张金智，中国民主同盟盟员，博士，教授，博士生导师。毕业于华中农业大学果树系，获博士学位后留校任教。2013年至2014年，赴美国加利福尼亚大学圣地亚哥分校赵云德实验室进行访问交流。长期从事果树发育分子生物学研究，博士学位论文获全国百篇优秀博士学位论文提名。至今以第一作者或通讯作者在SCI期刊上发表论文60余篇，获国家专利授权8项。主持国家自然科学基金、国际科学基金、国家重大研发计划子课题等项目。主持建设《园艺植物生物技术》慕课，入国家级一流本科课程；主编的《园艺植物生物技术》入选农业农村部“十四五”规划教材。主持和参与多项省级、校级教改项目，指导学生参加学科竞赛获国家级一等奖1项、二等奖1项，省级特等奖2项；指导学生科研论文获一等奖1项、二等奖1项，两篇论文获评省级优秀学位论文。曾担任Horticulturae、Plants、Agronomy、Forests等期刊的Topic Editor，目前担任Journal of Plant Growth Regulation的Associate Editor，以及BMC Plant Biology、Horticulture、Seeds等期刊的Editor。 

主要从事柑橘发育分子生物学机理与遗传改良相关研究。具体研究方向包括：

（1）柑橘童期与花器官发育的分子机理。旨在解析控制柑橘童期长度和花器官形成的分子机制，为缩短育种周期、提早结果提供理论依据与技术途径。

（2）柑橘成花调控机制及其应用。生产中常通过水分胁迫、外源激素等手段调节柑橘花期，以调控果实成熟期。本研究重点在于阐明其生理与分子机制，并推动相关技术在栽培中的应用。

（3）柑橘株型发育的调控机制。以柑橘新梢“自剪”现象为切入点，解析顶端分生组织与侧生分生组织的发生与发育调控网络，研发株型调控技术，为果树丰产、优质与轻简化栽培提供支撑。

 （一）获得奖励

1. 2013年指导本科生的科研成果荣获湖北省大学生优秀科研成果一等奖；

2. 2013年指导本科生的课外作品荣获第九届湖北省“挑战杯”大学生课外学术科技作品竞赛特等奖；

3. 2013年指导本科生的课外作品荣获第十三届“挑战杯”交通银行全国大学生课外学术科技作品竞赛二等奖；

4. 2015年指导本科生的科研成果荣获湖北省大学生优秀科研成果二等奖；

5. 2015年指导本科生的课外作品荣获第十届湖北省“挑战杯”大学生课外学术科技作品竞赛特等奖；

6. 2016年指导本科生的学术论文荣获第三届全国植物生产类大学生实践创新一等奖；

7. 2016年荣获华中农业大学科技创新优秀指导教师；

8. 2014年荣获湖北省优秀学士学位论文指导教师；

9. 2015年荣获湖北省优秀学士学位论文指导教师；

10. 2017年荣获华中农业大学校级优秀硕士学位论文指导奖；

11. 博士论文《利用抑制性差减杂交研究早实枳成花转变的分子机理》荣获2012年全国百篇优秀博士论文提名奖；

12.《PtFLC homolog from trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata) is regulated by alternative splicing and experiences seasonal fluctuation in expression level》于2010年荣获湖北省第十三届自然科学优秀学术论文二等奖。

