General

Bo Tian, Associate Professor

Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences,

88 Xuefu Road, Kunming 650224, China

E-mail:  tianbo@xtbg.ac.cn


Research Areas

Germplasm enhancement and utilization of wild plant resource

Education

Master: 09/1999-02/2002, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China

Ph. D.: 03/2002—03/2005, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China


Experience


Work Experience

3/2005- 12/2008  Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of  Sciences

8/2012-8/2013  Department Of Agricultural, Food And Nutritional Science,  University of Alberta, Canada

1/2008-present Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of  Sciences

Publications

   
Papers

1.Shengxi Liao, Kai Cui,Bo Tian*2015Zhiyong Zhang, Aizhong Liu, Kun Li, and Xuedong Lang, The effect of long-term historical habitat fragmentation on genetic diversity of the relictual conifer Calocedrus macrolepis (cupressaceae) in China.Brazilian Journal of Botany38(3):567–577

2. Zheng Guowei#,Tian Bo#, Li Weiqi (2014) Membrane Lipid Remodelling of Meconopsis racemosa after Its Introduction into Lowlands from an Alpine Environment.PLoS ONE9(9): e106614

3.H.Q. Yang, M.Y. An, Z.J. Gu,B. Tian*. 2012. Genetic Diversity and  Differentiation of Dendrocalamus membranaceus (Poaceae: Bambusoideae), a  Declining Bamboo Species in Yunnan, China, as Based on Inter-Simple Sequence  Repeat (ISSR) Analysis. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 13, 4446-4457. (corresponding  author)

4.  B.  Tian, H.Q. Yang, K.M. Wong, A.Z. Liu, Z.Y. Ruan. 2012. ISSR analysis shows  low genetic diversity vs. high genetic differentiation for giant bamboo,  Dendrocalamus giganteus (Poaceae: Bambusoideae), in China populations. Genetic  Resources and Crop Evolution. 59901-908

4.  G.W. Zheng‡,B. Tian‡, F.J. Zhang, F.Q. Tao, W.Q.  Li. 2011, Plant adaptation to frequent alterations between high and low  temperatures: remodeling of membrane lipids and maintenance of unsaturation  levels. Plant Cell & Environment 34: 1431–1442 (‡Joint First Author) 

5.L.J.  Qiu, C. Yang,B. Tian, J.B. Yang and A.Z. Liu. 2010. Exploiting EST  databases for the development and characterization of EST-SSR markers in castor  (Ricinus communis L.).BMC Plant  Biology10: 278.

6.S.X. Liao, X.J. Mi, A.Z. Liu, K. Li, Z.Y.  Yang, andB. Tian*.2010. Isolation and Characterization of Polymorphic  Microsatellite Markers inCalocedrus macrolepis KurzCupressaceae.Hortscience45(1):169–171(*corresponding  author)

7.B. Tian, Y.Y. Cheng, D.Z. Li, Y.X.  Yan. 2006. Cloning and characterization of a bambooLEAFY HULL STERILE1 homologous gene.DNA sequence.  17(2):  143-151

8.B. Tian, Y.Y. Cheng, Y.X. Yan, D.Z.  Li. 2005. Isolation and ectopic expression of a bamboo (Dendrocalamus  latiflorus) MADS-box gene.Chinese  Science Bulletin. 50(3): 217-224

9.Y. Y. Chen, Y. Zhong,B. Tian, J. Yang  and D. Z. Li. 2005. Statisticalanalysis on adaptive evolution of SQUA  genes in angiosperms.Progress in  Natural Science. 15(1): 93-96

10.L. Q. Xiao, X. Gong, G. Hao, X.J. Ge,B.  Tian, S.X. Zheng. 2005. Comparison of genetics diversity in two species of  Cycas.Australia Journal of  Botany. 53(3) 219–223

11.R.H. Xu, L.J. Qiu, T.Q. Yang, R.L. Wang, B.  Tian, A.Z. Liu. 2013. Cloning and characterization of a phospholipids:  diacylglycerol acyltransferase (JcPDAT1) from Jatropha curcas L. Chinese journal  of oil crops sciences. (in press) (In Chinese with English  Abstract)

12.X.J. Mi, R.H. Xu, A.Z Liu, D. Wu, B.  Tian*. 2011. Cloning and  characterization of glycerol-3-phosphatedehydrogenase gene (RcGPDH) from castor  bean. Chinese journal of oil crops sciences. 33:451-458 (In Chinese with English  Abstract)

13.Y. Li‡, B. Tian‡, W.Q. Li. 2011.Suppression  of Phospholipase Dδ Enhances the Membrane Damage Induced by UV-B Irradiation.  Plant Diversity and Resources, 33 (3): 299 ~305 (In Chinese with English  Abstract)

14.Z.Y. Ruan, H.Q. Yang, B. Tian, Y.M. Yang,  M.S. Sun.2010. Genetic diversity analysis based on ISSR among six populations of  Dendrocalamus brandisii in Yunnan province, China. Journal of Beijing Forestry  University 32(2): 46-51 (In Chinese with English Abstract)

15.H.Q. Yang, Z.Y. Ruan, B. Tian*, Y.M. Yang, M.S. Sun. 2010. Genetic  differentiation of four straight-culmed provenances of Dendrocalamus sinicus  based on ISSRs. Journal of Zhejiang Forestry College, 271):81 – 86 (In Chinese with  English Abstract)

16.B. Tian, X. Gong, Q. T. Zhang, Y. M. Shui.  2005. Studies on the Habita, Population Structure and Dynamics of Cycas  tanqingii. Acta Bot. Boreal-Occident. Sin. 25 (1): 0133—0137. (In Chinese with  English Abstract)

17.B. Tian, X. Gong, Q. T. Zhang. 2002.  Karyotypes of Five Species in Cycas. Acta Botanica Yunnanica. 24 (3): 370-376.  (In Chinese with English Abstract)

Research Interests

1. evaluation of woody oil plant resource;

2. molecular mechanism of oil accumulaiton in special oil plant;

3. molecular assisted breeding of woody oil plant;

4. molecular identification and quality valuation of medicine plant;

5. germplasm evaluation and molecular breeding of medicine plant

Conferences

M.J. Sun, A.Z.  Liu, D.  Wu, B. Tian* (2012) Gene expression profiles  to predict    genes involved in  mobilising hydroxy fatty acids from phospholipids in Castor Bean (Ricinus  communis) The 8th International  Symposium on Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology  (Abstract)

G. Chen, B. Tian,S.G. Michael, M.C. Kristian, S. Stacy, M. Elzbieta, D. John, S. Mark, Q. Xiao, S. Sten and J.W. Randall (2014)Characterization of a LCAT-like phospholipase A from hydroxy-fatty acid producing Lesquerella fendleri, 21st international symposium on plant lipids, 24, Guelph, Canada

Students

已指导学生

李江莹  硕士研究生  071001-植物学  

潘沫晗  硕士研究生  071001-植物学  

何幸  硕士研究生  085238-生物工程  

沈宗芳  硕士研究生  071001-植物学  

杨正菊  硕士研究生  085238-生物工程  

现指导学生

李浩  硕士研究生  086000-生物与医药  

孙小雨  硕士研究生  086000-生物与医药