Xingfeng Shao, Ph.D.

Professor and Associate Dean

Department of Food Science and Engineering

College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Ningbo University

 

Email: [email protected]

 

 

 

 

Professional Background

 

B.S. Food Science, Yangzhou University, 1999-2003

Ph.D., Food Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, 2003-2008 (Advisor: Prof. Kang Tu)

Visiting fellow, Department of Horticulture, Cornell University, USA, 2013-2014 (Advisor: Prof. Chiristopher B. Watkins)

 

 

Research Interests

My main research field is postharvest biology and technology, food storage and transportation. The work done in my laboratory currently focuses on three areas:

• the relationship and mechanism of soluble      sugar metabolism in fresh fruit (e.g., peach, loquat) under chilling      stress.

• effects and mechanisms of postharvest      green treatments on controlling decay development in agri-food; Related postharvest      treatments are including essential oils, marine antagonistic microorganism,      heat treatment.

• comprehensive utilization/valorization of      by-products generated during peach planting and processing, including      young fruit, pomace and kernel of peach

 

Teaching

Course Instructor, Food Raw Materials

Course Instructor, Food Storage and Transportation

 

Selected Awards

Research and application of key technology of precise logistics for fresh-keeping of characteristic fruit and vegetables——2019 First Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of Excellent Achievements in Scientific Research of Institutions of Higher Learning, Ministry of Education, China.

 

Selected Research funding (Principal Investigator)

2020.01-2023.12. Sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC): The mechanism of vacuolar acid invertase PpVIN2 in postharvest peach fruit responded to chilling stress (No. 31972124), 580,000YUAN

2016.01-2020.12. Sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC): Transcript Level and Interaction Activity of Gene Family of Acid Invertase and Proteinaceous Inhibitors in Peach Fruit Under Chilling Stress (No. 31671903), 630,000YUAN

2020.01-2022.12. Sponsored by the Key R&D Plan of Zhejiang Province: Development and manufacturing of functional food - mining of functional factors and high-value development and utilization of by-products in Peach Industry (No. 2020C02037), 2550,000YUAN

Selected Publications

Li Zhenbiao, Wang Nan, Wei Yingying, Zou Xiurong, Jiang Shu, Xu Feng, Wang Hongfei, Shao Xingfeng*. Terpinen-4-ol Enhances Disease Resistance of Postharvest Strawberry Fruit More Effectively than Tea Tree Oil by Activating the Phenylpropanoid Metabolism Pathway. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2020, DOI: org/10.1021/acs.jafc.0c01840

Yue Qiang, Shao Xingfeng*, Wei Yingying, Jiang Shu, Xu Feng, Wang Hongfei, Gao Haiyan*. Optimized preparation of tea tree oil complexation and their antifungal activity against Botrytis cinerea. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 2020, 162: 111114.

Li Zhenbiao, Shao Xingfeng*, Wei Yingying, Dai Kun, Xu Jiayu, Xu Feng, Wang Hongfei. Transcriptome analysis of Botrytis cinerea in response to tea tree oil and its two characteristic components. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2020, 104:2163–2178

Wang Nan, Shao Xingfeng*, Wei Yingying, Jiang Shu, Xu Feng, Wang Hongfei. Quantitative proteomics reveals that tea tree oil effects Botrytis cinerea mitochondria function. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 2020, 164: 156–164.

Wei Yanzhen, Wei Yingying, Xu Feng, Shao Xingfeng ⁎. The combined effects of tea tree oil and hot air treatment on the quality and sensory characteristics and decay of strawberry. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 2018,136: 139–144

Xu J, Shao X*, Li Y, Wei Y, Xu F, Wang H. Metabolomic analysis and mode of action of metabolites of tea tree oil involved in the suppression of Botrytis cinerea. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017, 8:1017.

Xu J, Shao X*(邵兴锋), Wei Y, Xu F and Wang H. iTRAQ Proteomic analysis reveals that metabolic pathways involving energy metabolism are affected by tea tree oil in Botrytis cinerea. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017, 8: 1989.

Li Yonghua, Shao Xingfeng *, Xu Jiayu, Wei Yingying, Xu Feng, Wang Hongfei. Tea tree oil exhibits antifungal activity against Botrytis cinerea by affecting mitochondria. Food Chemistry, 2017, 234: 62–67

Wang Xingxing, Xv Congmin, Zou Xiurong, Wei Yingying, Xu Feng, Wang Hongfei & Shao Xingfeng*. Cloning, molecular characterisation, and expression of putative invertase inhibitor genes and their potential relationship with the activity of vacuolar acid invertase in peach fruit, New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, 2020, 48:2, 69-83

Xingxing He, Yingying Wei, Jingyu Kou, Feng Xu, Zhonghua Chen, Xingfeng Shao*. PpVIN2, an acid invertase gene family member, is sensitive to chilling temperature and affects sucrose metabolism in postharvest peach fruit. Plant Growth Regulation, 2018, 86：169-180

Jingyu Kou, Yingying Wei*, Xingxing He, Jiayu Xu, Feng Xu, Xingfeng Shao*. Infection of post-harvest peaches by Monilinia fructicola accelerates sucrose decomposition and stimulates the Embden–Meyerhof–Parnas pathway. Horticulture Research, 2018, 5:46

Yu Lina, Shao Xingfeng*, Wei Yingying, Xu Feng, Wang Hongfei. Sucrose degradation is regulated by 1-methycyclopropene treatment and is related to chilling tolerance in two peach cultivars. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 2017, 124: 25–34. 

Yu Lina, Liu Hongxing, Shao Xingfeng*, Yu Fang, Wei Yanzhen, Ni Zhiming, Xu Feng, Wang Hongfei. Effects of hot air and methyl jasmonate treatment on the metabolism of soluble sugars in peach fruit during cold storage. Postharvest Biology and Technology 113 (2016) 8–16.

Shao Xingfeng*，Zhu Yong，Cao Shifeng，Wang Hongfei，Song Yuxing. Soluble sugar content and metabolism as related to the heat-induced chilling tolerance of loquat fruit during cold storage. Food and Bioprocess Technology, 2013, 6: 3490-3498.

Wang Ke, Shao Xingfeng*, Gong Yifu, Zhu Yong, Wang Hongfei, Zhang Xionglong, Yu Dandan, Yu Fang, Qiu Zhiyun, Lu Hao. The metabolism of soluble carbohydrates related to chilling injury in peach fruit exposed to cold stress. Postharvest Biology and Technology. 2013, 86: 53-61.