Research interests:  

　　The molecular mechanisms of flower sex determination in Jatropha curcas and Plukenetia volubilis.  

　　The molecular genetic breeding of Jatropha curcas.  

　　Direction:  

　　Plant Molecular Biology  

　　Article:  

　　1.         Fu Q.T., Niu L.J., Zhang Q.F., Pan B.Z., He H.Y., Xu Z.F.*. Benzyladenine treatment promotes floral feminization and fruiting in a promising oilseed crop Plukenetia volubilis. Industrial Crops and Products, 2014, 59:295-298.  

　　2.         Li C.Q., Luo L., Fu Q.T., Niu L.J., Xu Z.F.*. Isolation and functional characterization of JcFT, a FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) homologous gene from the biofuel plant Jatropha curcas. BMC Plant Biology, 2014. 14:125.  

　　3.         Zhang L., He L.L., Fu Q.T., Xu Z.F.*. Selection of reliable reference genes for gene expression studies in the biofuel plant Jatropha curcas using real-time quantitative PCR. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2013, 14(12): 24338-24354.  

　　4.         Li S.J., Fu Q.T., Chen L.G., Yu D.Q.*. Arabidopsis thaliana WRKY25, WRKY26, and WRKY33 coordinate induction of plant thermotolerance. Planta, 2011, 233(6): 1237-1252.  

　　5.         Samar A. O., Fu Q. T., Chen M.S., Wang G. J., Song-Quan Song, Nabil I. E., Xu Z.F.*. Identification and expression analysis of two small heat shock protein cDNAs from developing seeds of biodiesel feedstock plant Jatropha curcas. Plant Science, 2011, 181(6): 632-637.  

　　6.         Pan J.L., Fu Q.T., Xu Z.F.*. Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of biofuel plant Jatropha curcas using kanamycin selection. African Journal of Biotechnology, 2010, 9(39): 6477-6481.   

　　7.         Fu Q.T., Li S.J., Yu D.Q.*. Identification of an Arabidopsis Nodulin-Related Protein in heat Stress. Molecules and Cells, 2010, 29(1): 77-84.  

　　8.         Li S.J. Fu Q.T. (co-first author), Huang W.D., Yu D.Q*. Functional analysis of an Arabidopsis transcription factor WRKY25 in heat stress. Plant Cell Reports, 2009, 28(4): 683-693.