（二）授权专利

1. 张金智，徐晓玲，艾小艳，胡春根。一个水杨酸诱导的红肉脐橙启动子GSTU19P的分离及应用，专利号：201110028718.8；

2. 张金智，胡春根。柑橘早花基因PtELF5的分离克隆及应用，专利号：201110028785.X；

3. 张金智，侯晓进，胡春根。甜橙根特异性启动子CsBFTP的分离及应用，专利号：201410665913；

4. 张金智，胡春根，侯小进。甜橙CsMYB120基因及其应用，专利号：2019111658756；

5. 张金智，胡春根，侯小进。克里曼丁花特异性表达启动子CcPIpro及其应用，专利号：201911167030.0；

6. 张金智，胡春根，叶丽霞，朱胜龙，张金霞，曾仁芳。柑橘bZIP转录因子在缩短植物童期中的应用，专利号：202110139779.5。

7. 张金智，胡春根，谌敏，张天亮，周靖靖。柑橘CcLFY基因在调控枝梢发育中的应用，专利号：202210511415.X

8. 张金智、胡春根、楚乐乐、刘海强、盛星星、周靖靖。外源ACC在延迟柑橘开花时间、提高开花数量中的应用，专利号：202310608917.9

（三）发表文章

（1）近五年代表性论文

1. Chen M, Zhang TL. Zhang WB, Wen YZ, Ma ZX, Xi ZP, Hu CG, Zhang JZ* (2025) miR156-SPLs module regulates flowering and controls plant height by modulating gibberellin biosynthesis in citrus. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 23(10):4271-4289.

2. Zhang TL, Chen M, Wan YH, Qiu JY, Wen YZ, Gan ZM, Ma ZX, WF Wang, Zhou JJ. Du YX, Hu CG, Zhang JZ*(2025) GIGANTEA-LATEELONGATED HYPOCOTYL complex regulate citrus drought tolerance and flowering, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 67(9):2366-2387.

3. Zeng RF, Hu SE, Tian X. Zhong 20, 0i Y, Deng L. Zhao JY, Ma MM, Huang X, Hu CG, Wang HC*. Zhang JZ* (2025) The regulatory module consisting of KNOTTED1-like homeobox 6, Homeobox-leucine zipper 14, and BLADE-ON-PETIOLE 2 is involved in shoot development and lateral branching in citrus, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 316.144782.

4. Chu LL, Zheng WX, Liu HQ, Sheng XX, Wang QY, Wang Y, Hu CG*, Zhang JZ* (2024). ACC SYNTHASE4 inhibits gibberellin biosynthesis and FLOWERING LOCUS T expression during citrus flowering. Plant Physiology, 195(1):479-501

5. Ye LX, Wu YM, Zhang JX, Zhang JX, Zhou H, Zeng RF, Zheng WX, Qiu MQ, Zhou JJ, Xie ZZ, Hu CG, Zhang JZ*(2023). A bZIP transcription factor (CiFD) regulates drought and low temperature induced flowering by alternative splicing in citrus. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology (3): 674-691.

6. Chu LL, Yan Z, Sheng XX, Liu HQ, Wang QY, Zeng RF, Hu CG, Zhang JZ* (2023). Citrus ACC synthase CiACS4 regulates plant height by inhibiting gibberellin biosynthesis. Plant Physiology 192 (3) 1947-1968.

7. Zhou H, Zeng RF, Liu TJ, Ai XY, Ren MK, Zhou JJ, Hu C-G*, Zhang J-Z* (2023). Drought and low temperature-induced NF-YA1 activates FT expression to promote citrus flowering. Plant, Cell & Environment 45(12):3505-3522.

8. Zeng RF, Fu LM, Deng L, Liu MF, Gan ZM, Zhou H, Hu SF, Hu CG*, Zhang JZ* (2023). CiKN1 and CiKN6 are involved in leaf development in citrus by regulating CimiR164. The Plant Journal 110(3):828-848.

9. Xu YY, Zeng RF, Zhou H, Qiu MQ, Gan ZM, Yang YL, Hu SF, Zhou JJ, Hu CG*, Zhang J-Z* (2022). Citrus FRIGIDA cooperates with its interaction partner dehydrin to regulate drought tolerance. The Plant Journal 111(1):164-182.

10. Wu YM, Ma YJ, Wang M, Zhou H, Gan ZM, Zeng RF, Ye LX, Zhou JJ, Zhang JZ*, Hu CG* (2022). Mobility of FLOWERING LOCUS T protein as a systemic signal in trifoliate orange and its low accumulation in grafted juvenile scions. Horticulture Research 9: uhac056.

11. Zeng RF, Zhou H, Fu LM, Yan Z, Ye LX, Hu SF, Gan ZM, Ai XY, Hu CG*, Zhang JZ* (2021). Two citrus KNAT-like genes, CsKN1 and CsKN2, are involved in the regulation of spring shoot development in sweet orange. Journal of Experimental Botany 72(20):7002-7019.

