Dr. Xing Chaozhu
Professor
Institute of Cotton Research (ICR)
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)
Address: No 38, Huanghe Rd., Anyang, Henan, 455000, P.R. China
Phone: +86-372-2562285
Fax:  +86-372-2562288
E-mail: xingcz@cricaas.com.cn
Website: www.cricaascaas.cn/en

Education Background
Xing Chaozhu, a cotton breeder by training, received his BA degree in Agronomy (1991) from the Huazhong Agricultural University of Wuhan, China, and his MS degree(1999) and PhD(2005) in Crop Genetics and breeding from the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.

Research Area
He is the chief scientist of the cotton heterosis research in Cotton Research Institute, CAAS，and the leader of the team of cotton heterosis research. The team is made up of 12 researchers, and its main task is to research the mechanism of cotton heterosis and the technique of simplified hybrid seed production.

He is responsible for the Transgenic Cotton Hybrid Breeding Special Projects that led to the great development and achievement in the area of transgenic cotton heterosis. He bred 8 cotton hybrids, and won 6 awards including the second prize of the National Scientific and Technology Progress and the first prize of Provincial Scientific and Technology Progress. He is excellent talent of Agricultural Scientific Research and New Century Talents Project, provincial graded expert, and enjoyed special government allowance.

Publications
1 Jianyong Wu,Xiuxia Cao,Liping Guo,Tingxiang Qi,Hailing Wang,Huini Tang,Jinfa Zhang,Chaozhu Xing*. Development of a candidate gene marker for Rf1 based on a PPR gene in cytoplasmic male sterile CMS-D2 Upland cotton. ISSN 1380-3743. Mol  Breeding. DOI 10.1007/s11032-014-0032-4.
2MingxiongPang,ChaozhuXing,Nick Adams, Laura Rodriguez-Uribe,S.E.Hughs,Stephen F.Hanson,Jinfa Zhang.Comparative expression of miRNAgenes and miRNA-based AFLP marker analysis in cultivated terraploid cottons. Journal of Plant physiology.168(2011)824-830.
3 Wu Jianyong, Gong Yangcang, Cui Minghui, Qi Tingxiang, Guo Liping, Zhang Jinfa and Xing Chaozhu*. Molecular characterization of cytoplasmic male sterility conditioned by Gossypium harknessii cytoplasm (CMS-D2) in upland cotton [J]. Euhpytica(2011)181:17-29.
4 Y. Zhao, S. Yu, C. Xing,et al S. Analysis of DNA Methylation in Cotton Hybrids and Their Parents . Molecular biology, Vol. 42, No.1, 2008:1587-1592
5 XING Chao-Zhu，ZHAO Yun-Lei et al. Relationship Between Gene Differential Expression of Leaves in Full Opening Flower Stages of Hybrids & TheirParentsand terosisin est-resistant Cotton. ACTA GENETICA SINICA. Vol.33 No.10 October  2006：948-956.