Dr. Shuai Meng,
Zhejiang Agricultural and Forestry University, College of Forestry and Biotechnology. Lin’An, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China 311300
E-mail:mengshuai@zafu.edu.cn

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Molecular Plant Pathology
Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China 2018.9-2022.6
Dissertation: MoWhi2 Mediates Appressorium Formation and Mitophagy to Regulate the Pathogenic Process of Magnaporthe oryzae

Master in Crop Genetics and Breeding
China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 2015.9-2018.6
Thesis: CRISPR/Cas9-mediated Editing of GS3 to Improve Flowering Time in Japonica Rice

Bachelor of Agriculture in Plant Pathology
Henan Agriculture University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China, 2011.9-2015.6

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Special-Term associate professor: 2025.10-present, National Joint Local Engineering Laboratory for High-Efficient Preparation of Biopesticide, Ancient Famous Trees Protection Institute of Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Hangzhou 311300, China.

• Molecular mechanisms of forest-pathogen interactions and the utilization of forest disease resistance resources.
• Molecular mechanisms by which autophagy mediates the pathogenicity of Colletotrichum spp.
• Molecular mechanism of the interaction between Bacillus velezensis TCS001 and pathogenic fungi.
• Pest (especially fungi) Management and molecular target screening.

Lecture: 2022.9-2025.10, National Joint Local Engineering Laboratory for High-Efficient Preparation of Biopesticide. Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Hangzhou 311300, China.

• Molecular mechanisms of forest-pathogen interactions and the utilization of forest disease resistance resources.
• Molecular mechanisms by which autophagy mediates the pathogenicity of Colletotrichum spp.
• Pest (especially fungi) Management and molecular target screening.

Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant: 2018.9-2022.6, Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, and College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China. Research Advisors: Dr. Chao-Xi Luo Tel: (27)-87281242, cxluo@mail.hzau.edu.cn and Dr. Yan-Jun Kou: (27)-63501170, kouyanjun@caas.cn

• Identification of resistance of rice cultivars to rice false smut disease and integrated management of rice false smut fungus.
• Molecular mechanism by which autophagy mediates the pathogenicity of Magnaporthe oryzae.
• Study on the Mechanism of Epigenetic Modifications on the Pathogenicity of Ustilaginoidea virens.

M.S. Graduate Research Assistant: 2015.9-2022.6, State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 311400, China. Research Advisor: Dr. Xi-Hong Shen: (27)-63370233, xihongshen@126.com

• Genetically analyzed the relationships of grain shape and quality characteristics in Japonica rice.
• Monitoring of avirulence genes of magnaporthe oryzae and resistance gene of main rice cultivars in southern rice regions.

• Forest Pathology
• Plant Pathology
• Fungal Plant Pathology
• Crop Protection
• Phytopathology
• Fungal Biology

