Dechang Cao
Junior Editors, Plant Diversity
Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, Kunming, China
Area of expertise: Seed dormancy and germination
Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, Kunming, China
Area of expertise: Seed dormancy and germination
Title: Dr.
Email: caodechang@mail.kib.ac.cn
Web-link of Research Group: http://groups.english.kib.cas.cn/GBOS/cdc/
Selected publications (no more than 15):
Cao Dechang*. 2024 Decapping NAD-RNAs: TIR domain-containing proteins stand out for specificity. Trends in Biochemical Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibs.2024.04.004.
Zhao Bixi, Yan Yuxi, Cao Dechang*, Xia Yu*. 2024 Germinating rice seeds shape rhizospheric bacteria via releasing benzaldehyde. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 210: 108632.
Oliveira Dyoni M, Cao Dechang*. 2024 Spotlight on overlooked lignin monomers: Hydroxycinnamaldehydes. Plant Physiology, 194: 1250-1252.
Yang Xiaofei, Cao Dechang*. 2023 DXO gears mRNA with alternative NAD and m7G caps. Trends in Plant Science, 28: 1083-1085.
Cao Dechang, Baskin Jerry M., Baskin Carol C., Li De-Zhu*. 2023 Burning lignin: overlooked cues for post-fire seed germination. Trends in Plant Science, 28: 386-389.
Cao Dechang, De Jaeger-Braet Joke*. 2023 Modulating microRNA expression to produce bigger seeds. Plant Physiology, 193: 2251-2253.
Cao Dechang*. 2023 “Smother love” of mycorrhiza: Hypoxic germination of orchids. Plant Physiology, 192: 2240-2242.
Cao Dechang*. 2022 Thank you for smoking: Potential of biochar in sustainable agriculture. Matter, 5: 3571-3573.
Cao Dechang*. 2022 To germinate or not? Transcriptional gradients underlie the seed dormancy continuum. Plant Physiology, 190: 1559–1561.
Cao Dechang, Schöttner Matthias, Halitschke Rayko, Li Dapeng, Baldwin Gundega, Rocha Catarina, Baldwin Ian T. 2021 Syringaldehyde is a novel smoke-derived germination cue for the native fire-chasing tobacco, Nicotiana attenuata. Seed Science Research, 31: 292-299.