徐娟，中共党员，教授、博士、博士生导师。湖北省杰出青年人才和教育部新世纪优秀人才。

    2002年留校任教，主要从事果实色泽、香味和苦味品质变化与形成机理等方面的研究。带领团队对柑橘种质资源进行了大规模评价，并挖掘特异种质资源，验证了一批基因的功能，为功能性育种、功能性成分及其相关基因的充分利用提供了坚实基础。建立了国内首个国际化和标准化的“园艺产品感官评价实验室”及相关分析检测平台，将园艺学科相关研究的延伸到了“最后一米”——消费者的喜好层面；将园艺育种、栽培和采后的目标统一到市场接受度上来，减少了研究和产业实践的盲目性；为整个园艺产业提供了“金指标”，将园艺产业链打造成一个有正向指导意义的“闭环”。

    先后主持国家重点研发计划1项、国家自然科学基金区域联合重点项目1项、国家自然科学面上和青年基金5项、国家重点研发计划课题和子课题各1项、湖北省重点研发计划项目1项、农业部公益性行业专项课题1项、973重大计划专项子课题1项、教育部新世纪优秀人才支持计划1项、教育部学校特色项目1项、湖北省自然科学基金2项、中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金4项、全国蔬菜质量标准中心横向项目1项、广东江门市新会区新会陈皮产业研究院横向课题1项、农夫山泉柑橘品质提升横向项目1项、浙江省丽水市农科院横向项目1项。作为学术骨干参与973计划前期、973重大计划、948引智、863计划、教育部长江学者和创新团队发展计划、国家自然科学基金创新团队等项目。

    兼职园艺学报编委、Scientia Horticulturae副主编、华中农业大学园艺产品感官评价与品质检测中心负责人。2002年至2005年任国际植物种质资源所（International Plant genetic Resources Institute，IPGRI）分子标记在热带果树上的应用培训班讲师；2006年9月至2007年3月在意大利国家新技术、能源与环境署（Italian National Agency for New Technology, Energy and the Environment）从事“病毒诱导的类胡萝卜素基基因沉默（Virus induced carotegenic gene silencing）”的合作研究；2007年3月至2010年12月，任第十一届国际柑橘学大会（The 11th International Citrus Congress）执行秘书和司库，会议论文集共同主编；2013年4月至2014年4月在新西兰The New Zealand Institute for Plant and food Research Limited访问学者，从事Molecular mechanism governing aspects of fruit qualities的合作研究。

主要研究方向：

研究方向一：柑橘品质生物学与调控

1、柑橘果实中类黄酮积累差异的机理研究及相关基因的挖掘与功能验证

2、柑橘等果树挥发性物质合成、代谢与调控

3、柑橘中苦味形成与调控的机理研究

4、柑橘中聚甲氧基黄酮、倍半萜等功能性成分合成关键基因的挖掘与功能验证

研究方向二：园艺产品感官评价与消费者体验

1、园艺产品感官品质指标评价方法的探索与建立

2、园艺产品感官评价与生物信息学等多学科交叉创新研究

3、园艺产品的消费者体验

代表性论文：

1. 陈嘉景, 彭昭欣, 石梅艳, 徐娟*．柑橘中类黄酮的组成与代谢研究进展. 园艺学报, 2016, 43(2):384-400

2. 刘贤青, 涂虹, 王守创, 张红艳, 罗杰*, 徐娟*．不同类型柑橘果实汁胞中类黄酮的液相色谱质谱联用分析．植物生理学报, 2016, 52(5):762-770

3. 李明月, 陈嘉景, 程运江, 徐娟*．木鳖果生物学性状观察及其类胡萝卜素组分分析．中国南方果树, 2017, 46(5):57-62

4. 田静, 庞一波, 陈嘉景, 袁子彧, 曾继吾*, 徐娟*. 化州柚种质资源的SSR 分析及其果实不同发育期柚皮苷含量变化. 华中农业大学学报, 2019, 38(5): 64-70

5. 施要强, 张海朋, 田 静, 王振华, 刘翠华, 余乔明, 程运江, 徐娟*. ABA 处理对不同柑橘种质汁胞中挥发性物质的影响. 华中农业大学学报, 2020, 39 (1): 10-17

