnabel, G*. 2016. Sensitivity of Colletotrichum species, including C. fioriniae and C. nymphaeae, from peach to demethylation inhibitor fungicides. Plant Disease, 100: 2434-2441.

27. Chen, G. K., Du, S. F., Li, G. Q., Luo, C. X., and Yin, L. F*. 2016. First report of brown rot caused by Monilinia fructicola on Chinese sour cherry (Cerasus pseudocerasus) in Southwestern China. Plant Disease, 100: 224.

28. Wang, F., Lin, Y., Yin, W. X., Peng, Y. L., Schnabel, G., Huang, J. B., and Luo, C. X*. 2015. The Y137H mutation of VvCYP51 gene confers the reduced sensitivity to tebuconazole in Villosiclava virens. Scientific Reports, 5:17575. DOI: 10.1038/srep17575.

29. Yin, L. F., Chen, S. N., Chen, G. K., Schnabel, G., Du, S. F., Chen, C., Li, G. Q*., and Luo, C. X*. 2015. Identification and characterization of three Monilinia species from plum in China. Plant Disease, 99:1775-1783.

30. Jia, Q., Lv, B., Guo, M. Y., Luo, C. X., Zheng, L., Hsiang, T., Huang, J. B*. 2015. Effect of rice growth period, temperature, relative humidity and wetness duration on infection of rice panicles by Villosiclava virens. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 141:15-25.

31. Fan, Z., Yang, J. H., Fan, F., Luo, C. X., and Schnabel, G*. 2015. Fitness and competitive ability of Alternaria alternata field isolates with resistance to SDHI, QoI, and MBC fungicides. Plant Disease, 99: 1744-1750.

32. Chen, F. P., Everhart, S. E., Bryson, P., Luo, C. X., Song, X., Liu, X. L., Schnabel, G*. 2015. Fungicide-induced transposon movement in Monilinia fructicola. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 85:38-44.

33. Yin, L. F., Wang, F., Zhang, Y., Kuang, H., Schnabel, G., Li, G. Q., Luo, C. X*. 2014. Evolutionary analysis revealed the horizontal transfer of the Cyt b gene from Fungi to Chromista. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 76:155-161.

34. Wang, F., Zhang, S., Liu, M. G., Lin, X. S., Liu, H. J., Peng, Y. L., Lin, Y., Huang, J. B. and Luo, C. X*. 2014. Genetic diversity analysis reveals that geographical environment plays a more important role than rice cultivars on population selection of Villosiclava virens. Applied Environmental Microbiology, 80:2811-2820.

35. Chen, S. N., Shang, Y., Wang, Y., Schnabel, G., Lin, Y., Yin, L. F., Luo, C. X*. 2014. Sensitivity of Monilinia fructicola from peach farms in China to four fungicides and characterization of isolates resistant to carbendazim and azoxystrobin. Plant Disease, 98: 1555-1560.

36. Hu, M. J., Ma, Q. Y., Li, K. B., Lin, Y., and Luo, C. X*. 2014. Exploring mechanism of resistance to Isoprothiolane in Magnaporthe oryzae, the causal agent of rice blast. Journal of Plant Pathology, 96: 249-259.

37. Yin, L. F., Chen, G. K., Chen, S. N., Du, S. F., Li, G. Q., Luo, C. X*. 2014. First report of brown rot caused by Monilia mumecola on Chinese sour cherry in Chongqing municipality, China. Plant Disease, 98: 1009.

38. Yin, L. F., Chen, S. N., Cai, M. L., Li, G. Q. and Luo, C. X*. 2014. First report of brown rot of apricot caused by Monilia mumecola. Plant Disease，98: 694.

39. Jiang, Y. H., Luo, C. X., Jiang, D. H., Li, G. Q., Huang, J. B*. 2014. The complete genomic sequence of a second novel partitivirus infecting Ustilaginoidea virens. Archives of Virology, 7:1865-1868.

40. Jiang, Y. H., Zhang, T. T.,  Luo, C. X., Jiang, D. H., Li, G. Q., Li, Q. L., Hsiang, T., Huang, J. B*. 2014. Prevalence and diversity of mycoviruses infecting the plant pathogen Ustilaginoidea virens. Virus Research, 195:47-56.

41. Li, X., Fernández-Ortuño, D., Chen, S., Grabke, A., Luo, C. X., Bridges, W. C., and Schnabel, G*. 2014. Location-specific fungicide resistance profiles and evidence for stepwise accumulation of resistance in Botrytis cinerea. Plant Disease 98:1066-1074.

42. Zhang, Y., Zhang, K., Fang, A. F., Han, Y. Q., Yang, J., Xue, M. F., Bao, J. D., Hu, D. W.,  Zhou, B.,  Sun, X. Y., Li, S. J.,  Wen, M., Yao, N.,  Ma, L. J.,  Liu, Y. F., Zhang, M., Huang, F., Luo, C. X. Zhou, L. G., Li, J. Q., Chen, Z. Y., Miao, J. K., Wang, S., Lai, J. S., Xu, J. R., Hsiang, T., Peng, Y. L*., Sun W. X*. 2014. Specific adaptation of Ustilaginoidea virens in occupying host florets revealed by comparative and functional genomics. Nature Communications, 5: 3849.

43. Yuan, N. N^#., Chen, S. N^#., Zhai, L. X., Schnabel, G., Yin, L. F. and Luo, C. X*. 2013. Baseline sensitivity of Monilia yunnanensis to the DMI fungicides tebuconazole and triadimefon. Eur J Plant Pathol, 136:651-655.

44. Yin, L. F., Chen, S. N., Yuan, N. N., Zhai, L. X., Li, G. Q. and Luo, C. X*. 2013. First report of peach brown rot caused by Monilinia fructicola in central and western China. Plant Disease 97(9):1255..

