PUBLICATIONS
1. Xia, XJ; Gao, CJ; Song, LX; Zhou, YH; Shi, K; Yu, JQ (2014) Role of H2O2 dynamics in brassinosteroid-induced stomatal closure and opening in Solanum lycopersicum. Plant Cell and Environment (in press, doi: 10.1111/pce.12275).
2. Ahammed, GJ; Gao, CJ; Ogweno, JO; Zhou, YH; Xia, XJ*; Mao, WH; Shi, K; Yu, JQ (2012) Brassinosteroids induce plant tolerance against phenanthrene by enhancing degradation and detoxification in Solanum lycopersicum L. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 80: 28-36.
3. Xia, XJ; Zhou, YH; Ding, J; Shi, K; Asami, T; Chen, ZX; Yu, JQ (2011) Induction of systemic stress tolerance by brassinosteroid in Cucumis sativus. New Phytologist 191: 706-720.
4. Xia, XJ; Wang, YJ; Zhou, YH; Tao, Y; Mao, WH; Shi, K; Asami, T; Chen, ZX; Yu, JQ (2009) Reactive oxygen species are involved in brassinosteroid- induced stress tolerance in cucumber. Plant Physiology 150: 801-814.
5. Xia, XJ; Zhang, Y; Wu, JX; Wang, JT; Zhou, YH; Shi, K; Yu, YL; Yu, JQ (2009) Brassinosteroids promote metabolism of pesticides in cucumber. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 57: 8406-8413.
6. Xia, XJ; Huang, LF; Zhou, YH; Mao, WH; Shi, K; Wu, JX; Asami, T; Chen, ZX; Yu, JQ (2009) Brassinosteroids promote photosynthesis and growth by enhancing activation of Rubisco and expression of photosynthetic genes in Cucumis sativus. Planta 230: 1185-1196.
7. Xia, XJ; Huang, YY; Wang, L; Huang, LF; Yu, YL; Zhou, YH; Yu, JQ (2006) Pesticides-induced depression of photosynthesis was alleviated by 24-epibrassinolide pretreatment in Cucumis sativus L. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology. 86: 42-48.
8. Nie, WF; Wang, MM; Xia, XJ; Zhou, YH; Shi, K; Chen, ZX; Yu, JQ (2013) Silencing of tomato RBOH1 and MPK2 abolishes brassinosteroid-induced H2O2 generation and stress tolerance. Plant Cell and Environment 36: 789-803.
9. Yu, GB; Zhang, Y; Ahammed, GJ; Xia, XJ; Mao, WH; Shi, K; Zhou, YH; Yu, JQ (2013) Glutathione biosynthesis and regeneration play an important role in the metabolism of chlorothalonil in tomato. Chemosphere 90: 2563-2570.
10. Ahammed, GJ; Zhou, YH; Xia, XJ; Mao, WH; Shi, K; Yu, JQ (2013) Brassinosteroid regulates secondary metabolism in tomato towards enhanced tolerance to phenanthrene. Biologia Plantarum 57: 154-158.
ACADEMIC HONOR National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award of China, 2011 (Among top 100 doctoral dissertations)