6. 施要强, 张海朋, 刘翠华, 蒋友武, 王振华, 谢宗周, 曾继吾*, 徐娟*. 不同发育时期莽山野柑果皮中挥发性物质代谢谱的变化. 华中农业大学学报, 2020, 39 (1): 34-43

7. 向思敏, 刘园, 王雪其, 王江波,  吴翠云, 唐章虎, 徐娟*. 基于HS-SPME-GC-MS方法的不同倍性库尔勒香梨果实风味相关代谢物质的变化. 华中农业大学学报, 2020, 39 (1): 53-60

8. 刘园, 向思敏, 王江波, 唐章虎, 龚涵, 张雪, 徐娟*. 库尔勒香梨挥发性物质及初生代谢物的GC-MS分析. 华中农业大学学报, 2020, 139 (1): 44-52

9. 张海朋, 刘翠华, 刘园, 温欢, 施要强, 张红艳, 徐娟*. 柑橘中挥发性萜类物质代谢研究进展. 园艺学报，2020，47 (8)：1610–1624

10. 张海朋, 彭昭欣, 石梅艳, 温欢, 张红艳, 徐娟*. 柑橘果实风味组学研究进展. 华中农业大学学报, 2021, 40(1):32-39.

11. 向思敏, 刘园, 王江波, 邵建柱, 张红艳, 吴翠云, 唐章虎, 徐娟*. 新梨七号及其亲本果皮挥发性物质的比较分析. 华中农业大学学报, 2021, 40(5)

12. Shouchuang Wang, Hong Tu, Jian Wan, Wei Chen, Xianqing Liu, Jie Luo, Juan Xu*, Hongyan Zhang*. Spatio-temporal distribution and natural variation of metabolites in citrus fruits. Food Chemistry, 2016, 199: 8-17

13. Wenyun Li#, Cuihua Liu#, Min He, Jinqiang Li, Yongqiang Cai, Yuhua Ma, Juan Xu*. Largely different contents of terpenoids in beef red-flesh tangerine and its wild type. BMC Plant Biology, 2017, 17:36, DOI: 10.1186/s12870-017-0988-4

14. Haipeng Zhang, Yunxia Xie, Cuihua Liu, Shilin Chen, Shuangshuang Hu, Zongzhou Xie, Xiuxin Deng*, Juan Xu*. Comprehensive comparative analysis of volatile compounds in citrus fruits of different species. Food Chemistry, 2017, 230:316-326

15. Shouchuang Wang, Chenkun Yang, Hong Tu, Junjie Zhou, Xianqing Liu, Yunjiang Cheng, Jie Luo, Xiuxin Deng, Hongyan Zhang*, Juan Xu*. Characterization and metabolic diversity of flavonoids in citrus species. Scientific Reports, 2017: 10549, DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-10970-2

16. Fuhua Yan#, Meiyan Shi#, Zhenyu He, Lianhai Wu, Xianghua Xu, Min He, Jiajing Chen, Xiuxin Deng, Yunjiang Cheng, Juan Xu*. Largely different carotenogenesis in two pummelo fruits with different flesh colors. PloS One, 2018, 13(7): e0200320.

17. Jiajing Chen＃, Ziyu Yuan＃, Haipeng Zhang, Wenyun Li, Meiyan Shi, Zhaoxin Peng, Mingyue Li, Jing Tian, Xiuxin Deng, Yunjiang Cheng, Cecilia Hong Deng, Zongzhou Xie, Jiwu Zeng, Jia-Long Yao*, Juan Xu*. Cit1,2RhaT and two novel CitdGlcTs participate in flavor-related flavonoid metabolism during citrus fruit development. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2019, 70 (10): 2759-2771.

18. Haipeng Zhang#, Cuihua Liu#, Jia-Long Yao, Cecilia Hong Deng, Shilin Chen, Jiajing Chen, Zhenhua Wang, Qiaoming Yu, Yunjiang Cheng, Juan Xu*. Citrus mangshanensis Pollen Confers a Xenia Effect on Linalool Oxide Accumulation in Pummelo Fruit by Enhancing the Expression of a Cytochrome P450 78A7 Gene CitLO1. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2019, 67, 9468−9476

19. Cuihua Liu, Min He, Zhuang Wang, Juan Xu*. Integrative analysis of terpenoids profiles and hormones from fruits of red-flesh citrus mutants and their wild types. Molecules, 2019, 24, 3456; doi:10.3390/molecules24193456

