别之龙，中共党员，1970年3月出生，博士，教授，博士生导师。第六届全国优秀科技工作者，享受国务院政府特殊津贴专家，国家西甜瓜产业技术体系设施栽培岗位科学家。1996年博士毕业于西南农业大学，1999年10月-2001年9月在日本千叶大学园艺学部从事博士后研究。先后获得湖北省自然科学基金青年杰出人才计划（2008年）、武汉市学科带头人（2009年）、武汉市黄鹤英才（农业）（2014年）、湖北省自然科学基金创新群体（2019年）等人才项目的支持。主持完成的成果先后荣获中国农业工程学会第五届青年科技奖（2008年），湖北省科技进步二等奖（2010年，2015年），湖北省科技进步三等奖（2014年），中国园艺学会华耐园艺科技奖（2018年）。2014年担任第1届国际园艺学会蔬菜嫁接研讨会召集人。主持建设的“设施园艺学”课程2008年被评为国家精品课程，2012年被列为国家精品资源共享课程。主持完成的湖北省教学改革项目“园艺专业实践教学的改革与创新”2009年获得湖北省教学成果二等奖，主编的“工厂化育苗原理与技术”2020年荣获全国农业教育优秀教材奖。

主要从事设施蔬菜逆境生理与分子生物学、蔬菜种苗生长发育、设施蔬菜品质形成与调控等方面的研究，先后主持和参加国家自然科学基金、国家现代农业产业技术体系、中以国际科技合作项目、国家重点研发计划、国家973、863、国家科技支撑计划、国家公益性行业（农业）科研专项、教育部科学技术重点项目、湖北省自然科学基金创新群体和青年杰出人才基金、武汉市学科带头人计划等40余项纵向科研课题。在国内外刊物发表论文260余篇，其中在 Food Chemistry, Environmental Science: Nano，Journal of Experimental Botany，Horticulture Research等刊物上发表SCI论文70余篇。担任Scientia Horticulturae咨询编委、园艺学报编委、中国蔬菜编委、中国瓜菜编委，长江蔬菜副主编。

近年来发表的代表性论文如下：

1.Chen HW, Cheng JT^*, Huang Y, Kong QS, Bie ZL^*. Comparative analysis of sugar, acid, and volatile compounds in CPPU-treated and honeybee-pollinated melon fruits during different developmental stages. Food Chemistry, 2023, 401: 134072.

2.Peng YQ, Chen LL, Zhu L, Cui LJ, Yang L, Wu HH^*, Bie ZL^*.CsAKT1 is a key gene for CeO₂ nanoparticles improved cucumber salt tolerance: a validation from CRISPR-Cas9 lines. Environmental Science: Nano, 2022 DOI: 10.1039/d2en00688j

3.Chen LL, Peng YQ, Zhu L, Huang Y, Bie ZL^*, Wu HH^*. CeO₂ nanoparticles improved cucumber salt tolerance is associated with its induced early stimulation on antioxidant system. Chemosphere, 2022, 299: 134474.

4. Wang LH, Wu B, Chen GY, Peng YQ, Sohail H, Geng SY, Luo GB, Xu DD, Ouyang B*, Bie ZL*. The essential role of jasmonate signaling in Solanum habrochaites rootstock-mediated cold tolerance in tomato grafts. Horticulture Research, 2022, uhac227

5.Cheng F, Gao M, Lu JY, Huang Y, Bie ZL^*. Spatial–temporal response of reactive oxygen species and salicylic acid suggest their interaction in pumpkin rootstock-induced chilling tolerance in watermelon plants. Antioxidants, 2021, 10: 2024

6.Wen SY, Neuhaus HE, Cheng JT^*, Bie ZL^*. Contributions of sugar transporters to crop yield and fruit quality. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2022, 73(8): 2275-2289.

7.Geng SY, Sohail H, Cao HS, Sun JY, Chen Z, Zhou LJ, Wang WB, Ye RW, Yang L*, Bie ZL^*. An efficient root transformation system for CRISPR/Cas9-based analyses of shoot-root communication in cucurbit crops. Horticulture Research, 2022, 9: uhab082.

8. Lu JY, Cheng F, Huang Y, Bie ZL^*. Grafting watermelon onto pumpkin increases chilling tolerance by up regulating Arginine decarboxylase to increase putrescine biosynthesis. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022, 12: 812396.

9. Sohail H, Noor I, Nawaz MA, Ma M, Shireen F, Huang Y, Yang L^*, Bie ZL^*. Genome-wide identification of plasma-membrane intrinsic proteins in pumpkin and functional characterization of CmoPIP1-4 under salinity stress. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2022, 202: 104995.

10.Shireen F, Nawaz MA, Lu JY, Xiong M, Kaleem M, Huang Y, Bie ZL^*. Application of boron reduces vanadium toxicity by altering the subcellular distribution of vanadium, enhancing boron uptake and enhancing the antioxidant defense system of watermelon. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021, 226: 112828.

11.Niu ML, Sun ST, Nawaz MA, Sun JY, Cao HS, Lu JY, Huang Y, Bie ZL^*. Grafting cucumber onto pumpkin induced early stomatal closure by increasing ABA sensitivity under salinity conditions. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019, 10: 1290.

12. Huang Y, Cao H, Yang L, Chen C, Shabala L, Xiong M, Niu M, Liu J, Zheng Z, Zhou L, Peng Z, Bie Z*, Shabala S*. Tissue-specific respiratory burst oxidase homolog-dependent H₂O₂ signaling to the plasma membrane H⁺-ATPase confers potassium uptake and salinity tolerance in Cucurbitaceae. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2019, 70(20): 5879-5893.

13.Cheng J, Wen S, Xiao S, Lu B, Ma M, Bie Z*. Overexpression of the tonoplast sugar transporter CmTST2 in melon fruit increases sugar accumulation. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2018, 69(3): 511-523.

14.Niu M, Huang Y, Sun S, Sun J, Cao H, Shabala S, Bie Z*. Root respiratory burst oxidase homologue-dependent H₂O₂ production confers salt tolerance on a grafted cucumber by controlling Na⁺ exclusion and stomatal closure. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2018, 69(14): 3465-3476.

15.Niu M, Xie J, Chen C, Cao H, Sun J, Kong Q, Shabala S, Shabala L, Huang Y*, Bie Z*. An early ABA-induced stomatal closure, Na⁺ sequestration in leaf vein and K⁺ retention in mesophyll confer salt tissue tolerance in Cucurbita species. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2018, 69(20): 4945-4960.