Dr. Xiaoming He

2025
He X, Wang D, Baer M, Gu L, Schaaf G, Apostolakis A, Meijide A, Chen X*, Hochholdinger F*, Yu P* (2025) Rhizosheath inhabiting Massilia are linked to heterosis in roots of maize. Nature communication, in press.

2024
Yu P, Li C, Li M, He X, Wang D, Li H, Marcon C, Li Y, Perez-Limón S, Chen X, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Koller R, Metzner R, van Dusschoten D, Pflugfelder D, Borisjuk L, Plutenko I, Mahon A, Resende Jr MFR, Salvio S, Akale A, Abdalla M, Ali Ahmed M, Bauer FM, Schnepf A, Lobet G, Heymans A, Suresh K, Schreiber L, McLaughlin CM, Li C, Mayer M, Schön C-C, Bernau V, von Wirén N, Sawers RJH, Wang T, Hochholdinger F (2024) Seedling root system adaptation to water availability during maize domestication and global expansion. Nature Genet 56: 1245-1256. PubMed

Wang D, He X, Baer M, Lami K, Yu B, Tassinari A, Salvi S, Schaaf S, Hochholdinger F, Yu P (2024) Enrichment of Massilia in lateral roots is associated with flowering in maize. Microbiome 12: 124. PubMed

He X, Wang D, Jiang Y, Li M, Delgado-Baquerizo M, McLaughlin C, Marcon C, Guo L, Baer M, Moya YAT, von Wirén N, Deichmann M, Schaaf G, Piepho H-P, Yang Z, Yang J, Yim B, Smalla K, Goormachtig S, de Vries FT, Hüging H, Baer M, Sawers RJH*, Reif JC*, Hochholdinger F*, Chen X*, Yu P* (2024) Heritable microbiome variation is correlated with source environment in locally adapted maize varieties. Nature Plants 10: 598–617. PubMed

2021
Yu P, He X, Baer M, Beirinckx S, Tian T, Moya YAT, Zhang Y, Deichmann M, Frey FP, Bresgen V, Li C, Razavi BS, Schaaf G, von Wirén N, Su Z, Bucher M, Tsuda K, Goormachtig S, Chen X, Hochholdinger F (2021) Plant flavones enrich rhizosphere Oxalobacteraceae to improve maize performance under nitrogen deprivation. Nat Plants 7: 481–499. PubMed