20. Haipeng Zhang, Huan Wen, Jiajing Chen, Zhaoxin Peng, Meiyan Shi, Mengjun Chen, Ziyu Yuan, Yuan Liu, Hongyan Zhang, Juan Xu*. Volatile compounds in fruit peels as novel biomarkers for the identification of four citrus species. Molecules, 2019, 24, 4550; doi:10.3390/molecules24244550

21. Haipeng Zhang, Mengjun Chen, Huan Wen, Zhenhua Wang, Jiangjing Chen, Liu Fang, Hongyan Zhang, Zongzhou Xie, Dong Jiang, Yunjiang Cheng, Juan Xu*. Transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses provide insight into the volatile compounds of citrus leaves and flowers. BMC Plant Biology, 2020, 20: 7, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-019-2222-z

22. Zhenyu He, Tiantian Zhao, Zhaoping Yin, Jihong Liu, Yunjiang Cheng, Juan Xu*. The phytochrome-interacting transcription factor CsPIF8 contributes to cold tolerance in citrus by regulating superoxide dismutase expression, Plant Science, 2020, 298: doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110584

23.  Meiyan Shi, Xiao Liu, Haipeng Zhang, Zhenyu He, Hongbin Yang, Jiajing Chen, Jia Feng, Wenhui Yang, Youwu Jiang, Jia-Long Yao, Cecilia Hong Deng* and Juan Xu*. The IAA- and ABA-responsive transcription factor CgMYB58 upregulates lignin biosynthesis and triggers juice sac granulation in pummelo. Horticulture Research, 2020, DOI: 10.1038/s41438-020-00360-7

24. Yuan Liu, Simin Xiang, Haipeng Zhang, Hongyan Zhang, Cuiyun Wu, Zhanghu Tang, Jiangbo Wang*, Juan Xu*. Sensory quality evaluation of Korla pear from different orchards and analysis of primary and volatile metabolites. Molecules, 2020, 25, 5567, doi: 10.3390/molecules25235567

25. Cuihua Liu, Xiaoran Liu, Xiaoning Tian, Jing Zhang, Zhanfeng Zhang, Jinrui Shi, Juan Xu*, Xiaolin Ren*. Determination of Volatile Profiles inside Apple Fruit Storage Facilities Using MonoTrapTM Monolithic Silica Adsorbent and GC–MS. Horticultural Plant Journal, 2021,7(4):267-274, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpj.2020.12.003

26. Haipeng Zhang, Jiajing Chen, Zhaoxin Peng, Meiyan Shi, Xiao Liu, Huan Wen, Youwu Jiang, Yunjiang Cheng, Juan Xu* and Hongyan Zhang* Integrated Transcriptomic and Metabolomic analysis reveals a transcriptional regulation network for the biosynthesis of carotenoids and flavonoids in ‘Cara cara’ navel Orange. BMC Plant Biology, 2021, 21: 29, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-020-02808-3

27. Zhaoxin Peng, Haipeng Zhang, Wenyun Li, Ziyu Yuan, Zongzhou Xie, Hongyan Zhang, Yunjiang Cheng, Jiajing Chen*, Juan Xu*. Comparative profiling and natural variation of polymethoxylated flavones in various citrus germplasms. Food Chemistry, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.129499

28. Cuihua Liu, Zhuo Zhang, Zhiming Dang, Juan Xu*, Xiaolin Ren*. New insights on phenolic compound metabolism in pomegranate fruit during storage. Scientia Horticulturae, 2021, 285, 110138

29. Haipeng Zhang#, Xiaoqin Mo#, Dongmei Tang, Yuhua Ma, Hongbin Yang, Meiyan Shi, Lin Li, Wenyun Li, Fuhua Yan, Yajuan Zhang, Hongyan Zhang, Juan Xu*. Comparative analysis of volatile and carotenoid metabolites and mineral elements in the flesh of 17 kiwifruit. Journal of Food Science, 2021, 86: 3023-3032. https://doi.org/10.1111/1750-3841.15796

30. Cuihua Liu, Haipeng Zhang, Min He, Xi Liu, Shilin Chen, Zhenyu He, Junli Ye,* and Juan Xu*. Lycopene accumulation in Cara Cara red-flesh navel orange is correlated with weak abscisic acid catabolism. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2021, 69: 8236−8246

