Professor Jiezhong Chen

Agricultural Science

College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Professor

Doctoral tutor, former dean of the College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University. In January 1982, he received a bachelor's degree in fruit trees from the Department of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University. In 1993, he received a master's degree in fruit trees from the Department of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University. He was a visiting scholar at the National Agricultural Research Center of Israel in 2005.

Executive director of the Chinese Citrus Society, member of the Horticultural Professional Committee of the Chinese Tropical Crops Society, vice chairman of the Guangdong Citrus Association, director of the Guangdong Horticultural Society, director of the Guangdong Plant Growth Regulator Association; editorial Board of Journal of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizers, Chinese Journal of Tropical Crops, South China Fruits, Guangdong Agricultural Science, Agricultural Science.

He is engaged in the cultivation and physiology research and teaching of southern fruit trees such as citrus, litchi, longan, and mango. He has in-depth research on fruit tree physiology, fruit quality formation, citrus disease-free cultivation and orchard grass cultivation. Hosted 5 projects of National Science Foundation and 26 research projects at the ministerial and provincial levels; participated in 19 research projects at the national or ministerial and provincial levels; published more than 100 papers in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Scientia Horticulturae, PLOS ONE, Scientia Agricultura Sinica, Acta Ecologica Sinica, Acta Horticulturae Sinica, Journal of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizers, Chinese Journal of Tropical Crops, Journal of Fruit Science, edited textbooks for higher agricultural colleges and universities-monographs on fruit tree cultivation, published 7 monographs; cultivated 6 new varieties of fruit trees, obtained 6 national and provincial scientific research achievements.