Shensi

My research focuses on discovering genes and mechanisms that control assimilates allocation between and

within plant cells and organs for improving growth, yield, resilience in response to ever-changing

environment. The aims of my study include:

· Sugar transport, metabolism and signaling for yield formation of crops.

· Physiological responses to, and countermeasures against, abiotic stresses for crop production.

· Molecular basis for stress-induced grain abortion in cereals.

Junior Editor, Journal of Integrative Agriculture

Review Editor, Frontiers in Plant Science

Reviewers for The Plant Journal, Journal of Experimental Botany, Field Crop Research, etc.

• Crop response and resilience to abiotic stresses, e.g. drought and heat stresses, and their underlying molecular mechanisms.

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• Physiological basis of grain abortion and grain number determination in maize.

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• Regulation of metabolism, translocation and transport of carbon assimilates (sugars) from source toward sink tissues.

• Identification of characteristic of high-yield and high-efficiency maize varieties and its application in breeding.

National Natural Science Foundation of China, 32272013, 1/2023– 12/2026

National Key Research and Development Program of China, 2022YFD2300803, 11/2022-12/2025

National Natural Science Foundation of China, 31901435, 1/2020-12/2021

The Fund for Cooperation Among the World's Top Agricultural Universities, 1/2020-12/2020

Y-H Lin; Y-N Zhou; X-G Liang; Y-K Jin; Z-D Xiao; Y-J Zhang; C Huang; B Hong; Z-Y Chen; S-L Zhou; S Shen*; Exogenous Methylglyoxal Alleviates Drought-Induced ‘Plant Diabetes’ and Leaf Senescence in Maize, Journal of Experimental Botany, 2024, 75 (7), 1982-1996.

XY Yao, CH Wei, L Yang, YN Zhou, ZY Chen, SL Zhou, XM Chen*, S Shen*; Hindered Translocation of Sugars within Maize Ear Reduces Grain Weight under Drought Stress, Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2024, 105900.

Z-Y Cao; Z Chen; B Tang; Q Zeng; H-L Guo; W Huang; Y Luo; S Shen*; S-L Zhou*; The Effects of Sowing Date on Maize: Phenology, Morphology, and Yield Formation in a Hot Subtropical Monsoon Region, Field Crop Research, 2024, 309, 109309.

Bi Li; X Chen; T Deng; X Zhao; F Li; B Zhang; X Wang; S Shen*; S-L Zhou*; Timing Effect of High Temperature Exposure on the Plasticity of Internode and Plant Architecture in Maize, Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2024, 23(2): 551-565.

Shen S, Ma S, Wu L, Zhou S-L, Ruan Y-L* (2023). Winners Take All: Competition for Carbon Resource Determines Grain Fate, Trends in Plant Science, in press. (Cell Press, 5-year IF: 23.116)

Shen S, Ma S, Chen X, Yi F, Liang X-G, Liao S, Gao L, Zhou S-L*, Ruan Y-L (2022). A Transcriptional Landscape underlying Sugar Import for Grain Set in Maize, The Plant Journal, 110(1): 228-242. (高被引, 5-year IF: 8.028)

Shen S, Liang X-G, Zhang L, Zhao X, Liu Y-P, Lin S, Gao Z, Wang P, Wang Z, Zhou S-L*(2020). Intervening in Sibling Competition for Assimilates by Controlled Pollination Prevents Seed Abortion under Postpollination Drought in Maize, Plant Cell and Environment, 43(4): 903~919.  (5-year IF: 8.452)

Shen S, Ma S, Liu Y, Liao S, Li J, Wu L, Kartika D, Mock H-P, Ruan Y-L*(2019). Cell Wall Invertase and Sugar Transporters Are Differentially Activated in Tomato Styles and Ovaries during Pollination and Fertilization, Frontiers in Plant Science, doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00506.  (5-year IF: 7.255)

Shen S, Zhou S-L*, Ruan Y-L*(2018). Pollination Time and Ear Region Are Early Determinants of Assimilate Partitioning and Selective Kernel Abortion in Maize, Asia-Oceania International Congress on Photosynthesis, Beijing, 2018.8.19-2018.8.2.

Shen S, Zhang L, LiangX-G, Zhao X, Lin S, Qu L-H,  Liu Y-P, Gao Z, RuanY-L,  Zhou S-L* (2018). Delayed Pollination and Low Availability of Assimilates Are Major Factors Causing Maize Kernel Abortion,Journal of Experimental Botany, 69(7): 1599~1613.  (5-year IF: 8.331)

Shen S, Li B-B, Deng T, Xiao Z-D, Chen X-M, Hu H, Zhang B-C, Wu G, Li F, Zhao X, Liang X-G, Mi G-H, Zhou S-L*(2020). The Equilibrium between Sugars and Ethylene Is Involved in Shading and Drought-Induced Kernel Abortion in Maize, Plant Growth Regulation, 91: 101~111. (5-year IF: 3.607)

Lin Y-H, Jin Y-K, Chen Z-Y, Xiao Z-D, Shen S*, Zhou S-L* (2022). Exogenous Methylglyoxal Ameliorates Source Strength and Retrieves Yield Loss Under Drought Stress During Grain Filling in Maize, Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 179: 1-13.  (5-year IF: 4.469)

Chen X-M, Li F-Y, Dong S, Liu X-F, Li B-B, Xiao Z-D, Deng T, Wang Y-B*, Shen S*, Zhou S-L* (2022).Stubby or Slender? Ear Architecture Is Related to Drought Resistance in Maize, Frontiers in Plant Science,doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.901186.  (5-year IF: 7.255)

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