Agriculture & Biotechnology Research Center
Ma Guohua
Highest Education Doctor
Post
Phone 020-37252993
Email magh@scib.ac.cn
Office South China Botanical Garden, No.723, Xingke Road, Tianhe, Guangzhou, China
Education and Appointments
1)  1982-1989, Central China Agricultural University, win bachelor and master degree;
2)  1998-2001, Sun Yat-Sen University, win doctor degree. 
Research Interest

1) Plant Biotechnology;

2) Plant Molecular Biology.

Public Services
1)  Guangdong sandalwood research and industrial association, chairman;
2)  Guangdong economical and scientific Research association, vice chairman; 
Honors
 
Selected Publication

Selected Publication

1)  Zheng F, Xiong YP, Wu KL, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Zeng SJ, Lin XM, Ma GH (2021) Industrial scale-up of tissue-cultured Dracaena cambodiana Pierre ex Gagnep. Trees, accepted.

2)  Yan HF, Ma GH, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Qiu LH, Xu J, Zhou HW, Wei MZ, Xiong J, Li MZ, Zhou SH, Wu JM, Tang XH (2021) Genome-wide identification and analysis of NAC transcription factor family in two diploid wild relatives of cultivated sweet potato uncovers potential NAC genes related to drought tolerance. Frontiers in Genetics. 12:744220.

3)  Xiong YP, Chen XH, Wu KL, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva,·Zeng SJ, Ma GH* (2021) Shoot organogenesis and plant regeneration in Cordia subcordata Lam. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology – Plant.

4)  Xiong YP, Wei ZP, Yu XC, Pang JH, Zhang T, Wu KL, Ren H, Jian SG, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Ma GH* (2021) Shoot proliferation, embryogenic callus induction, and plant regeneration in Lepturus repens (G. Forst.) R. Br. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology – Plant.

5)  Xiong YP, Chen SY, Wei ZP, Yu XC, Pang JH, Zhang T, Wu KL, Ren H, Jian SG, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Ma GH* (2021) In vitro flowering and fruiting in Portulaca pilosa L. South African Journal of Botany 140:1-3.

6)  Guo BY, Xiong YP, Ren H, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Ma GH* (2021) Shoot organogenesis and plant regeneration in Begonia coptidifolia. Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry 45:381-388.

7)  Zhang YY, Yan HF, Li Y, Xiong YP, Niu MY, Zhang XH, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Ma GH* (2021) Molecular cloning and functional identification of 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 1,5-phosphate reductoisomerase from Santalum album. Genes 12: 626.

8)  Niu MY, Xiong YP, Yan HF, Zhang XH, Li Y, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Ma GH* (2021) Cloning and expression analysis of mevalonate kinase and phosphomevalonate kinase genes associated with the MVA pathway in Santalum album. Scientific Reports 11:16913.

9)  Li Y, Zhang XH, Cheng QW, Teixeira da Silva JA, Fang L, Ma GH*. Elicitors modulate young sandalwood (Santalum album L.) growth, heartwood formation, and concrete oil synthesis. Plants 2021, 10, 339.

10)  Zhang XH, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Niu MY, Zhang T, Liu HF, Zheng F, Yuan YF, Li Y, Fang L, Zeng SJ, Ma GH (2021) Functional characterization of an Indian sandalwood (Santalum album L.) dual-localized bifunctional nerolidol/linalool synthase gene involved in stress response. Phytochemistry 183:112610

11)  Niu MY, Yan HF, Xiong YP, Zhang YY, Zhang XH, Li Y, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Ma GH* (2021) Cloning, characterization, and functional analysis of acetyl-CoA C-acetyltransferase and 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase genes in Santalum album. Scientific Reports 11:1082.

