Associate Research Professor
Co-Director, The Center for Grapevine Biotechnology
Department of Agriculture
Missouri State University at Mountain Grove
9740 Red Spring Road
Mountain Grove, MO 65711-2999
Telephone: (417)547-7517
Fax: (417)547-7540
E-mail:
wenpingqiu@missouristate.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Plant Pathology/Biotechnology (minor), North Carolina State
University, 1997
M.S. Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
1988
B. S. Biology, Henan Teacher’s University, P. R. China, 1985
PROFESSION
Associate Research Professor, Department of Agriculture, Missouri State
University
Adjunct Professor, Department of Fruit Sciences, China
Agricultural University
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Plant
Microbiology and Pathology,
University of Missouri at Columbia
CURRENT LABORATORY MEMBERS
Dr. Raymond Fung, Postdoctoral Research Associate
John Avery, Research Associate
Karen McPherson, Research Specialist
Yan He, Graduate Student
RESEARCH INTERESTS
I Molecular interactions between grapevine and obligate biotrophic
Uncinula necator
Powdery mildew caused by the fungus Uncinula necator is the
most destructive fungal disease in grapevines worldwide. U. necator
thrives only on living grapevine tissues by getting nutrients through an
elaborate feeding
structure called haustoria formed between fungus and
epidermal cell. Research in my laboratory focuses on understanding molecular
mechanisms underlying this intimate relationship between grapevine and U.
necator. We conduct the following projects, hopefully, to reveal key
steps in the complex interactions that happen after fungal conidiospores
start to germinate on the surfaces of leaf, stem, and berry in a grapevine.
These projects are part of the overall long-term objectives in the Center
for Grapevine Biotechnology.
I.a. Histological study of grapevine and U. necator
interaction
I.b. Identify powdery mildew-responsive genes in grapevines
I.c. Isolation of powdery mildew-responsive regulatory elements in
grapevines
I.d. Arabidopsis thaliana as a model plant for functional analysis
of grapevine genes
II Characterization of graft-transmissible diseases in grapevine
A severe disease infecting Chardonnay vines has emerged in a commercial
vineyard. We have investigated the possible causal pathogens
through bio-indexing, ELISA and RT-PCR. The results suggest that the agents
causing the disease are graft-transmissible and appear to be virus or
virus-like pathogens based on the induced symptoms on original vines and
three grapevine indicator plants. We are applying dsRNA
procedures, PCR, and other molecular tools to unveil the identity of
graft-transmissible causal pathogens.
III Grapevine Importation and Certification Program.
A USDA permit allows us to introduce grape cultivars from other
countries. Our team provides
quarantine services for testing grapevines viruses in the introduced grape
cultivars, investigates emerging grapevine viruses, and produces clean
grapevine stocks. The Program is funded jointly by the Missouri Wine and
Grape Board, and the Viticulture Consortium-East Section
Website:
http://mtngrv.missouristate.edu/grapeimport.htm
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS SINCE 2000
W.P. Qiu, H.S. Hou and L. G. Kovacs (2005). Defense-related
candidate genes in Vitis species. Acta Horticulturae number
689:447-457
X. Y. Zhong, H. S. Hou and W.P. Qiu (2005) The integrity of
nonviral fragments in a recombinant Tomato bushy stunt virus and defective
interfering RNA is influenced by silencing and the type of inserts.
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 18:800-807
J. Cawly, A. B. Cole, L. Kiraly, W. P. Qiu and J. E. Schoelz
(2005) Genetic suppression of cell death during the hypersensitive
response to Cauliflower mosaic virus infection. Molecular Plant-Microbe
Interactions 18:212-219
W.P. Qiu and K.-B. G. Scholthof (2004). Satellite panicum mosaic
virus capsid protein elicits symptoms on a non-host plant and interferes
with a suppressor of virus-induced gene silencing. Molecular
Plant-Microbe Interactions 17:263-271
W. P. Qiu, Sándor Fekete, Tabitha Todd and K. G. Laszlo (2004).
Facilitation of microshoot tip propagation of Vitis aestivalis var. Norton
by combined application of an antioxidant and cytokinins. American
Journal of Enology and Viticulture 55:112-114
H. S. Hou and W. P. Qiu (2003). A novel co-delivery system
consisting of a Tomato bushy stunt virus and a defective interfering RNA for
studying gene silencing. Journal of Virological Methods 111, 37-42.
W. P. Qiu, J.-W. Park,and H. B. Scholthof, (2002). Tombusvirus
P19-suppression of virus induced gene silencing is controlled by genetic and
dosage features that influence pathogenicity. Molecular Plant-Microbe
Interactions 15, 269-280
W. P. Qiu and H. B. Scholthof (2001). Effects of
inactivation of the coat protein and movement genes of Tomato bushy stunt
virus on early accumulation of genomic and subgenomic RNAs. Journal of
General Virology. 82:3107-3114
W. P. Qiu and K.-B. G. Scholthof, (2001). Defective interfering RNAs
of Satellite panicum mosaic virus accumulate to high levels without
affecting replication of the helper virus or satellite RNAs. Journal of
Virology,
5429-5432
W. P. Qiu and K. –B. G. Scholthof, (2001). Genetic identification of
multiple biological roles associated with the capsid protein of Satellite
panicum mosaic virus. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 14:21-30
W. P. Qiu and H. B. G. Scholthof, (2001). Retention of a small
replicase gene segment in Tomato bushy stunt virus defective RNAs inhibits
their trans-replication by the helper virus. Virology, 281, 51-60
W. P. Qiu and K. –B. G. Scholthof, (2000). In vitro
and in vivo generated defective RNAs of satellite panicum mosaic virus
define cis-acting RNA elements required for replication and movement.
Journal of Virology. 74:2247-2254
BOOK CHAPTER
A.N. Shi and W. P. Qiu (1998). Molecular biology
and techniques of plant resistance to fungi and bacteria (in Chinese). Pages
70-100 In "Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture" (Eds: Z. P. Yang, S.
J. Hu and X. L. Zhou). Shanghai Scientific and Technological Literature
Publishing House, Shanghai, China.
PUBLICATION EDITED
Proceedings of International Grapevine Genomics Symposium (July
12-14, 2005), (Eds. W. P.Qiu and L. G. Kovacs), Missouri State University
Publishing House, Springfield, Missouri, USA (ISBN 0-9748190-0-X).
Wenping Qiu, Ph. D.
