徐远涛，中共党员，博士，研究员，博士生导师。2019年毕业于华中农业大学，获果树学博士学位。2019年7月-2025年4月，在华中农业大学植物科学技术学院植物保护流动站从事博士后工作。2024年6月-12月作为访问研究人员赴英国塞恩斯伯里实验室开展合作研究。长期从事柑橘种质资源发掘与重要性状形成机理研究，主持国家自然科学基金青年项目和湖北省自然科学基金青年项目各1项；入选“国家博士后创新人才支持计划”和“湖北省博士后创新研究岗位”；获湖北省自然科学一等奖1项（序3）；授权专利5项，申报新品种6例。发表研究论文25篇，其中以第一或通讯（含共同）作者在Nature Genetics（3篇）、Current Opinion in Plant Biology、Journal of  Pineal Research、Horticulture Research等国际期刊发表论文9篇。

研究方向：

基于我国丰富的野生及地方柑橘资源优势，围绕柑橘重大病害从以下方面开展研究：（1）发掘利用抗病野生资源鉴定抗病基因，解析抗病机理，为抗病性遗传改良提供基因资源；（2）从柑橘和病原菌互作角度解析致病机制，为抗病性改良提供理论指导。

代表性论文（#并列第一作者，*通讯作者）：

1. Shengjun Liu#, Yuantao Xu#, Kun Yang, Yue Huang, Zhihao Lu, Shulin Chen, Xiang Gao, Gongao Xiao, Peng Chen, Xiuli Zeng, Lun Wang, Weikang Zheng, Zishuang Liu, Guanglian Liao, Fa He, Junjie Liu, Pengfei Wan, Fang Ding, Junli Ye, Wenbiao Jiao, Lijun Chai, Zhiyong Pan, Fei Zhang, Zongcheng Lin, Yanjun Zan, Wenwu Guo, Robert M. Larkin, Zongzhou Xie, Xia Wang, Xiuxin Deng, Qiang Xu*. Origin and de novo domestication of sweet orange. Nature Genetics, 2025, 57(3):754-762.

2. Yue Huang#, Jiaxian He#, Yuantao Xu#, Weikang Zheng#, Shaohua Wang, Peng Chen, Bin Zeng, Shuizhi Yang, Xiaolin Jiang, Zishuang Liu, Lun Wang, Xia Wang, Shengjun Liu, Zhihao Lu, Ziang Liu, Huiwen Yu, Jianqiang Yue, Junyan Gao, Xianyan Zhou, Chunrui Long, Xiuli Zeng, Yong-Jie Guo, Wen-Fu Zhang, Zongzhou Xie, Chunlong Li, Zhaocheng Ma, Wenbiao Jiao, Fei Zhang, Robert M. Larkin, Robert Krueger, Malcolm Smith, Ray Ming, Xiuxin Deng, Qiang Xu*. Pan-genome analysis provides insight into the evolution of the orange subfamily and a key gene for citric acid accumulation in citrus fruits. Nature Genetics, 2023, 55(11):1964-1975.

3. Xia Wang#, Yuantao Xu#, Siqi Zhang#, Li Cao#, Yue Huang, Junfeng Cheng, Guizhi Wu, Shilin Tian, Chunli Chen, Yan Liu, Huiwen Yu, Xiaoming Yang, Hong Lan, Nan Wang, Lun Wang, Jidi Xu, Xiaolin Jiang, Zongzhou Xie, Meilian Tan, Robert M Larkin, Ling-Ling Chen, Bin-Guang Ma, Yijun Ruan, Xiuxin Deng, Qiang Xu*. Genomic analyses of primitive, wild and cultivated citrus provide insights into asexual reproduction. Nature Genetics, 2017, 49(5): 765-772.

4. Kun Yang#, Wenqing Xu#, Huanyu Cai, Xiaomei Tang, Xiaoyan An, Chunyang He, Huailong Teng, Qiang Xu, Yuantao Xu*. Identification of a COMT gene involved in the biosynthesis of melatonin which mediates resistance to citrus canker. Journal of Pineal Research, 2025, 77(3): e70043.

5. Yuantao Xu, Huihui Jia, Chunming Tan, Xiaomeng Wu, Xiuxin Deng, Qiang Xu*. Apomixis: genetic basis and controlling genes. Horticulture Research, 2022, 9: uhac150.

6. Yuantao Xu, Huihui Jia, Xiaomeng Wu, Anna MG Koltunow*, Xiuxin Deng, Qiang Xu*. Regulation of nucellar embryony, a mode of sporophytic apomixis in Citrus resembling somatic embryogenesis. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2021, 59: 101984.

7. Yue Huang#, Yuantao Xu#, Xiaolin Jiang, Huiwen Yu, Huihui Jia, Chunming Tan, Gang Hu, Yibo Hu, Muhammad Junaid Rao, Xiuxin Deng, Qiang Xu*. Genome of citrus rootstock and global DNA demethylation caused by hetero-grafting. Horticulture Research, 2021, 8(1): 69.

8. Kun Yang, Bin Hu, Wang Zhang, Tao Yuan, Yuantao Xu*. Recent progress in the understanding of Citrus Huanglongbing: from the perspective of pathogen and citrus host. Molecular Breeding, 2024, 44, 77.

9. Yuantao Xu, Guizhi Wu, Baohai Hao, Lingling Chen, Xiuxin Deng, Qiang Xu*. Identification, characterization and expression analysis of lineage-specific genes within sweet orange (Citrus sinensis). BMC Genomics, 2015, 16(1): 995.