31. Jiajing Chen, Gu Li, Haipeng Zhang, Ziyu Yuan, Wenyun Li, Zhaoxin Peng, Meiyan Shi, Wenyu Ding, Hhuixian Zhang, Yunjiang Cheng, Jialong Yao*, Juan Xu*. Primary Bitter Taste of Citrus is Linked to a Functional Allele of 1,2- rhamnosyltransferase Gene Originated from Citrus grandis. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2021, 69, 9869-9882

32. Wenyun Li#, Gu Li#, Ziyu Yuan, Mingyue Li, Xiuxin Deng, Meilian Tan, Yuhua Ma, Jiajing Chen*, Juan Xu*. Illustration of the variation in the content of flavanone rutinosides in various citrus germplasms from genetic and enzymatic perspectives. Horticulture Research, 2022, 9: uhab017

33. Pei Yin^#, Wenyu Ding^#, Haipeng Zhang, Xiao Liu, Hongyan Zhang, Jiwu Zeng*, Juan Xu* Morphological, physiological and molecular characteristics of the seedless ‘Hongjiangcheng’ sweet orange (Citrus sinensis L.). Horticultural Plant Journal, 2023, 9(3): 437-449

34. Yuan Liu, Huan Wen, Xiaoping Yang, Cuiyun Wu, Jiaqi Ming, Hongyan Zhang, Jiajing Chen, Jiangbo Wang*, Juan Xu*. Metabolome and transcriptome profiling revealed the enhanced synthesis of volatile esters in Korla pear. BMC Plant Biol, 2023, 23, 264 

35.  Huan Wen, Sining Zhang, Yuan Liu, Zhehui Hu, Congyi Zhu, Jiwu Zeng, Zhiqing Song, Jiajing Chen, and Juan Xu*. Screening Universal Stress-Response Terpenoids and Their Biosynthetic Genes via Volatile and Transcriptomic Profiling in Citrus. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2024 72 (1), 351-362. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c06109

36. Xinqi Li^#, Genlin Mao^#, Wanbing Chen, Pingzhi Wu, Ruimin Zhang, Man Zhang, Yongjing Huang, Juan Xu*, Jiwu Zeng*. Integrated untargeted metabolomic and transcriptomic analyses reveal OMT genes controlling polymethoxyffavonoid biosynthesis in the pericarp of Citrus reticulata ‘Chachi’.Scientia Horticutlurae, 2024, 327: 112808

37. Yuan Liu, Huan Wen, Jiatao Kong, Zhehui Hu, Yang Hu, Jiwu Zeng, Xiangling Chen, Hongyan Zhang, Jiajing Chen, Juan Xu*. Flavor characterization of Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Citrus reticulata ‘Chachiensis’) with different aging years via sensory and metabolomic approaches. Food Chemistry, 443, 2024, 138616

38. Zhehui Hu#, Mengjun Chen#, Kaijie Zhu, Yuan Liu, Huan Wen, Jiatao Kong, Minghua Chen, Lixin Cao, Junli Ye, Hongyan Zhang, Xiuxin Deng, Jiajing Chen, Juan Xu*. Multiomics integrated with sensory evaluations to identify characteristic aromas and key genes in a novel brown navel orange (Citrus sinensis). Food Chemistry, 444, 2024, 138613

39. Peng Zhaoxin#, Song Lizhi#, Chen Minghua, Liu Zeyang, Yuan Ziyu, Wen Huan, Zhang Haipeng, Huang Yue, Peng Zhaowen, Yang Hongbin, Li Gu, Zhang Huixian, Hu Zhehui, Li Wenyun, Wang Xia, Larkin Robert M., Deng Xiuxin, Xu Qiang*, Chen Jiajing*, Xu Juan*. Neofunctionalization of an OMT cluster dominates polymethoxyflavone biosynthesis associated with the domestication of citrus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024, 121(14) e2321615121

40. Ziyu Yuan, Gu Li, Huixian Zhang, Zhaoxin Peng, Wenyu Ding, Huan Wen, Hanxin Zhou, Jiwu Zeng, Jiajing Chen*, Juan Xu*. Four novel Cit7GlcTs functional in flavonoid 7-O-glucoside biosynthesis are vital to flavonoid biosynthesis shunting in citrus.Hortic Res.2024 Apr 25;11(6):uhae098.