12)  Chen SY, Xiong YP, Wu T, Wu KL, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Xiong YH, Zeng SJ, Ma GH* (2020) Axillary shoot proliferation and plant regeneration in Euryodendron excelsum H.T. Chang, a critically endangered species endemic to China. Scientific Reports 10:14402. Liang HZ, Xiong YP, Guo BY, Yan HF, Jian SG, Ren H, Zhang XH, Li Y, Zeng SJ, Wu KL, Zheng F, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Xiong YH, Ma GH* (2020) Shoot organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis from leaf and root explants of Scaevola sericea. Scientific Reports 10:11343

13)  Liang HZ, Xiong YP, Guo BY, Yan HF, Jian SG, Ren H, Zeng SJ, Wu KL, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Xiong YH, Ma GH* (2020) Effective breaking of dormancy of Scaevola sericea seeds with seawater, improved germination, and reliable viability testing with 2,3,5-triphenyl-tetrazolium chloride. South African Journal of Botany 132:73-78.

14)  Chen SY, Xiong YP, Yu XC, Pang JH, Zhang T, Wu KL, Ren Hai, Jian SG, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Xiong YH, Zeng SJ, Ma GH* (2020) Adventitious shoot organogenesis from leaf explants of Portulaca pilosa L. Scientific Reports 10:3675.

15)  Yan HF, Xiong YP, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Pang JH, Zhang T, Yu XC, Zhang XH, Niu MY, Ma GH* (2020) Molecular cloning and functional characterization of bisabolene synthetase (SaBS) promoter from Santalum album. Forests 11: 85.

16)  Xiong YP, Chen SY, Guo BY, Niu MY, Zhang XH, Li Y, Wu KL, Zheng F, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Zeng SJ, Ma GH* (2020) An efficient micropropagation protocol for Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu et Cheng from shoot segments of 2-year-old trees. Tree. 34: 307-313.

17)  Yan HF, Li MZ, Xiong YP, Wu JM, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Ma GH* (2019) Genome- wide characterization, expression profile analysis of WRKY family genes in Santalum album and functional identification of their role in abiotic stress. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20, 5676

18)  Zhang XH, Niu MY, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Zhang YY, Yuan YF, Jia YX, Xiao YY, Li Y, Fang L, Zeng SJ, Ma GH (2019) Identification and functional characterization of three new terpene synthase genes involved in chemical defense and abiotic stresses in Santalum album. BMC Plant Biology 19:115.

19)  Xiong YP, Liang HZ, Yan HF, Guo BY, Niu MY, Chen SY, Jian SG, Ren H, Zhang XH, Li Y, Zeng SJ, Wu KL, Zheng F, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Ma GH* (2019) RNA-Seq analysis of Clerodendrum inerme (L.) roots in response to salt stress. BMC Genomics 20:724.

20)  Xiong YP, Liang HZ, Yan HF, Guo BY, Niu MY, Chen SY, Jian SG, Ren H, Zhang XH, Li Y, Zeng SJ, Wu KL, Zheng F, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Ma GH* (2019) NaCl-induced stress: physiological responses of six halophyte species in in vitro and in vivo culture. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture 139:531-546.

21)  Cheng QW, Xiong YP, Niu MY, Zhang YY, Yan HF, Liang HZ, Guo BY, Zhang XH, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Xiong YH, Ma GH*. Santalum album callus co-cultured with fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides accumulates santalenes and bisabolene. Tree, (2019) 33:305–312.

22)  Chen YL, Zhang MH, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Ma GH* (2019) Seed germination, seedling establishment and reintroduction into the wild of the hemiparasitic medicinal plant Monochasma savatieri. Journal of Plant Development. 26: 45-57.

23)  Yan HF, Zhang YY, Xiong YP, Chen QW, Liang HZ, Niu MY, Guo BY, Li MZ, Zhang XH, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Ma GH* (2018) Selection and validation of novel RT-qPCR reference genes based on RNA-Seq data in different tissues of Santalum album. Scientific Reports 8:17511.

24)  Zhang YY, Yan HF, Niu MY, Cheng QW, Zhang XH, Teixeira da Silva JA, Ma GH (2018) Multiple strategies for increasing yields of essential oil and obtaining sandalwood terpenoids by biotechnological methods in sandalwood. Trees 32:21-29.