（2）论文清单

1. Chen M, Zhang TL. Zhang WB, Wen YZ, Ma ZX, Xi ZP, Hu CG, Zhang JZ* (2025) miR156-SPLs module regulates flowering and controls plant height by modulating gibberellin biosynthesis in citrus. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 23(10):4271-4289.

2. Zhang TL, Chen M, Wan YH, Qiu JY, Wen YZ, Gan ZM, Ma ZX, WF Wang, Zhou JJ. Du YX, Hu CG, Zhang JZ*(2025) GIGANTEA-LATEELONGATED HYPOCOTYL complex regulate citrus drought tolerance and drought induced flowering, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 67(9):2366-2387.

3. Zeng RF, Hu SE, Tian X. Zhong 20, 0i Y, Deng L. Zhao JY, Ma MM, Huang X, Hu CG, Wang HC*. Zhang JZ* (2025) The regulatory module consisting of KNOTTED1-like homeobox 6, Homeobox-leucine zipper 14, and BLADE-ON-PETIOLE 2 is involved in shoot development and lateral branching in citrus, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 316.144782.

4. Du YX, Dong JM, Liu HX, Fu XM, Guo J, Lai XP, Liu HM, Yang D, Yang HX, Zhou XY, Zhang JZ*, Yue JQ, Li J (2024). Transcription-related metabolic regulation in grafted lemon seedlings under magnesium deficiency stress. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 210:108615.

5. Khan FS, Ning CY, Li ZZ, Hu CG, Zhang JZ* (2025). Floral regulation: the significant virtue of horticultural flowering plants. Horticulturae 11(1): 102.

6. Zeng RF, Hu SF, Wang MZ, Zhang JZ*, Hu CG. (2024). Molecular cloning and functional characterization of differential genes and associated with flowering between trifoliate orange mutant and wild-type trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata L. Raf.). Scientia Horticulturae 330: 113039.

7. Zhao ZX, Zhou ZJ, Zhou JJ, Li JX, Yang F, Yang HX, Zhang J*Z. (2025). Impact of irrigation and artificial pollination on: fruit set and yield. Horticulturae 11(9): 2461.

8. Zhou ZJ, Zhao ZX, Zhou JJ, Yang F, Zhang JZ*. (2025). Boron supplementation and phytohormone application: effects on development, fruit set, and yield in macadamia cultivar 'A4'. Plants-Basel 14(16).

9. Chu LL, Zheng WX, Liu HQ, Sheng XX, Wang QY, Wang Y, Hu CG*, Zhang JZ* (2024). ACC SYNTHASE4 inhibits gibberellin biosynthesis and FLOWERING LOCUS T expression during citrus flowering. Plant Physiology, 195(1):479-501.

10. Chen M, Zhang JZ* (2024). Flowering and flower development in plants. Agronomy 14(2), 256.

11. Shi MY, Wei ZW, Zhang PX, Guan CF, Chachar S*, Zhang JZ* (2024). Epigenetic Modifications and Breeding Applications in Horticultural Plants. Horticulturae 10(2):143.

12. Khan SF, Goher F, Hu CG, Zhang JZ*(2024). WUSCHEL-related Homeobox (WOX) transcription factors are key regulators in combating abiotic stresses in plants. Horticulture Advances 2:2.

13. Zeng RF, Gan ZM, Hu SF, Fu LM, Gong Z, Hu CG*, Zhang JZ* (2024). Genome-wide identification of the CclKNOX gene family and functional characterization of CclKNOX3 and CclKNOX5 in citrus shoot development. Scientia Horticulturae 326: 112708.

14. Khan FS, Goher F, Hu CG, Zhang JZ* (2023). Calcium (Ca²⁺) sensors and MYC2 are crucial players during jasmonates-mediated abiotic stress tolerance in plants. Plant Biology 25: 1025-1034.

