Professor
Supervisor of graduate
Email: rongzh@nwsuaf.edu.cn
Tel: 86-29-87092075

Research fields

1.    Fungal biodiversity and genetics, mainly on apple pathogen Colletotrichum spp. ; 
2.    Pathogenecity mechanism of apple disease’ pathogens; 
3.    Genetics and biology of fungal sexual reproduction;
4.    Integrated management of apple diseases, including Marssonina leaf blotch, Glomerella leaf spot, core rot

Representative papers 

1.    Multiple locus genealogies and phenotypic characters reappraise the causal agents of apple ring rot in China. Fungal Diversity 2015, 71: 215-231.
2.    Etiology of apple leaf spot caused by Colletotrichum spp. Mycosystema 2015,34:13-25.
3.    Secondary spread of Zygophiala wisconsinensis on the surface of apple fruit. European Journal of Plant Pathology 2014, 139:117-124. 
4.    Colletotrichum fructicola, first record of bitter rot of apple in China.Mycotaxon 2013, 126: 23-30.
5.    Etiology of moldy core, core browning and core rot of Fuji apple in China. Plant Disease 2013,97:510-516.
6.    Histopathology of leaf infection by Marssonina coronaria on resistant and susceptible apple cultivars. Mycosystema 2012,31:548-559.

Major and research direction

Mycology and Integrated management of plant diseases

Graduate employment

Ruifeng Qin: Hainan Entry- Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau
Jing Zhao: Yongji City of Shanxi Bureau
Xialu Han: Aksu Entry- Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau
Jingke Bai: Tobacco Research Institute, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (.etc)