Research interest:
His main research interest is plant stress biology including the genetic basis and molecular mechanisms of salinity-tolerance, drought-tolerance and low sulfur-tolerance ets; elucidating biological functions of glutathione (GSH) and regulatory mechanisms of GSH synthesis and degradation in higher plants and their application in agriculture.
Research projects：
Current research projects are sponsored by “973”, “863” Programs of Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, Rockefeller Foundations, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and NSFC.
Selected Publications:
1.Yu H, Chen X, Hong YY, Wang Y, Xu P, Ke SD, Liu HY, Zhu JK, Oliver DJ, Xiang CB (2008). Activated Expression of an Arabidopsis HD-START Protein Confers Drought Tolerance with Improved Root System and Reduced Stomatal Density. Plant Cell 20: 1134-1151.
2.Jin Du, Yue-Ping Huang, Jing Xi, Min-Jie Cao, Wan-Song Ni, Xi Chen, Jian-Kang Zhu, David J. Oliver, Cheng-Bin Xiang(2008). Functional gene-mining for salt-tolerance genes with the power of Arabidopsis. Plant Journal 56:653-664.
3.Rama Devi, Xi Chen, David J. Oliver, and Chengbin Xiang (2006). A Novel High-throughput Genetic Screen for Stress-Responsive Mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana Revealed Novel Loci Involving Stress Responses. Plant Journal 47:652-663.
4.Xiang, C. and Oliver, D.J. (2001). The biological functions of glutathione revisited in transgenic plants with altered glutathione levels. Plant Physiology 126:564-574.
5.Xiang, C., and Oliver, D.J. (1998). Glutathione metabolic genes coordinately respond to heavy metals and jasmonic acid in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 10:1539-1550.
