Dr. Ai-Ke Bao is an associate Professor and a master Supervisor in State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems and College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University. He got his PhD (2009) in Lanzhou University, China, and had worked in Lanzhou University where he has remained successively as a lecturer and associate Professor. He had visited Prof. Elizabeth Grabau’s Lab at Virginia Tech in the USA as a visiting scholar from 2014 to 2015.
Currently Dr. Ai-Ke Bao’s main research interests concern plant abiotic stress physiology and the genetic improvement of stress tolerance in forages. He has published 22 papers in international journals including Plant Biotechnology Journal, Frontiers in Plant Science, and Plant Science etc.
Address: 768 West Jiayuguan Road, Lanzhou 730020, P.R.China
Telephone: 86-931-8913447 Fax: 86-931-8910979
E-mail: baoaik@lzu.edu.cn
The National Natural Science Foundation of China (31971761). Jan. 2020 – Dec. 2023
The National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFC0504804). Jul. 2017 – Dec. 2020.
The National Natural Science Foundation of China (31670405). Jan. 2017 – Dec. 2020
The National Natural Science Foundation of China (31372360). Jan. 2014 – Dec. 2017
The Gansu Provincial Project of Agri-Biotechnology Research, Application and Development (GNSW-2010-11). Sep. 2010 – Aug. 2013
2015, 2019 The instructor of “Chun-Tsung Scholar” for scientific research
2017 The excellent instructor of Undergraduate Thesis of Lanzhou University
2012, 2013, 2015, 2017 The excellent supervisor for the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program of Lanzhou University
2011 The first prize of Natural Science in Gansu Province.
2006-2009 Ph.D., Pratacultural Science, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, P. R. China.
Supervisor: Professor Suo-Min Wang
2003-2006 M.Sc., Pratacultural Science, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, P. R. China.
Supervisor: Professor Suo-Min Wang
1997-2001 B.Sc., Plant Protection, Department of Plant Protection, Gansu Agricultural University, P. R. China
2018-present: Professor & Ph.D. Supervisor, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, P. R. China.
2012-2018: Associate Professor & Master Supervisor, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, P. R. China.
2009-2012: Lecturer, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, P. R. China.
2014-2015: Visiting Scholar, Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, USA.
Supervisor: Professor Elizabeth Grabau
Guo H, Zhang L, Cui YN, Wang SM, Bao AK* (2019). Identification of candidate genes related to salt tolerance of the secretohalophyte Atriplex canescens by transcriptomic analysis. BMC Plant Biology, 19: 213
He FL, Bao AK*, Wang SM*, Jin HX (2019). NaCl stimulates growth and alleviates drought stress the salt-secreting xerophyte Reaumuria soongorica. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 162: 433-443
Kumar T, Bao AK*, Bao Z, Wang F, Gao L, Wang SM (2018). The progress of genetic improvement in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 54: 41-51
Zhang WD, Wang P, Bao Z, Ma Q, Duan LJ, Bao AK, Zhang JL, Wang SM (2017). SOS1, HKT1;5 and NHX1 Synergistically modulate Na+ homeostasis in the halophytic grass Puccinellia tenuiflora. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8: 576
Bao AK*, Du BQ, Touil L, Kang P, Wang QL, Wang SM (2016). Co-expression of tonoplast Cation/H+ antiporter (NHX) and H+-pyrophosphatase (H+-PPase) from xerophyte Zygophyllum xanthoxylum improves alfalfa plant growth under salinity, drought, and field conditions. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 14: 964-975
Pan YQ, Guo H, Wang SM, Zhao BY, Zhang JL, Ma Q, Bao AK* (2016). The photosynthesis, Na+/K+ homeostasis and osmotic adjustment of Atriplex canescens in response to salinity. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7: 848
Kang P, Bao AK*, Kumar T, Pan YQ, Bao Z, Wang F, Wang SM* (2016). Assessment of stress tolerance, productivity, and forage quality in T-1 transgenic alfalfa co-overexpressing ZxNHX and ZxVP1-1 from Zygophyllum xanthoxylum. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7: 1598
Ma Q, Bao AK, Chai WW, Wang WY, Zhang JL, Li XY, Wang SM (2016). Transcriptomic analysis of the succulent xerophyte Zygophyllum xanthoxylum in response to salt treatment and osmotic stress. Plant and Soil, 402: 343-361
Kang JJ, Yue LJ, Wang SM, Zhao WZ, Bao AK (2016). Na compound fertilizer stimulates growth and alleviates water deficit in the succulent xerophyte Nitraria tangutorum (Bobr) after breaking seed dormancy. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 62: 489-499.