• Meng S, Xiong M, Sun Y, Xiong X, Cheng L, Luo C, Wang L, Chao S. BdUth1 mediates mitophagy by recruiting BdAtg8 to govern the pathogenicity of Botryosphaeria dothidea. Plant Cell Environment. 2025 48(8):6304-6306.
• Meng S, Chao SF, Xiong M, Cheng LJ, Sun Y, Wang L, Jane SJ, Luo CX, Chen J. CaSun1, a SUN family protein, governs the pathogenicity of Colletotrichum camelliae by recruiting CaAtg8 to promote mitophagy. Horticulture Research, 2025, uhaf121.
• Meng S, Shen Y, Zhang D, Bao L, Cao H, Song G, Xie C, Jane SJ, Shen G,Chen J. Bax inhibitor MoBi-1 is required for conidiation, pathogenicity, and stress responses in Magnaporthe oryzae. Journal of fungi. 2025, 11, 359.
• Meng S, Xiong M, Cheng LJ, Chen Y, Luo CX, Chao SF. CaEch1-mediated mitophagy regulates vegetative growth, conidiation, appressorium formation, and pathogenicity in Colletotrichum camelliae. Phytopathology Research, 7: 20.
• Meng S, Xiong M, Jane SJ, Wang C, Kou Y. Uvatg8-mediated autophagy regulates fungal growth, stress responses, conidiation, and pathogenesis in Ustilaginoidea virens. Rice, 2020, 13(1).
• Xiong M#, Meng S#, Qiu J, Shi H, Shen X, Kou Y. Putative phosphatase uvpsr1 is required for mycelial growth, conidiation, stress response and pathogenicity in Ustilaginonidea virens. Rice Science, 2020, 27(6): 529-536.
• Shi H#, Meng S#, Qiu J, Wang C, Shu Y, Luo CX., Kou Y. MoWhi2 regulates appressorium formation and pathogenicity via the MoTor signalling pathway in Magnaporthe oryzae. Mol Plant Pathol. 2021, 22(8):969-983.
• Meng S, Qiu J, Xiong M, Liu Z, Jane SJ, Lin F, Shi H, Kou Y. UvWhi2 is required for stress response and pathogenicity in Ustilaginoidea virens. Rice Science. 2022, 29(2).
• Meng S, Liu Z, Shi H, Wu ZL, Qiu J, Wen H, Liang WH, Lin FC, Tao Z, Luo CX, Kou Y. UvKmt6-mediated H3K27 trimethylation is required for development, pathogenicity and stress response in Ustilaginoidea virens. Virulence. 2022, 12(1): 2972-2988.
• Meng S, Jane SJ, Luo CX, Shi HB, Kou YJ. Mediates mitophagy to regulate conidiation and pathogenesis in Magnaporthe oryzae. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23(10):5311.
• Meng S, Shi H, Wu ZL, Qiu J, Wen H, Lin FC, Tao Z, Luo CX, Kou Y. UvKmt2-mediated H3K4 trimethylation is required for pathogenicity and stress response in Ustilaginoidea virens. Journal of fungi. 2022, 8: 553.
• Shi H#, Meng S#, Kou Y. UvSnx4 is required for conidiation, pathogenicity and stress responses by regulating mitophagy and macroautophagy in Ustilaginoidea virens. Crop health, 2023, 1:2-9.
• Shi H#, Meng S#, Qiu J, Xie S, Jiang N, Luo C, Naqvi NI, Kou Y. MoAti1 mediates mitophagy by facilitating recruitment of MoAtg8 to promote invasive growth in Magnaporthe oryzae. Mol Plant Pathol. 2024, 25(3):e13439.
• Li X, Wen D, Li N, Yu J, Hong J, Wu M, Cheng L, Meng S#. Identification of stress responsive nac genes in Casuarina equisetifolia L. and Its expression analysis under abiotic stresses. Agronomy 2024, 14.
• Xie CS, Wu YT, Cao H, Huang X, Cui F, Meng S#, Chen J#. Bacillus velezensis TCS001 reforms the rhizosphere microbial community and enhances Carya cathayensis resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi. Agriculture. 2025, 15, 193.
• Wang H, Zhang Y, Sun L, Xu P, Tu R, Meng S, Wu W, Anis GB, Hussain K, Riaz A, Chen D, Cao L, Cheng S, Shen X. WB1, a Regulator of Endosperm Development in Rice, Is Identified by a Modified MutMap Method. Int J Mol Sci. 2018, 19(8):2159.
• Qiu JH, Meng S, Deng Y. Z., Huang S. W., Kou Y. Ustilaginoidea virens: a fungus infects rice flower and threats world rice production. Rice Sci. 2019; 29:188-192
• Qiu J, Lu F, Xiong M, Meng S, Shen X, Kou Y. Comparative transcriptomic analysis reveals the mechanistic basis of Pib-mediated broad spectrum resistance against Magnaporthe oryzae. Funct Integr Genomics. 2020, 20(6):787-799.
• Jagernath, J. S., Meng S, Qiu J, Shi H, & Kou Y. Selective degradation of mitochondria by mitophagy in pathogenic fungi. American Journal of Molecular Biology, 2021, 11(1), 15-27.
• Chen Y, Liu Z, Meng S, Shen Z, Shi H, Qiu J, Lin F, Zhang S, Kou Y. OsCERK1 Contributes to Cupric Oxide Nanoparticles Induced Phytotoxicity and Basal Resistance against Blast by Regulating the Anti-Oxidant System in Rice. J Fungi (Basel). 2022 29(1):36.
• Wen H, Meng S, Xie S, Shi H, Qiu J, Jiang N, Kou Y. Sucrose non-fermenting protein kinase gene UvSnf1 is required for virulence in Ustilaginoidea virens. Virulence. 2023 14(1): 2235460.
• Qiu J, Lu F, Wang H, Xie J X, Wang C, Liu ZQ, Meng S, Shi H, Shen X, Kou Y. A candidate gene for the determination of rice resistant to rice false smut. Molecular Breeding, 2020, 40.
• Wen D, Li X, Hong J, Meng S, Yu J, Wu M, Li N, Cheng L. C-repeat binding factor (CBF) identification and expression pattern to abiotic stress response in Casuarina equisetifolia and overexpression of CeCBF4 increase stress tolerance in Arabidopsis, Industrial Crops and Products, 2024. 222(2): 119593.
• Sun L, Deng G, Wu H, He Q, Hu S, Li JY, Li XY, Meng S, He A, Tian Y, Chen X, Li S. Biocontrol of gray spot disease on Polygonatum cyrtonema Hua by Bacillusr GX1. Biological Control, 2025, 201: 1090-2112.

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