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Selected Publications

1. Abiotic Stress Signal Transduction in Plants
  Xiong L, Ishitani M. 2005. Stress signal transduction: components, pathways and network integration. In: Rai AK and Takabe T (Ed). Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants: Toward the Improvement of Global Environment and Food. Springer Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 3-29
Chen H and Xiong L. 2005. Pyridoxine is required for postembryonic root development and tolerance to osmotic and oxidative stresses. Plant Journal 44: 396-408
  Gong Z., Dong C., Lee H., Zhu J., Xiong L., Gong D., Stevenson B., and Zhu JK. 2005. A DEAD box RNA helicase is essential for mRNA export and important for development and stress responses in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 17: 256-267.
  Chinusamy V., Xiong L., and Zhu JK. 2005. Use of Genetic Engineering and Molecular Biology Approaches for Crop Improvement for Stress Environments. In: Abiotic Stresses: Plant Resistance Through Breeding and Molecular Approaches. Edited by Ashraf, M., Haworth Press, pp. 47-107.
  Xiong L, Lee H, Huang R, Zhu, JK. 2004. A single amino acid substitution in Arabidopsis FIERY1/HOS2 protein confers cold signaling specificity and lithium tolerance. Plant J. 40: 536-545
Xiong L, Zhu JK. 2003. Regulation of abscisic acid biosynthesis. Plant Physiol. 133: 29-36.
Xiong L, Shumaker KS, Zhu JK. 2002. Cell signaling during cold, drought, and salt stresses. Plant Cell 14:S165-S183.
  Xiong L, Lee H, Ishitani M, Zhu JK. 2002. Regulation of osmotic stress-responsive gene expression by the LOS6/ABA1 locus in Arabidopsis. J Biol. Chem. 277:8588-8596.

Guo Y, Xiong L, Ishitani M, Zhu JK. 2002. An Arabidopsis mutation in tranlation elongation factor 2 causes superinduction of CBF/DREB1 transcription factor genes but blocks the induction of their downstream targets under low temperatures. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA 99:7786-7791.
  Xiong L, Lee H, Ishitani M, Tanaka Y, Stevenson B, Koiwa H, Bressan RA, Hasegawa PM, Zhu JK. 2002. Repression of stress-responsive genes by FIERY2, a novel transcriptional regulator in Arabidopsis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99:10899-10904.
  Xiong L, Lee B, Ishitani M, Lee H, Zhang C, Zhu JK. 2001. FIERY1 encoding an inositol polyphosphate 1-phosphatase is a negative regulator of abscisic acid and stress signaling in Arabidopsis. Genes & Dev. 15:1971-1984.
Xiong L, Gong Z, Rock C, Subramanian S, Guo Y, Xu W, Galbraith D, Zhu JK. 2001. Modulation of abscisic acid signal transduction and biosynthesis by an Sm-like protein in Arabidopsis. Dev. Cell 1:771-781.
  Xiong L, Ishitani M, Lee H, Zhu JK. 2001. The Arabidopsis LOS5/ABA3 locus encodes a molybdenum cofactor sulfurase and modulates cold and osmotic stress-responsive gene expression. Plant Cell 13:2063-2083.
  Lee H, Xiong L, Gong Z, Ishitani M, Stevenson B, Zhu JK. 2001. The Arabidopsis HOS1 gene negatively regulates cold signal transduction and encodes a RING finger protein that displays cold-regulated nucleo-cytoplasmic partitioning. Genes & Dev. 15:912-924.
  Shi H, Xiong L, Stevenson B, Lu T, Zhu JK. 2002. The Arabidopsis salt overly sensitive 4 mutants uncover a critical role for vitamin B6 in plant salt tolerance. Plant Cell 14:575-588.
  Lee H, Guo Y, Ohta M, Xiong L, Stevenson B, Zhu JK. 2002. LOS2, a genetic locus required for cold responsive gene transcription encodes a bifunctional enolase. EMBO J. 21:2692-2702.
Xiong L, Zhu JK. 2002. Molecular and genetic aspects of plant responses to osmotic stress. Plant, Cell and Environ. 25:131-139.
  Lee B, Lee H, Xiong L, Zhu JK. 2002. A mitochondrial complex I defect impairs cold regulated nuclear gene expression. Plant Cell 14:1235-1251.
