Lecturer Le Luo
College of Resources and Environmental Sciences Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing 210095, China Email: luole@njau.edu.cn Phone: +86 (0)25 84396383

Education
Ph. D. in agricultural and environmental biology, the University of Tokyo, Japan (2013)
M. S. in plant breeding, China Agricultural University (2009)
B. S. in horticulture, China Agricultural University (2006)

Career
2013.12 – Present, Lecturer, Nanjing Agricultural University, China
2013.06-2013.12, Postdoctor, the University of Tokyo, Japan

Current Research Projects
1. Mechanism of nitrogen regulation on rice tiller bud outgrowth associated with
strigolactone, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2015-2017；

2. Function of strigolactone involved in the control of rice tiller bud outgrowth by
nitrogen, N ational Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu, 2015-2017;

Publications (* corresponding author):
Luo L, Pan S, Liu XH, Wang HX and Xu GH*, Nitrogen deficiency inhibits cell division-determined
elongation, but not initiation, of rice tiller buds, Isreal J Plant Sci,
10.1080/07929978.2016.1275367.

Liu QQ, Luo L, Wang XX, Shen ZG and Zheng LQ*, Comprehensive analysis of rice laccase gene
(OsLAC) family and ectopic expression of OsLAC10 enhances tolerance to copper
stress in Arabidopsis, Int J Mol Sci, 2017,18(2),209; doi:10.3390/ ijms18020209

Wang HD, Sun R, Cao Y, Pei WX, Sun YF, Zhou HM, Wu XN, Zhang F, Luo L, Shen QR, Xu GH and Sun SB*,
OsSIZ1, a SUMO E3 Ligase Gene, is Involved in the Regulation of the Responses to
Phosphate and Nitrogen in Rice, Plant Cell Physiol, 2015, 56: 2381-2395

Chen G, Hu QD, Luo Le, Yang TY, Zhang S, Hu YB, Yu L and Xu GH*, Rice potassium
transporter OsHAK1 is essential for maintaining potassium-mediated growth and functions
in salt tolerance over low and high potassium concentration ranges, Plant
Cell Environ, doi: 10.1111/pce.12585

Luo L, Li W, Miura K, Ashikari M and Kyozuka J*，Control of tiller growth of rice by OsSPL14 and
strigolactones, which work in two independent pathways, Plant Cell Physiol, 2012,53:1793-1801

Minakuchi K, Kameoka H, Yasuno N, Umehara M, Luo L, Kobayashi K, Hanada A, Ueno K, Asami T,
Yamaguchi S and Kyozuka J*, FINE CULM1 (FC1) works downstream of strigolactones to inhibit the
outgrowth of axillary buds in rice, Plant Cell Physiol, 2010, 51:1127-1135

Li ML, Yuyama NN, Luo L, Hirata M and Cai HWV, In silico mapping of 1758 new SSR
markers developed from public genomic sequences for sorghum, Mol Breeding, 2009, 24:41-47
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