Ertao Wang

Personal Information

Principal Investigator
Researcher
Email:etwang@cemps.ac.cn
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Research Direction

Plant-Microbe Symbioses

Research Unit

National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics

Ertao Wang

Personal Profile

Jan. 2013- Present Professor, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, CAS.
Nov. 2008- Dec. 2012 Postdoctoral Researcher, John Innes Centre, UK
Sep. 2003- Nov. 2008 PhD student, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, CAS.
Sep. 1999- Jul. 2003 Undergraduate student, Henan University

Research Work

We focus on the genetics, biochemistry and cell biology of two symbiotic interactions of plants that can help to achieve higher crop yields with less usage of fertilizers: One is the arbuscular mycorrhizal association that helps the host plant to uptake nutrients from the soil and is especially important for plant acquisition of phosphate and nitrogen. The other is the rhizobial symbiosis that provides a source of nitrogen to the host plant. We propose to use diverse model plants including the monocot Oryza sativa and the eudicot Medicago truncatula to probe the complex genetic networks that underlie AM and rhizobial symbiosis. In addition, we propose to transfer our knowledge of the symbiosis into agronomical important food crops such as maize, wheat and rice to increase nutrient and water using efficiency, with the aim of boosting the food supply for future generations.

Main Achievements

Publications

1. Wang Xiaolin#, et al., Zhang Xuebin*, Yu Nan*, Wang Ertao* (2020). An amplification-selection model for quantified rhizosphere microbiota assembly. Sci. Bull.. 65, 983-986.

2. Chen Tao#, Nomura Kinya#, et al., Wang Ertao, Xin Xiu-Fang*, He Sheng Yang* (2020). A plant genetic network for preventing dysbiosis in the phyllosphere. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2185-0.

3. He J, et al., Wang Ertao* (2019). A LysM Receptor Heteromer Mediates Perception of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiotic Signal in Rice. Molecular Plant. 12, 1561–1576.

4. Jiang Y, Xie Q, et al., Wang Ertao* (2018). Medicago AP2-domain transcription factor WRI5a is a master regulator of lipid biosynthesis and transfer mycorrhizal symbiosis. Molecular Plant. 11:1344-1359.

5. Liu H, Zhang C, Yang J, Yu N*, Wang Ertao* (2018). Hormone modulation of legume-rhizobial symbiosis. J Integr Plant Biol. 60: 632-648.

6. Jin Y, et al., Yu N*, Wang Ertao* (2018). IPD3 and IPD3L Function Redundantly in Rhizobial and Mycorrhizal Symbioses. Front Plant Sci. doi: 10.3389.

7. Wang W, Shi J, Xie Q, Jiang Y, Yu N*, Wang Ertao* (2017). Nutrient exchange and regulation in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Molecular Plant. 10:1147-1158.

8. Jiang Y, et al., Wang Ertao* (2017). Plants transfer lipids to sustain colonization by mutualistic mycorrhizal and parasitic fungi. Science. 356.1172-1175.

9. Deng Y, et al., Wang Ertao, Xie H, Tharreau D, He Z* (2017). Epigenetic regulation of antagonistic receptors confers rice blast resistance with yield balance. Science. 355：962~965

10. Wang C, Wang G, et al., Xu L*, Wang Ertao* (2017). OsCERK1-mediated chitin perception and immune signaling requires Receptor-like Cytoplasmic Kinase185 to activate a MAPK cascade in rice. Molecular Plant. doi: 10.1016.

11. Jin Y, Liu H, et al., Wang Ertao* (2016). DELLA proteins are common components of symbiotic rhizobial and mycorrhizal signaling pathways. Nature Communications. 10.1038.

12. Zhang X, Dong W, Sun J, Feng F, Deng Y, He Z, Oldroyd GEO*, Wang Ertao* (2015). The receptor kinase CERK1 has dual functions in symbiosis and immunity signalling. Plant Journal. 81(2):258-67.

13. Wang Ertao*, et al. (2014). A H+-ATPase that Energizes Nutrient Uptake during Mycorrhizal Symbioses in Rice and Medicago. Plant Cell. 26: 1818-1830.

14. Yu N, Luo D, Zhang X, et al., Wang Ertao* (2014). A DELLA protein complex controls the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in plants. Cell Research. 24:130-133.

15. Wang Ertao, et al. (2012). A common signalling process that promotes mycorrhizal and omycete colonisation of plants. Current Biology. 22: 2242-2246.

16. Wang Ertao, et al. (2008). Control of rice grain-filling and yield by a gene with a potential signature of domestication. Nature Genetics 40: 1370-1374.