  Ishitani M, Xiong L, Lee H, Stevenson B, Zhu JK. 1998. HOS1, a genetic locus required for low temperature-induced gene expression in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 10:1151-1162.
  Xiong L, Ishitani M, Zhu JK. 1999. HOS5, a negative regulator of osmotic stress-induced gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J. 19:569-578.
  Xiong L, Ishitani M, Zhu JK. 1999. Interaction of low temperature, osmotic stress and abscisic acid in the regulation of gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiol. 119:205-211.
Xiong L, Zhu JK. 2001. Abiotic stress signal transduction in plants: Molecular and genetic perspectives. Physiol. Plant. 112:152-166.
  Xiong L, Liu J, Stevenson B, Zhu JK. 2000. Positional cloning of a plant salt tolerance gene. In: JH Cherry et al. (ed), Plant Tolerance to Abiotic Stress in Agriculture: Role of Genetic Rngineering, 235-253. NATO-ASI Series, Kluwer Academic Publishers.
  Zhu JK, Liu J, Xiong L. 1998. Genetic analysis of salt tolerance in Arabidopsis: Evidence for a critical role of potassium nutrition. Plant Cell 10:1181-1192.
  Xiong L, Zhu JK. 2002. Salt-stress signal transduction in plants. In: Scheel D and Wasternack C (eds), Plant Signal Transduction. Frontiers in Molecular Biology Series. Oxford University Press, 168-197.
Xiong L, David L, Stevenson B, Zhu JK. 1999. High throughput screening of plant environmental signal transduction mutants with luciferase imaging. Plant Mol. Biol. Rep. 17:120-129.
  Ishitani M, Xiong L, Stevenson B, Zhu JK. 1997. Genetic analysis of osmotic and cold stress signal transduction in Arabidopsis: Interaction and convergence of abscisic acid-dependent and abscisic acid-independent pathways. Plant Cell 9:1935-1949.
  Lee HJ, Xiong L, Ishitani M, Stevenson B, Zhu JK. 1999. Cold-regulated gene expression and freezing tolerance in an Arabidopsis mutant. Plant J. 17:301-308.
  Xiong L, Zhu JK. 2002. Salt tolerance. In: Somerville CR and Meyerowitz EM (eds), The Arabidopsis Book. American Society of Plant Biologists, Rockville, MD. DOI/10.1199/tab.0048. http://www.aspb.org/publications/arabidopsis/
  Koiwa H, Barb AW, Xiong L, Li F, McCully MG, Lee B, Sokolchik I, Zhu J, Gong Z, Reddy M, Sharkhuu A, Manabe Y, Yokoi S, Zhu JK, Bressan RA, Hasegawa PM. 2002. C-terminal domain phosphates-like gene family members (AtCPL) differentially regulate Arabidopsis thaliana abiotic stress signaling, growth and development. Proc. Natl, Acad. Sci. USA 99:10893-10898.
  Gong Z, Lee H, Xiong L, Jagendorf A, Stevenson B, Zhu JK. 2002. RNA helicase-like protein as an early regulator of transcription factors for plant chilling and freezing tolerance. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99:11507-11512.
  Guo Y, Xiong L, Song CP, Halfter U, Zhu JK. 2002. A calcium sensor and its interacting protein kinase are global regulators of abscisic acid signaling in Arabidopsis. Dev. Cell 3:233-244.
2. Selected Publications on Plant Mineral Nutrition and Bioremediation
  Xiong LM, Zhou ZG. 1995. Magnesium influence on plant uptake of phosphorus in a calcareous soil. J. Plant Nutrit. 18:1251-1261.
  Xiong LM, Zhou ZG, Fardeau JC, Feng GL, Lu RK. 2002. Isotopic assessment of soil phosphorus fertility and evaluation of rock phosphates as phosphorus sources for plants in subtropical China. Nutri. Cycl. Agroecosyst. 63:91-98.
  Feng G, Xiong LM. 2002. Exploring plant factors for increasing plant utilization of rock phosphates and soil phosphates in acidic soils.  In: Assessment of Soil Phosphorus Status and Management of Phosphatic Fertilizers to Optimize Crop Production. International Atomic Energy Agency (ISBN: 1011-4289), Vienna, 211-223.
