近日，我院遗传育种专业2021届博士生杨晟同学因其在国际植物学主流刊物《Plant Cell & Environment》杂志发表的Solanaceous Plants Switches to Cytokinin-Mediated Immunity against Ralstonia solanacearum under High Temperature and High Humidity研究论文获得该杂志颁发的2021年度优秀学生论文奖。该论文首次提出了辣椒等茄科植物在常温下应答青枯菌侵染的防御反应中激活SA和JA介导的免疫反应，但在高温高湿下SA和JA免疫反应被关闭，转而激活细胞分裂素介导的免疫反应。因为该研究具有突出的创新性而获得此项殊荣。
据悉，杨晟同学是滚球生命学院生物科学专业2014届本科毕业，滚球2021届遗传育种专业博士毕业，于2012年开始进入何水林教授实验室开展科研训练，并完成本科和硕博士连读直至博士研究生毕业，围绕着辣椒耐高温高湿和抗病的关联以及辣椒等茄科植物在高温高湿下抗病机制等领域开展了较为系统的研究，在New Phytologist, Plant Cell & Environment 和Mol Plant Microbe Interact等传统主流刊物上发表第一作者论文4篇，在Journal of Experiment Botany, Plos Genetics和Plant and Cell Physiology等刊物上发表共同第一作者论文7篇。
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