Wu GQ, Feng RJ, Wang SM, Wang CM, Bao AK, Wei L, Yuan HJ (2015). Co-expression of xerophyte Zygophyllum xanthoxylum ZxNHX and ZxVP1-1 confers enhanced salinity tolerance in chimeric sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.). Frontier in Plant Science, 6: 581
Duan HR, Ma Q, Zhang JL, Hu J, Bao AK, Wei L, Wang Q, Luan S, Wang SM (2015). The inward-rectifying K+ channel SsAKT1 is a candidate involved in K+ uptake in the halophyte Suaeda salsa under saline condition. Plant and Soil, 395:173-187
Wang Q, Guan C, Wang P, Lv ML, Ma Q, Wu GQ, Bao AK, Wang SM (2015). AtHKT1;1 and AtHAK5 mediate low-affinity Na+ uptake in Arabidopsis thaliana under mild salt stress. Plant Growth Regulation, 75: 615-623
Ma Q, Li XY, Yuan HJ, Hu J, Wei L, Bao AK, Zhang JL, Wang SM (2014). ZxSOS1 is essential for long-distance transport and spatial distribution of Na+ and K+ in the xerophyte Zygophyllum xanthoxylum. Plant and Soil, 374: 661-676
Bao AK, Wang YW, Xi JJ, Liu C, Zhang JL, Wang SM (2014). Co-expression of xerophyte Zygophyllum xanthoxylum ZxNHX and ZxVP1-1 enhances salt and drought tolerance in transgenic Lotus corniculatus by increasing cations accumulation. Functional Plant Biology, 41: 203-214
Ma Q, Yue LJ, Zhang JL, Wu GQ, Bao AK, Wang SM (2012). Sodium chloride improves photosynthesis and water status in the succulent xerophyte Zygophyllum xanthoxylum. Tree Physiology, 32: 4-13
Guo Q, Wang P, Ma Q, Zhang JL, Bao AK, Wang SM (2012). Selective transport capacity for K+ over Na+ is linked to the expression levels of PtSOS1 in halophyte Puccinellia tenuiflora. Functional Plant Biology, 39: 1047-1057
Yue LJ, Li SX, Ma Q, Zhou XR, Wu GQ, Bao AK, Zhang JL, Wang SM (2012). NaCl stimulates growth and alleviates water stress in the xerophyte Zygophyllum xanthoxylum. Journal of Arid Environments, 87: 153-160
Wu GQ, Xi JJ, Wang Q, Bao AK, Ma Q, Zhang JL, Wang SM (2011). The ZxNHX gene encoding tonoplast Na+/H+ antiporter from the xerophytes Zygophyllum xanthoxylum plays important roles in response to salt and drought. Journal of Plant Physiology, 168: 758-767
Wu GQ, Wang Q, Bao AK, Wang SM (2011). Amiloride reduces sodium transport and accumulation in the succulent xerophyte Zygophyllum xanthoxylum under salt conditions. Biological Trace Element Research, 139: 356-367
Zhang JL, Wetson AM, Wang SM, Gurmani AR, Bao AK, Wang CM (2011). Factors associated with determination of root 22Na+ influx in the salt accumulation halophyte Suaeda maritima. Biological Trace Element Research, 139: 108-117
Bao AK, Wang SM, Wu GQ, Xi JJ, Zhang JL, Wang CM (2009). Overexpression of the Arabidopsis H+-PPase enhanced resistance to salt and drought stress in transgenic alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Plant Science, 176: 232-240
Bao AK, Guo ZG, Zhang HF, Wang SM (2009). A procedure for assessing the salt tolerance of lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) cultivar seedlings by combining agronomic and physiological indicators. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 52: 435-442
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