  Xiong LM, Lu RK. 1998. Nutrient stress in red soils of China. In: Sehgal J, Blum WE and Gajbhiye KS (eds), Red and Lateritic Soils I. Red and Lateritic Soils of the World. AA Balkema, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 339-351.
  Xiong LM, Lu RK, Truong B. 1994. An evaluation of the agronomic potential of partially acidulated rock phosphates in calcareous soils. Fert. Res. 38:205-212.
  Xiong LM, Zhou ZG, Lu RK. 1996. Enhanced plant growth by uniform placement of soluble phosphate and rock phosphate in acidic soils.  Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 27:2837-2850.
  Xiong LM, Fardeau JC, Zhou ZG. 1997. Suitability of isotopic kinetic approaches to assess phosphorus pools and their availability to plants in major acidic soils from southern China. Pedosphere 7:116-130.
  Xiong LM. 1995. Influence of phosphate on cadmium adsorption by soils. Fert. Res. 40:31-40.
  Xiong LM, Lu RK, Truong B. 1995. Agronomic potentials of partially acidulated rock phosphates in acid soils of subtropical China. Pedosphere 5:97-105.
  Xiong LM, Lu RK. 1991. Influence of phosphate on transformation and plant uptake of cadmium in Cd-amended soils. Pedosphere 1:63-72.
  Xiong LM. 1994. Plant materials affect cadmium adsorption by soil. Agribiol. Res. (Landw. Forsch.) 42:160-167.
  Xiong LM, Lu RK. 1993. Influence of liming on cadmium accumulation by plants under upland or flooded conditions. Environ. Pollution 79:199-203.
3. Selected Publications in Soil Science (in Chinese with English Abstract)
  Xiong LM, Shi RH, Cao CR. 1992. Mycorrhizal fungi overcome phosphorus-induced zinc deficiency in cotton on calcareous soils. Chinese Cotton 20(2):24-27.
  Xiong LM, Shi RH. 1988. Changes in free amino acids in roots after establishing of mycorrhizae and their significance for plants in metal excessive environment. J. Amino Acids 12(4):3-5.
  Xiong LM. 1993. Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae decrease cadmium uptake by plants. Plant Resource and Environment 2(3):58-60.
  Xiong LM, Shi RH. 1994. Manganese toxicity to plants in autoclaved soil and the alleviation effect of vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae. Acta Pedologica Sinica 31(suppl):234-241.
  Xiong LM, Fardeau JC. 1996. Isotopic kinetic approach to assess phosphorus status and bioavailability in calcareous soils of northern China. Acta Agric. Boreal-Sinica 17:129-134.
  Zhou ZG, Xiong LM. 1996. Transformation and bioavailability of 32P-labeled soluble phosphorus in calcareous soils. Journal of Nuclear Agronomy 11:50-55.
  Xiong LM. 1995. Phosphorus cycling in pedosphere. In: Zhao QG (ed), Material Cycling in Pedosphere and its Relation to Agriculture. Jiangsu Sci. & Technol. Press, Nanjing, 25-35.
  Xiong LM, Shi ZY, Charvasess C, Truong B. 1994. Agronomic potential of partially acidulated rock phosphate  on a neutral paddy soil - L values. Acta Nuclear Agron. 8:87-91.
  Xiong LM, Lu RK. 1992. Extracting mechanisms of chemical extractants for soil bioavailable cadmium. Environmental Chemistry 11(3):41-47.
  Xiong LM. 1992. Sulfhydryl cotton fiber separation - titan yellow spectrophotometric determination of trace amount of cadmium in soil and plants. Environ. SciTech. 12:66-68.
  Lu RK, Shi ZY, Xiong LM. 1992. Cadmium content in Chinese phosphate rocks and fertilizers and the ecological significance. Acta Pedologica Sinica 29:150-157.
  Xiong LM, Lu RK. 1992. Cadmium distribution within rice plants and its influence factors. Soils 24:138-141.
  Xiong LM, Lu RK. 1992. Effects of several substances on cadmium uptake by rice plants and the mechanisms. Soils 24:197-200.
  Xiong LM. 1993. Chemical species and equilibrium of cadmium in soil solution. Acta Scientiae Circumstantiae 13(2):33-39.

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