Dr. Yu Shuxun
Professor
Institute of Cotton Research (ICR)
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)
Address: No. 38, Huanghe Rd., Anyang, Henan, 455000, P.R. China
Phone: +86-372-2562201
Fax:   +86-372-2562201
E-mail: yu@cricaas.com.cn
Website: www.cricaas.com.cn

Education Background
Yu Shuxun, a cotton breeding professor, obtained his Bachelor degree at Huazhong Agricultural University in 1979, and gained his agricultural PhD degree at Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University in 2003.

Research Area
He has been working and contributing on the cotton breeding research progress for a long time. He proposed the regional division of china’s cotton by cotton’s growth habit and cultivation features. In addition, he organized the cultivation of transgenic cotton varieties which owning the independent intellectual property rights. Twenty two Cotton varieties were selected under his leadership or with his participation which covering a total land extension of nearly 2.6 million of hectares. He is the Chief Scientist of national “973” and “863” projects, and initiated cotton genome sequencing projects promoting greatly cotton basic research. He was awarded with: one first prize and three second prizes on progress by The Chinese National Science and Technology Department, as well as four first prizes on progress by The Chinese Provincial and ministerial Science and Technology Department.

Owing to his great achievements, now Yu Shuxun is one of the academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the director of the State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, and the Chairman of the innovative team which specialize in the genetic improvement of early Upland Cotton Cultivars.

Publications
1.Comparative expression profiling of miRNA during anther development in genetic male sterile and wild type cotton. BMC Plant Biology, 2013, 13:66
2.Transcriptomic analysis of differentially expressed genes during anther development in genetic male sterile and wild type cotton by digital gene-expression profiling. BMC Genomics, 2013, 14:97
3.Molecular Cloning and Function Analysis of Two SQUAMOSA‐Like MADS‐Box Genes From Gossypium hirsutum L. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2013, 55 (7): 597–607
4.Selection and Characterization of a Novel Photoperiod‐Sensitive Male Sterile Line in Upland Cotton. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2013, 55(7): 608–618
5.Cloning and characterization of a FLO/LFY ortholog in Gossypium hirsutum L. Plant Cell Report, 2013, DOI 10.1007/s00299-013-1479-1
6.The draft genome of a diploid cotton Gossypium raimondii. Nature Genetics, 2012, 40: 1098-1103.
7.Transcriptome Profiling Reveals that Flavonoid and Ascorbate-lutathione Cycle are Important during Anther Development in Upland Cotton. PLOS ONE, 2012, 7(11): e49244
8.Genetic Analysis of Earliness Traits in the Short Season Cotton (G. hirsutum.L). Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2012, 11(12): 101-108
9.Cytological and genetic analysis of a virescent mutant in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). Euphytica, 2012, 187: 235-245
10.Label-Free Quantitative Proteomics Analysis of Cotton Leaf Response to Nitric Oxide. Journal of Proteome Research, 2011, 10, 5416–5432
11.Generation of ESTs for Flowering Gene Discovery and SSR Marker Development in Upland Cotton. PLOS ONE, 2011, 6(12): e28676
In addition to the above publications which were published in the last three years, more than 100 scientific pu