25)  Zhang XH, Teixeira da Silva JA, Niu MY, Li MZ, He CM, Zhao JH, Zeng SJ, Duan J, Ma GH (2017) Physiological and transcriptomic analyses reveal a response mechanism of cold stress in Santalum album L. leaves. Scientific Reports 7, 42165.

26)  Zhang YY, Chen YL, Zhang XH, Teixeira da Silva JA, Ma GH* (2017) Adventitious shoot induction from internode and root explants in a semiparasitic herb Monochasma savatieri Franch ex Maxim. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 36: 799-804.

27)  Chen Yulu, Zhang YY, Cheng QW, Niu MY, Liang HZ, Yan HF, Zhang XH, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Ma GH* (2016) Plant regeneration via direct and callus-mediated organogenesis from leaf explants of Chirita swinglei (Merr.) W. T. Wang. In Vitro Cellular Developmental Biology-Plant 52: 521-529.

28)  Zhang XH, Zhao JT, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Ma GH* (2016) In vitro plant regeneration from nodal segments of the spontaneous F1 hybrid Santalum yasi х S. album and its parents S. album and S. yasi. Trees 30:1983-1984.

29)  Ouyang Y, Chen YL, Lü JF, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Zhang XH, Ma GH* (2016) Somatic embryogenesis and enhanced shoot organogenesis in Metabriggsia ovalifolia W. T. Wang. Scientific Reports, 6:24662.

30)  Ouyang Yao, Zhang XH, Chen YL, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Ma GH* (2016) Growth, photosynthesis and haustorial development of semiparasitic Santalum album L. penetrating into roots of three hosts: a comparative study. Trees 30:713–728.

31)  Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Kher MM, Soner D, Page T, Zhang XH, Nataraj M, Ma GH* (2016) Sandalwood: basic biology, tissue culture, and genetic transformation. Planta. 243:847–887.

32)  Ouyang Y, Lu JF, Jaime A. Teixeira da silva, Ma GH*2015Vegetative propagation of Metabriggsia ovalifolia W.T. Wang using leaf cuttings and petiole segment. Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology. 90: 724–727.

33)  Zhang XH, Dai SP, Jaime Teixeira da Silva, Ma GH* (2015) In vitro shoot organogenesis and plant regeneration in Tibouchina aspera Aubl. In Vitro Cellular Developmental Biology-Plant. 51:482–487.

34)  Wang HF, Gao S, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Ma GH* (2015) Agrobacterium rhizogenes- mediated genetic transformation of Psammosilene tunicoides and identification of high saponin-yielding clones. Environmental and Experimental Biology 13: 19–23.

35)  Zhang MH, Chen YL, Ouyang Y, Huang ZG, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva*, Ma GH* (2015) The biology and haustorial anatomy of semi-parasitic Monochasma savatieri Franch. ex Maxim. Plant Growth Regulation 75:473–481.

36)  Zhang XH, Berkowitz O, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Zhang MH, Ma GH, Whelan J, Duan J (2015) RNA-Seq analysis identifies key genes associated with haustorial development in the root hemiparasite Santalum album. Frontiers in Plant Science. 6:661.

37)  Zhou JF, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Ma GH* (2014) Effects of smoke water and karrikin on seed germination of Chinese growing species. Central European Journal of Biology 9:1108–1118

38)  Yang G, Lü JF, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Chen HF, Ma GH* (2014) Shoot organogenesis from leaf explants of Dayaoshania cotinifolia W. T. Wang. In Vitro Cellular Developmental Biology-Plant 50:451–457.

39)  Yang XY, Zhang XH, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Liang KM, Deng RF, Ma GH* (2014) Ontogenesis of the collapsed layer during haustorium development in the root hemi-parasite Santalum album Linn. Plant Biology 16: 282–290.

