Li Yanzhong, male, born 1969, Professor, PhD supervisor.

1 Reserch area and education of graduate students

Research area: Plant pathology, microbiology, mycology.

Master student: Plant Pathology in Plant Protection.

PhD student: Plant Pathology in Grassland Science

Contact: liyzh@lzu.edu.cn, 0931-8913660

2 Education and Employment

1989.9-1993.6, Gansu Agriculture University, Protection, Bachelor.

1993.6-2003.9, work in Gansu Vocational College of Agricultural Science and Technology.

2003.9-2007.6, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Doctor.

2007.6-2008.9, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lector.

2008.9-2009.12, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Associate professor.

2009.12-now, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Associate professor, supervisor of PhD graduate .

2010.10-2011.10, vistor in New Mexico State University, USA.

3 Awards

2007, Gansu Science and Technology Progress Award, First prize.

2009, winner of the excellent doctorate theses in China.

2016, Rising Star Award of Longji Education in Lanzhou Unverisity

4 Reseach projects

2008-2020, the China Agriculture Research System (CARS-34), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas.

2008-2010, Study on nutriention and toxicity of Astragalus adsurgens infected by a fungus similar to locoweed endophyte. Gansu Natural Science Foundation

2010-2014, A Foundation for the Author of National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of China, Education Ministry of China.

2012-2016, Study on the machanism of horizontal transmission of locoweed endophyte condia, Undifilum oxytropis (No. 31272496), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).

2013-2015, Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China, Study on the causal agent of sainfoin stem rot and disease cycle (20100211110013), Education Ministry of China.

2013-2017, Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest, Management technology research and demonstration for grasssland diseases (No.201303057), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas.

2017-2018, Study and demonstration of technology on alfalfa production for high yield and high quality, Gansu Provincial Grassland Technology Extension Station.

2017-2018, Massive open online course (MOOC) construction of Grassland Proctecion in Lanzhou Unviserty.

2017-2018, Key Items of Intelligence Introduction in Colleges and Universities-Characteristic Research Projects in Lanzhou Unviersity in 2017.

5 Teaching

Grassland Protecion, for undergraduates

Forage Pathology, Reasearch Methods in Forge patholgy, and Progress on Root Rot Diseases, for MS and PhD students

6 Publication

(1) Books

Li YZ, Nan ZB. Methods of diagnosis, investigation, evaluation for forage diseases. Nanjing, Jiangsu Phoenix Science and Technology Press, 2015.

Li YZ, Yu BH, Xu LB. Atlas of alfalfa diseases. Beijing: China Agricultural Science and Technology Press, 2016.

Zhao ZY, Li CJ, Duan TY, Li YZ. Notebook of diseases diagnosis on herbage plant. Jiangsu Phoenix Science and Technology Press, 2015.

Zhang ZH, Li YZ, Tu XB, Yu BH. Recognition of alfalfal pests. Beijing, Beijing: China Agricultural Science and Technology Press, 2018

(2 ) Patents

Li YZ, Liu JL, Cui Z. Molecular inspection method of a pair of specific primers for Yellow Stunt and Rot rot of Astragalus adsurgens (ZL 201410434651.1). Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China, 2014.

Li YZ, Liu JL, Cui Z. Molecular inspection method of a pair of specific primers for locoweed endophyte (ZL 2014 1 0434625.9). Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China, 2017.

Yu BH, Li YZ, Nan ZB, Han HB, Xu LB. A hook for inoculation (ZL201620449078.6). Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China, 2016.

Yu BH, Li YZ, Nan ZB, Han HB, Xu LB. A tool for inoculation (ZL201620449079.0). Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China, 2017.

Wang ZG, Li YZ, Cao S, Xu N, Xu S. A devoce used to grind samples in ice bath in laboratory (ZL 2016 2 1189640.2). Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China, 2017.

(3) Journal articles

Li YZ, Nan ZB. A new species, Embellisia astragali sp. nov., causing standing milk-vetch disease in China[J]. Mycologia, 2007, 99(3): 406-411.

Li YZ, Nan ZB. Symptomology and etiology of a new disease, yellow stunt, and root rot of standing milkvetch caused by Embellisia sp. in Northern China[J]. Mycopathologia, 2007b, 163(6): 327-334.

Li YZ, Nan ZB, Hou FJ. The roles of an Embellisia sp. causing yellow stunt and root rot of Astragalus adsurgens and other fungi in the decline of legume pastures in northern China[J]. Australasian Plant Pathology, 2007, (36): 397-402.

Li YZ, Nan ZB. First report of yellow stunt and root rot of standing milkvetch caused by Embellisia sp. from China[J]. Plant Pathology, 2008, 57(4): 780.

Li YZ, Nan ZB. Nutritional study on Embellisia astragali, a fungal pathogen of milk vetch (Astragalus adsurgens)[J]. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, 2009, 95(3): 275-284.

Liu JL, Li YZ*, Nan ZB. Design of species-specific PCR method for detection of pathogen Embellisia astragali in standing milk-vetch seeds[J]. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 2015, 60(4): 372-378.

Zeng CY, Zhu XY, Cui Z, Li YZ*. Antifungal activity of plant extracts against Embellisia astragali, the fungal causal agent of yellow dwarf and root rot disease of standing milk-vetch[J]. Crop & Pasture Science, 2015, 66: 735-739.

Xu S, Li YZ*. First report of common vetch anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum lentis in China[J]. Plant Disease, 2015, 99(12): 1589.

Liu JL, Li YZ*, Creamer R. A Re-examination of the Taxonomic Status of Embellisia astragali[J]. Current Microbiology, 2016, 72: 404-409.

Xu S, Li YZ*. First report of verticillium wilt of alfalfa caused by Verticillium alfalfae in China[J]. Plant Disease, 2016, 100(1): 220.

Xu S, Christensen MJ, Li YZ*. Pathogenicity and characterization of Colletotrichum lentis: A causal agent of anthracnose in common vetch (Vicia sativa)[J]. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2017, 149: 719-731.

Clement N, Liu H, Shi M, Ma TY, Li YZ*. Locoweed endophytes: a review[J]. Journal of Plant Physiology & Pathology, 2018, 6(5): 1-6.

Fan Q, Creamer R, Li YZ*. Time-course metabolic profiling in alfalfa leaves under Phoma medicaginis infection[J]. Plos One, 2018, (29): 1-14.

Chen J, Li J, Yang LQ, Li YZ, Nan ZB, Gao K. Biological activities of flavonoids from pathogenic-infected Astragalus adsurgens[J]. Food Chemistry, 2012, 131: 546-551.

Yu BH, Nan ZB, Li YZ, Lin HL. Resistance of standing milkvetch (Astragalus adsurgens) varieties to Embellisia astragali[J]. Crop & Pasture Science, 2012, 63: 351-359.

Zeng YJ, Qi XN, Li YZ, Wang YQ, Rong WY. Optimising the preparation method of seeds of Agriophyllum squarrosum prior to staining in tetrazolium solution[J]. Seed Science and Technology, 2014, 42: 300-306.