The College of Plant Sciences began as the Department of Agricultural and Associated Production at the former PLA Quartermaster University. In 2004, the administration of the PLA Quartermaster University was transferred to the Ministry of Education and incorporated into Jilin University and the College of Plant Sciences was set up by integrating its principal disciplines.

The College offers five undergraduate major courses: Agronomy, Plant Protection, Horticulture, Agricultural Resources and Environmental Science, and Biotechnology (plant). Plant Protection has been recognized as the country’s “Second-tier Special Discipline Foundation Site” and is part of a reform pilot project for talent cultivation and training (composite application) under the Ministry of Education. The College of Plant Science is authorized to provide second-level discipline master’s and doctoral degrees in Botany and is authorized toprovide first-level disciplinemaster’s degree programs in Crop Science and Plant Protection. Our Crop Science program has been recognizedby Jilin Province as a “Key Foundation Discipline.”

The College has 60 full-time educators, including 11 professors, 25 associate professors, and 24 lecturers. Meanwhile, the College has twoTang Aoqing Chair Professors (one of which is from the American Academy of Sciences), 15 adjunct professors which include three Outstanding Innovative Talents reward recipients and two Outstanding Contributors in Jilin Province reward recipients.

Majors and Specializations

-Agronomy

-Plant protection

-Biotechnology (Plant)

-Agricultural Resources and Environmental Science

-Horticulture

Research

Crop Science is one of the key foundation disciplines of Jilin Province. Plant Protection has been established as the country’s “Second-tier Special Discipline Foundation Site”. The College has presided over and participated in more than 100 research projects, such as Program 973, 863 Program, NSFC, major and key projects by the Ministry of Agriculture on the cultivation of new varieties of genetically modified organisms etc. The research funding is reaching above 34, 000, 000 RMB. In recent years, the College has received 19 National, Provincial and Ministerial-Level Science and Technology Awards, our research teams have bred 16 new crop varieties and have published more than 100 SCI-indexed papers in top journals, such PNAS, Plant cell, and others.

(I)  Facilities and Equipment

1. Auto Analyzer 3

2. Quantitative Real-time PCR

3. Luminometer

4. DNR Micro Chemiluminescence gel imaging system

5. Fluorescent Inverted Microscope (Zeiss)

6. Atomic Absorption Spectrometer

7. High-Performance Centrifuge

(II) Research Hubs

Currently, the College has many national and provincial research hubs, such as the Jilin Engineering Laboratory for Plant Genetic Improvement (JELPGI), Corn National Engineering Laboratory,Microbial Function Research Center, Soil-Plant Molecular Genetics Lab, Transgenic in Pilot Test Base Satellite Laboratory,and more.It is the first establishment of International Technology and Cooperation Base in Jilin Province.

(III) Research Projects and Project Leaders

1. The National Science and Technology Ministry’s GeneticallyModified Organisms major specialty program forcultivating new breeds (2010.07-2014.12): Breeding new varieties of genetically modified crops by using synthetic transcription factors.  Lead Researcher: Yang Zhenming, Ph.D., Professor, doctoral supervisor, Department of Agricultural Resources and Environmental Science.

2. The National Science and Technology Ministry of genetically modified organisms major specialty program to cultivate new breeds (National Science and Technology Ministry major specialty program for cultivating new breeds: Breeding of New Germplasms and varieties of Cold Resistant Transgenic Maize (2014-2016). Lead Researcher: Yuan Yaping, Ph.D., Professor, doctoral supervisor, Department ofBiotechnology

3. National Key Technology Support Program (2011-2015): The cultivation and propagation of new japonica rice varieties in North China. Lead Researcher: Du Xinglin, Ph.D., Professor, doctoral supervisor, Department of Crop Science

4. The National Science and Technology Ministry of genetically modified organisms major specialty program to cultivate new breeds (2011.07-2015.12): Breeding new soybean varieties of genetically modified crops. Lead Researcher: Wang Qingyu, Ph.D., Professor, doctoral supervisor, Department of Crop Science.

5. National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program) (2015-2018): Research on the transcriptional regulation mechanism of the Ss-Nsd1 during the production of microspores and the development of off-fruiting bodies in Sclerotiniasclerotium. Lead Researcher: Pan Hongyu, Ph.D., Professor, doctoral supervisor, Department of Plant protection.

   6. Major science and technology project to create new crop varieties using gene transfer technology（2008.1-2010.12: New resistant and herbicide resistant transgenic maize created using a transgenic approach. Lead Researcher: Zhang Shi-Hong, Ph.D., Professor, doctoral supervisor, Department of Plant Protection (Plant Pathology).

7.Public Benefit Research Foundation of Ministry of Agriculture of China: Research and demonstration of integrated control technology for underground insect pests. Lead Researcher: Jinghui Xi, Ph.D., Professor, doctoral supervisor, Department of Plant Protection.

8.National Natural Science Foundation of China Research Project (2014-2017): MicroRNA-Mediated Mechanisms that Control Seed Maturation, Bian Shaomin, Ph.D., Associate Professor, master’s supervisor, Department ofHorticulture.

International Collaboration Programs

The College enjoys substantial scientific research cooperation with the University of Illinois in the United States and established the International Modern Agricultural Demonstration Promotion Base, which has been approved by Jilin Provincial Science and Technology Department for as an International Cooperation in Science and Technology Base.

-International cooperative projects:

1. Project Based Personnel Exchange Program with China Scholarship Council and German Academic Exchange Service (2010-2011) between Jilin University and Institute of Plant Nutrition, Leibniz University of Hannover. Project Name: Aluminum-induced changes of mitochondria in soybean root apices and characterization of the aluminum responsive gene in soybeans.

2. International Foundation for Science (IFS, Sweden): Mobilization of aluminum in Panax ginseng successive cropping soil and aluminum phytotoxicity on Panax ginseng.

-The College has introduced a total of 3 Jilin University foreign-originated high-quality courses:

Course 1: Biostatistics

Course 2: Plant Stress Molecular Biology

Course 3: Plant Water Relations and Water Management in Crop Production

Contact Information:

Address: College of Plant Science, Jilin University

5333 Xian Road, Changchun 130062, Jilin, P.R .China

Website: http://zky.jlu.edu.cn

Email:jluzwkx@jlu.edu.cn

Telephone:+86-431-87836250

Fax:+86-431-87835726