Selected Publication (* Corresponding author)

1)        Liao YWK, Tian M, Zhang H, Li X, Wang Y, Xia XJ, Zhou J, Zhou YH, Yu JQ, Shi K*, Klessig DF. (2015) Salicylic acid binding of mitochondrial alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase E2 affects mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation and electron transport chain components and plays a role in basal defense against tobacco mosaic virus in tomato. New Phytologist 205, 1296-1307.

2)        Shi K, Li X, Zhang H, Zhang GQ, Liu YR, Zhou YH, Xia XJ, Chen ZX, Yu JQ*. (2015) Guard cell hydrogen peroxide and nitric oxide mediate elevated CO2-induced stomatal movement in tomato. New Phytologist 208:342-353.

3)        Zhang S, Li X, Sun ZH, Shao SJ, Hu LF, Ye M, Zhou YH, Xia XJ, Yu JQ, Shi K*. (2015) Antagonism between phytohormone signalling underlies the variation in disease susceptibility of tomato plants under elevated CO₂. Journal of Experimental Botany  7:1951-1963

4)        Li X, Sun ZH, Shao SJ, Zhang S, Ahammed GJ, Zhang GQ, Jiang YP, Zhou J, Xia XJ, Zhou YH, Yu JQ, Shi K*. (2015) Tomato–Pseudomonas syringae interactions under elevated CO₂ concentration: the role of stomata.  Journal of Experimental Botany 66, 307-316.

5)        Li X, Zhang GQ, Sun B, Zhang S, Zhang YQ, Liao YWK, Zhou YH Xia XJ, Shi K*, Yu JQ. (2013) Stimulated leaf dark respiration in tomato in an elevated carbon dioxide atmosphere. Scientific Reports 3 : 3433

6)        Liao YWK, Liu YR, Liang JY, Wang WP, Zhou J, Xia XJ, Zhou YH, Yu JQ, Shi K*. (2015) The relationship between the plant-encoded RNA-dependent RNA polymerase 1 and alternative oxidase in tomato basal defense against Tobacco mosaic virus. Planta 241, 641-650

7)        Zhou J, Jia FF, Shao SJ, Zhang H, Li GP, Xia XJ, Zhou YH, Yu JQ, Shi K*. (2015) Involvement of nitric oxide in the jasmonate-dependent basal defense against root-knot nematode in tomato plants. Frontiers in Plant Science  6:193

8)        Li X, Ahammed GJ, Zhang YQ, Zhang GQ, Sun ZH, Zhou J, Zhou YH, Xia XJ, Yu JQ, Shi K*. (2015) CO₂ enrichment alleviates heat stress by improving cellular redox homeostasis through an ABA-independent process in tomato plants. Plant Biology 17, 81-89.

9)        Ahammed GJ, Li X*, Yu JQ, Shi K*. (2015) NPR1-dependent salicylic acid signaling is not involved in elevated CO₂-induced heat stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Signaling & Behavior 10(6):e1011944

10)    Ding J, Zhang YQ, Zhang H, Li X, Sun ZH, Liao YWK, Xia XJ, Zhou YH, Shi K*, Yu JQ. (2014) Effects of Fusarium oxysporum on rhizosphere microbial communities of two cucumber genotypes with contrasting Fusarium wilt resistance under hydroponic condition. European Journal of Plant Pathology  140:643–653.

11)    Liao YWK, Sun ZH, Zhou YH, Shi K*, Li X, Zhang GQ, Xia XJ, Chen ZX, Yu JQ. (2013) The role of hydrogen peroxide and nitric oxide in the induction of plant-encoded RNA-dependent RNA polymerase 1 in the basal defense against tobacco mosaic virus. PLoS One, 8, e76090.

12)    Shi K*, Fu LJ, Zhang S, Li X, Liao YWK, Xia XJ, Zhou YH, Wang RQ, Chen ZX, Yu JQ. (2013) Flexible change and cooperation between mitochondrial electron transport and cytosolic glycolysis as the basis for chilling tolerance in tomato plants. Planta 237:589–601

13)    Liao YWK, Shi K*, Fu LJ, Zhang S, Li X, Jiang YP, Zhou YH, Xia XJ, Liang WS, Yu JQ. (2012) The reduction of reactive oxygen species formation by mitochondrial alternative respiration in tomato basal defense against TMV infection. Planta, 235:225-238  

14)    Zhang YP, Jia FF, Zhang XM, Qiao YX, Shi K*, Zhou YH, Yu JQ. (2012) Temperature effects on the reactive oxygen species formation and antioxidant defence in roots of two cucurbit species with contrasting root zone temperature optima. Acta Physiologiae Plantrum 34:713–720.

15)    Fu LJ, Shi K*, Gu M, Zhou YH, Dong DK, Liang WS, Song FM, Yu JQ. (2010) Systemic induction and role of mitochondrial alternative oxidase and nitric oxide in compatible tomato-Tobacco Mosaic Virus interaction. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 23(1): 39-48

16)    Shi K, Wang L, Zhou YH, Yu YL, Yu JQ*. (2009) Effects of calcium cyanamide on soil microbial communities and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cucumberinum. Chemosphere 75(7): 872-877.

17)    Ogweno JO, Song XS, Hu WH, Shi K*, Zhou YH, Yu JQ. (2009) Detached leaves of tomato differ in their photosynthetic physiological response to moderate high and low temperature stress. Scientia Horticulturae 123:17-22.

18)    Shi K, Ding XT, Dong DK, Zhou YH, Yu JQ*. (2008) Putrescine enhancement of tolerance to root-zone hypoxia in Cucumis sativus: a role for increased nitrate reduction. Functional Plant Biology 35(4): 337-345.

19)    Shi K, Fu LJ, Dong DK, Zhou YH, Yu JQ*. (2008) Decreased root energy synthesis is partially compensated by a switch to sucrose synthase pathway of sucrose degradation in restricted root of tomato plants. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 46(12):1040-1044.

20)    Shi K, Ding XT, Dong DK, Zhou YH, Yu JQ*. (2008) Root restriction-induced limitation to photosynthesis in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) leaves. Scientia Horticulturae 117: 197-202.

21)    Shi K, Huang YY, Xia XJ, Zhou YH, Yu JQ*. (2008) The role of putrescine on growth and uptake of nutrients by cucumber under saline conditions. Journal of Plant Nutrition 31:1820-1831.

22)    Shi K, Hu WH, Dong DK, Zhou YH, Yu JQ*. (2007) Low O₂ supply is involved in the poor growth in root-restricted plants of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.). Environmental and Experimental Botany 61(1): 181-189.