40)  Chen R, Zhang M, Lü JF, Zhang XH, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Ma GH* (2014) Shoot organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis from leaf explants of Valeriana jatamansi Jones. Scientia Horticulturae 165: 392–397.

41)  Lü JF, Chen R, Zhang MH, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Ma GH* (2013) Plant regeneration via somatic embryogenesis and shoot organogenesis from immature cotyledons of Camellia nitidissima Chi. Journal of Plant Physiology 170: 1202– 1211

42)  Kou YP, Ma GH*, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Liu N (2013) Callus induction and shoot organogenesis from anther cultures of Curcuma attenuata Wall. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 112:1–7.

43)  Lü JF, Jaime A Teixeira da Silva, Ma GH* (2012) Vegetative propagation of the Primulina tabucum by petiole cutting. Scientia Horticulturae 134: 163–166.

44)   Yang XY, Lü JF, Jaime A Teixeira da Silva, Ma GH* (2012) Somatic embryogenesis and shoot organogenesis from leaf explants of Primulina tabacum. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 109: 213–221.

45)   Ma GH, Zhang XH, Bunn E, Dixon K (2012) Megasporogenesis and embryogenesis in three sympatric Posidonia seagrass species. Aquatic Botany 100:17.

46)   Zhang XH, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Jia YX, Zhao JT, Ma GH*(2012) Chemical composition of volatile oils from the pericarps of Indian sandalwood (Santalum album L.) by different extraction methods. Natural Product Communications 7: 9396.

47)   Zhang XH, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Duan J, Deng RF, Xu XL, Ma GH* (2012) Endogenous hormone levels and anatomical characters of haustoria in Santalum album L. seedlings before and after attachment to the host. Journal of Plant Physiology 169: 859–866.

48)  Zhang, XH, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Jia YX, Yan J, Ma GH* (2012) Essential oils composition from roots of Santalum album L. Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants 15: 16.

49)  Ma GH*, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Wu GJ (2011) Direct adventitious shoot formation from apical shoot explants of Euphorbia tirucalli. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 30: 114116.

50)  Ma GH*, Lü JF, Jaime A Teixeira da Silva, Zhang XH, Zhao JT (2011) Somatic embryogenesis and shoot organogenesis from leaf and shoot explants of Ochna integerrima (Lour). Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture 104: 157162.

51)   Ma GH*, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Lü JF, Zhang XH, Zhao JT (2011) Shoot organogenesis and plant regeneration in Metabriggsia ovalifolia. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 105: 355–361.

52)  Zhang XH, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Ma GH* (2010) Karyotype analysis of Santalum album L. Caryologia 63:142–148.

53)  Ma GH*, He Changxin, Ren H, Zhang QM, Li SJ, Zhang XH, Bunn E (2010) Direct somatic embryogenesis and shoot organogenesis from leaf explants of Primulina tabacum Hance. Biologia Plantarum 54: 361–365.

 

Published books:

1)  Ma GH, Jian SG, Ren H (2021) Tropical island and reef plant propagation and cultivation technology. China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing.

2)  Ma GH, Guo BY, Zeng SJ, Wang YB, Tu DH, Lü JF, Ren H. (2020) Artificial propagation and reintroduction of Dayaoshania cotinifolia W. T. Wang, an extremely small population in China. In “Conservation and reintroduction of rare and endangered plants in China”. Edited by Renhai. Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. pp117-124.

3)  Ren H, Ma GH, Zhang QM, and Wen XY. (2020) Reintroduction of Primulina tabacum Hance, a Critically Endangered Calciphilous Perennial Herb, in Southern China. In “Conservation and reintroduction of rare and endangered plants in China”. Edited by Renhai. Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. pp111-115.

4)  Ren H, Ma GH, Zhang QM, Wen XY, Guo QF, Liu H. The reintroduction of Primulina tabacum Hance, a critically endangered endemic plant, in southern China. Global Reintroduction Perspectives: 2018, Case studies from around the globe. Soorae PS (Edited). pp243-246