45. Wang, X. M., Liu, Q. L., Wang, H., Luo, C. X., Wang, G. J., and Luo, M. Z*. 2013. A BAC based physical map and genome survey of the rice false smut fungus Villosiclava virens. BMC genomics,14:883-898.

46. Yin, L. F., Hu, M. J., Wang, F., Kuang, H., Zhang, Y. Schnabel, G., Li, G. Q. and Luo, C. X*. 2012. Frequent gain and loss of introns in fungal cytochrome b genes. PLoS ONE 7(11): e49096.

47. Hu, M. J., Cox, K. D., Schnabel, G. and Luo, C. X*.  2011. Monilinia species causing brown rot of peach in China. PLoS ONE, 6(9): e24990. Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024990.

48. Hu, M. J., Yin, L. F., Chen, Y., Chen, S. N., Liu, X. L., Chen F. P., and Luo, C. X*. 2011. A group I intron located downstream of the G143 position of the Cyt b gene in Monilinia fructicola is present in genetically diverse populations from China. In Modern Fungicides and Antifungal Compounds VI, pp 143-150, Dehne, H.W., Deising, H.B., Gisi, U., Kuck, K.H., Russell, P.E., Lyr, H. (Eds.), Deutsche Phytomedizinische Gesellschaft, Braunschweig, Germany.

49. Hu, M. J., Luo, C. X*., Grabke, A. and Schnabel, G*. 2011. Selection of a suitable medium to determine sensitivity of Monilinia fructicola mycelium to SDHI fungicides. Journal of Phytopathology, 159: 616-620.

50. Hu, M. J., Chen, Y., Chen, S. N., Liu, X. L., Yin, L. F.  and Luo, C. X*. 2011. First report of brown rot of peach caused by Monilinia fructicola in southeastern China. Plant Disease, 95: 225. 

51. Grabke, A., Hu, M. J., Luo, C. X., Bryson, P. K. and Schnabel, G*. 2011. First report of brown rot of apple caused by Monilinia fructicola in Germany. Plant disease, 95: 772.

52. Yin, L. F., Luo, C. X*., Kusaba, M. and Yaegashi, H. 2010. Analysis of the abnormal segregation of pathogenicity in Magnaporthe grisea by using a genetic cross of Oryza and Eleusine isolates. Agricultural Sciences in China, 9:383-391. 

53. Luo, C. X., Hu, M.J., Jin, X., Yin, L. F., Bryson, P. K., and Schnabel, G*. 2010. An intron in the cytochrome b gene of Monilinia fructicola mitigates the risk of resistance development to QoI fungicides. Pest Management Sciences, 66:1308-1315. 

54. Luo C. X, Cox, K. D., Amiri, A., and Schnabel, G*. 2008. Occurrence and detection of the DMI resistance-associated genetic element ’Mona’ in Monilinia fructicola. Plant Disease, 92: 1099-1103.

55. Luo C. X, and Schnabel, G*. 2008. The cytochrome P450 lanosterol 14α-demethylase gene is a demethylation inhibitor fungicide resistance determinant in Monilinia fructicola field isolates from Georgia. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 74: 359-366.

56. Luo C. X, and Schnabel, G*. 2008. Adaptation to fungicides in Monilinia fructicola isolates with different fungicide resistance phenotypes. Phytopathology, 98: 230-238.

57. Kusaba, M^#*., Luo C. X., Hanamura, H., Misaka, M., Mochida, T., Fujita, Y., and Tosa, Y. 2008. An avirulence gene to rice cultivar K60 is located on the 1.6-Mb chromosome in Magnaporthe oryzae isolate 84R-62B. Journal of General Plant Pathology, 74: 250-253. 

58. Luo, C. X., Yin, L. F., Ohtaka, K., and, Kusaba, M*. 2007. The 1.6 Mb chromosome carrying the avirulence gene AvrPik in Magnaporthe oryzae isolate 84R-62B is a chimera containing chromosome 1 sequences. Mycological Research, 111: 232-239.

59. Luo, C. X., Yin, L. F., Koyanagi, S., Farman, M. L., Kusaba, M., and Yaegashi, H*. 2005. Genetic mapping and chromosomal assignment of Magnaporthe oryzae avirulence genes AvrPik, AvrPiz and AvrPiz-t, controlling cultivar specificity on rice. Phytopathology, 95: 640-647.

60. Luo, C. X., Yasuda, N., Iwano, M., Tanaka, H., Kusaba, M., and Yaegashi, H*. 2005. Identification of Magnaporthe oryzae avirulence gene corresponding to the rice blast resistance gene Pik-m. Bull. Fac. Agr., Saga Univ., 90: 15-21.

61. Luo, C. X., Fujita, Y., Yasuda, N., Hirayae, K., Nakajima, T., Hayashi, N., Kusaba, M., and Yaegashi, H*. 2004. Identification of Magnaporthe oryzae avirulence genes to three rice blast resistance genes. Plant Disease, 88: 265-270.

62. Luo, C. X., Hanamura, H., Sezaki, H., Kusaba, M., and Yaegashi, H*. 2002. Relationship between avirulence genes of the same family in rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea. Journal of General Plant Pathology, 68: 300-306.

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MAJOR HONORS AND AWARDS 

· Scientific and Technological progress Award, 2^nd prize. 1998. Ministry of Agriculture of China.

· Scientific and Technological progress Award, 2^nd prize. 1999. National level.

· Scientific and Technological progress Award, 1^st prize. 1999. Yunnan province of China

· Excellent teaching quality Award, 3^rd prize. 2009. Huazhong Agricultural University