Jing Cai
Editors, Plant Diversity
Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Area of expertise: Plant genomics, evolutionary genetics
Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Area of expertise: Plant genomics, evolutionary genetics
Title: Professor
Email: jingcai@nwpu.edu.cn
Selected publications:
Zeng, P., Zong, H., Han, Y., Zhang, W., Tian, Z., Zhou, B., He, J., Zhang, Y., Liu, X., Liu, L., Zhou, T., Li, Q., Yu, Y., Peng, Y., Zhu, W., He, S., Zhang, G., Jiang, H., Yang, S., & Cai, J. (2025). Two Melanthiaceae genomes with dramatic size difference provide insights into giant genome evolution and maintenance. Nature Plants, 11(8), 1500-1513.
Zhang, Y., Li, Z., Liu, X., Zeng, P., Peng, C., Zhou, B., Peng, Y., Zhu, W., Huang, J., & Cai, J. (2025). Chromosome-level genome assembly of Myristica yunnanensis sheds light on genomic limitations underlying its critically endangered status in China. Plant Diversity, 47(5), 843-847.
Pengzheng Lei, Meihong Pan, Shiqiang Kang, Peng Zeng, Yu Ma, Yingmei Peng, Xiushan Ma, Wei Chen, Linyu He, Haifeng Yang, Weiya Li, Shilin Zhang, Linchong Hui, Jing Cai , A premature termination codon mutation in the onion AcCER2 gene is associated with both glossy leaves and thrip resistance, Horticulture Research, 2025
Liu, X, Zhang, W, Zhang, Y, Yang, J, Zeng, P, Tian, Z, Sun, W & Cai, J 2024, 'Chromosome-scale genomes of Quercus sichourensis and Quercus rex provide insights into the evolution and adaptation of Fagaceae', Journal of Genetics and Genomics, vol. 51, no. 5, pp. 554-565.
Fei Hao, Xue Liu, Botong Zhou, ..., Richard C. Macknight, Wen Wang, Jing Cai , Chromosome-level genomes of three key Allium crops and their trait evolution, Nature Genetics, 2023, 55: 1976-1986
Jun-Jie Wu, Yu-Wei Han, Chen-Feng Lin, Jing Cai, Yun-Peng Zhao , Benchmarking gene set of gymnosperms for assessing genome and annotation completeness in BUSCO, Horticulture Research, 2023, 10
Zunzhe Tian, Peng Zeng, Xiaoyun Lu, Tinggan Zhou, Yuwei Han, Yingmei Peng, Yunxue Xiao, Botong Zhou, Xue Liu, Yongting Zhang, Yang Yu, Qiong Li, Hang Zong, Feining Zhang, Huifeng Jiang, Juan He, Jing Cai , Thirteen Dipterocarpoideae genomes provide insights into their evolution and borneol biosynthesis, Plant communications, 2022, 3(6): 100464-100464
Yuwei Han, Weixiong Zhang, Botong Zhou, Peng Zeng, Zunzhe Tian, Jing Cai , Chromosome- level genome assembly of Welwitschia mirabilis, a unique Namib Desert species, Mol Ecol Resour, 2021, 00: 1-13
Jing Cai, Xin Liu, Kevin Vanneste, ...,Yves Van de Peer, Zhong-Jian Liu , The genome sequence of the orchid Phalaenopsis equestris, Nature Genetics, 2015, 47