15. Chen M, Zhang TL, Hu CG, Zhang JZ* (2023). The role of drought and temperature stress in the regulation of flowering time in annuals and perennials. Agronomy 13, 3034.

16. Gan ZM, Ai XY, Hu CG*, Zhang, JZ* (2023). Genome-wide classification and evolutionary analysis of the KNOX gene family in plants. Horticulturae 9, 1174.

17. Ye LX, Wu YM, Zhang JX, Zhang JX, Zhou H, Zeng RF, Zheng WX, Qiu MQ, Zhou JJ,  Xie ZZ, Hu CG, Zhang JZ*(2023). A bZIP transcription factor (CiFD) regulates drought and low temperature induced flowering by alternative splicing in citrus. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology (3): 674-691.

18. Chu LL, Yan Z, Sheng XX, Liu HQ, Wang QY, Zeng RF, Hu CG, Zhang JZ* (2023). Citrus ACC synthase CiACS4 regulates plant height by inhibiting gibberellin biosynthesis. Plant Physiology 192 (3) 1947-1968.

19. Zhou H, Zeng RF, Liu TJ, Ai XY, Ren MK, Zhou JJ, Hu C-G*, Zhang J-Z* (2023). Drought and low temperature-induced NF-YA1 activates FT expression to promote citrus flowering. Plant, Cell & Environment 45(12):3505-3522.

20. Zeng RF, Fu LM, Deng L, Liu MF, Gan ZM, Zhou H, Hu SF, Hu CG*, Zhang JZ* (2023). CiKN1 and CiKN6 are involved in leaf development in citrus by regulating CimiR164. The Plant Journal 110(3):828-848.

21. Xu YY, Zeng RF, Zhou H, Qiu MQ, Gan ZM, Yang YL, Hu SF, Zhou JJ, Hu CG*, Zhang J-Z* (2022). Citrus FRIGIDA cooperates with its interaction partner dehydrin to regulate drought tolerance. The Plant Journal 111(1):164-182.

22. Wu YM, Ma YJ, Wang M, Zhou H, Gan ZM, Zeng RF, Ye LX, Zhou JJ, Zhang JZ*, Hu CG* (2022). Mobility of FLOWERING LOCUS T protein as a systemic signal in trifoliate orange and its low accumulation in grafted juvenile scions. Horticulture Research 9: uhac056.

23. Zeng RF, Zhou H, Fu LM, Yan Z, Ye LX, Hu SF, Gan ZM, Ai XY, Hu CG*, Zhang JZ* (2021). Two citrus KNAT-like genes, CsKN1 and CsKN2, are involved in the regulation of spring shoot development in sweet orange. Journal of Experimental Botany 72(20):7002-7019.

24. Khan FS, Gan ZM, Li EQ, Ren MK, Hu CG*, Zhang J-Z*(2022). Transcriptomic and physiological analysis reveals interplay between salicylic acid and drought stress in citrus tree floral initiation. Planta 255(1):24.

25. Hou XJ, Ye LX, Ai XY, Hu CG, Cheng ZP*, Zhang JZ*(2022). Functional analysis of a PISTILLATA-like gene CcMADS20 involved in floral organs specification in citrus. Plant Science 319:111263.

26. Ye LX, Zhang JX, Hou XJ, Qiu MQ, Wang WF, Zhang JX, Hu CG, Zhang JZ* (2021). A MADS-box gene CiMADS43 is involved in citrus flowering and leaf development through interaction with CiAGL9. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22(10):5205.

27. Xu YY, Liu SR, Gan ZM, Zeng RF, Zhang JZ*, Hu CG* (2021). High-density genetic map construction and identification of QTLs controlling leaf abscission trait in Poncirus trifoliata. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(11):5723.

28. Khan FS, Zeng RF, Gan ZM, Zhang JZ*, Hu CG* (2021). Genome-wide identification and expression profiling of the WOX gene family in citrus sinensis and functional analysis of a CsWUS member. International Journal of Molecular Science 22(9):4919.

