Professor Congming Lu
Institute of Botany
Chinese Academy of Sciences
B.Sc., Yangzhou Univ.; Ph.D., Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Professor
Photosynthesis Research Center
Institute of Botany

Tel: 010-62836554      Fax：010-62595516

Email：lucm@ibcas.ac.cn

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Photosynthesis of rice and wheat
Photoinhibition and photoprotection
Molecular physiological mechanisms of photosynthesis under environmental stress

Recent Publications:
1. Ding S-H, Lu Q-T, Zhang Y, Yang Z-P, Wen X-G, Zhang L-X, Lu C-M* (2009) . Enhanced sensitivity to oxidative stress in transgenic tobacco plants with decreased glutathione reductase activity leads to a decrease in ascorbate pool and ascorbate redox state. Plant Mol Biol.69: 577-592
2. Yang, X.H., Liang, Z., Wen, X.G., Lu, C.M.* (2008) Genetic engineering of the biosynthesis of glycinebetaine leads to increased tolerance of photosynthesis to salt stress in transgenic tobacco plants. Plant Mol. Biol. 66: 73-86
3. Tang, Y.L., Wen, X.G., Lu, Q.T., Yang, Z.P., Cheng, Z.K., Lu, C.M.* (2007) Heat stress induces an aggregation of the light-harvesting complex of photosystem II in spinach plants. Plant Physiol. 143: 629-638
4. Yang, X.H., Wen, X.G., Gong, H.M., Lu, Q.T., Yang, Z.P., Tang, Y.L., Liang, Z., Lu, C.M.* (2007) Genetic engineering of the biosynthesis of glycinebetaine enhances thermotolerance of photosystem II in tobacco plants. Planta 225: 719-733.
5. Wen, X.G., Qiu, N.W., Lu, Q.T., Lu, C.M.* (2005) Enhanced thermotolerance of photosystem II in salt-adapted halophyte Artemisia anethifolia plants. Planta 220: 486-497.
6. Yang, X.H., Liang, Z., Lu, C.M.* (2005) Genetic engineering of the biosynthesis of glycinebetaine enhances photosynthesis against high temperature stress in transgenic tobacco plants. Plant Physiol. 138: 2299-2309.
7. Qiu, N.W., Lu, C.M.* (2003) Enhanced tolerance of photosynthesis against high temperature damage in salt-adapted halophyte Atriplex centralasiatica plants. Plant Cell Environ. 26: 1137-1145.