Xiaorong Mo

@zju.edu.cn

College of Life Sciences
Zhe Jiang University

2006.12-2016.12 College of Life Sciences Zhejiang University Associate Professor
1999.12-2006.12 College of Life Sciences Zhejiang University Lecturer
1998.08-1999.11 College of Life Sciences Zhejiang University Teaching Assistant
2009.04-2011.06 Yale University USA Postdoctoral associate
2016.12-now College of Life Sciences Zhejiang University Professor

EDUCATION

2003.03-2006.10 Zhejiang University PhD Plant Science
1995.09-1998.07 Zhejiang Agriculture University MSc Plant Physiology
1991.09-1995.07 Jilin Agriculture University BSc Plant Science

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Agronomy and Crop Science, Plant Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Publications

1.Wang K, Yan P, Guo JF, Li W, Zhou SC, Liu Y, Xu JM, Liu Y, Wu YR, Wu ZC, Wang P, Mao CZ*, Mo XR * (2025) The RLI1-OsPUB77-OsBZR3 module mediates the crosstalk between phosphate starvation and brassinosteroid signaling pathways to shape rice shoot architecture. Molecular Plant 18(11):1864-1880.
2. Jiang RR, Zhou SC, Da XW, Yan P, Xu JM, Mo XR* (2023). OsMKK6 Regulates Disease Resistance in Rice. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 24, 12678.
3. Li W, Guo JF, Han X, Da XW, Wang K, Zhao HF, Huang ST, Li BS, He H, Jiang RR, Zhou SC, Yan P, Chen T, He Y, Xu JM, Liu Y, Wu YR, Shou HX, Wu ZC, Mao CZ, and Mo XR* (2023). A novel protein domain is important for photosystem II complex assembly and photoautotrophic growth in angiosperms. Molecular Plant. 16, 374–392.
4. Da XW, Guo JF, Yan P, Yang C, Zhao HF, Li W, Kong YZ, Jiang RR, He Y, Xu JM, Xu OY, Mao CZ, Mo XR* (2023) Characterizing membrane anchoring of leaf-form ferredoxin-NADP+ oxidoreductase in rice. Plant, Cell & Environment, 46:1195–1206.
5. Jiang RR, Zhou SC, Da XW, Chen T, Xu JM, Yan Peng, Mo XR* (2022). Ubiquitin-Specific Protease 2 (OsUBP2) Negatively Regulates Cell Death and Disease Resistance in Rice. Plants. 11. 2568.
6. Guo JF, Li W, Shang LG, Wang YG, Yan P, Bai YH, Da XW, Wang K, Guo QQ, Jiang RR, Mao CZ *, Mo XR* (2021) OsbHLH98 Regulates Leaf Angle in Rice Through Transcriptional Repression of OsBUL1, New phytologist, 230: 1953-1966.
7. Yang C, Hu HT, Ren HY, Kong YZ, Lin HW, Guo JF, Wang LL, He Y, Ding XM, Grabsztunowicz M, Mu