29. Ye LX, Gan ZM, Wang WF, Ai XY, Xie ZZ, Hu CG, Zhang JZ* (2020). Comparative analysis of the transcriptome, methylome, and metabolome during pollen abortion of a seedless citrus mutant. Plant Molecular Biology 104(1-2):151-171.

30. Ma YJ, Li PT, Sun -M, Zhou H, Zeng RF, Ai XY, Zhang JZ*, Hu CG*(2020). HD-ZIP I transcription factor (PtHB13) negatively regulates citrus flowering through binding to FLOWERING LOCUS C promoter. Plants 9(1):114.

31. Zeng RF, Zhou JJ, Liu SR, Gan ZM, Zhang JZ*, Hu CG (2019). Genome-wide identification and characterization of SQUAMOSA-Promoter-Binding Protein (SBP) genes involved in the flowering development of Citrus Clementina. Biomolecules 9(2):66.

32. Luo J, Zhou J-J*, Zhang J-Z* (2018). Aux/IAA gene family in plants: molecular structure, regulation, and function. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 19(1):259.

33. Liu TJ, Zhou JJ, Chen FY, Gan ZM, Li YP, Zhang JZ*, Hu CG* (2018). Identification of the genetic variation and gene exchange between Citrus trifoliata and Citrus clementina. Biomolecules 8(4):182.

34. Wang CY, Liu SR, Zhang XY, Ma YJ, Hu CG, Zhang JZ*(2017). Genome-wide screening and characterization of long non-coding RNAs involved in flowering development of trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata L. Raf.). Scientific Reports 7:43226.

35. Liu SR, Zhou JJ, Hu CG, Wei CL*, Zhang JZ*(2017). MicroRNA-mediated gene silencing in plant defense and viral counter-defense. Frontiers in Microbiology 8:1801.

36. Li JX, Hou XJ, Zhu J, Zhou JJ*, Huang HB, Yue JQ, Gao JY, Du YX, Hu CX, Hu CG, Zhang J-Z*(2017). Identification of genes associated with lemon floral transition and flower development during floral inductive water deficits: a hypothetical model. Frontiers in Plant Science 8:1013.

37. Zhang JZ, Liu SR, Hu CG* (2016). Identifying the genome-wide genetic variation between precocious trifoliate orange and its wild type and developing new markers for genetics research. DNA Research 23(4):403-414.

38. Sun LM, Zhang JZ*, Hu CG*(2016). Characterization and expression analysis of PtAGL24, a SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE/AGAMOUS-LIKE 24 (SVP/AGL24)-type MADS-box gene from trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoIlata L. Raf.). Frontiers in Plant Science 10(7):823.

39. Liu SR, Hu CG, Zhang JZ* (2016). Regulatory effects of cotranscriptional RNA structure formation and transitions. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA 7(5):562-574.

40. Li SB, Xie ZZ, Hu CG, Zhang JZ*(2016). A review of auxin response factors (ARFs) in plants. Frontiers in Plant Science 7:47.

41. Ai XY, Zhang JZ(Co first author), Liu TJ, Hu CG* (2016). PtFCA from precocious trifoliate orange is regulated by alternative splicing and affects flowering time and root development in transgenic Arabidopsis. Tree Genetics & Genomes 12(5):85.

42. Li SB, OuYang WZ, Hou XJ, Xie LL, Hu CG, Zhang JZ* (2015). Genome-wide identification, isolation and expression analysis of auxin response factor (ARF) gene family in sweet orange (Citrus sinensis). Frontiers in Plant Science 6:119.

43. Zhang JZ, Zhao K, Ai XY, Hu CG* (2014). Involvements of PCD and changes in gene expression profile during self-pruning of spring shoots in sweet orange (Citrus sinensis). BMC Genomics 15:892.

44. Zhang JZ, Mei L, Liu R, Khan MR, Hu CG* (2014). Possible involvement of locus-specific methylation on expression regulation of LEAFY homologous gene (CiLFY) during precocious trifoliate orange phase change process. PLoS ONE 9(2):e88558.

45. Sun LM, Zhang JZ*, Mei L, Hu CG* (2014). Molecular cloning, promoter analysis and functional characterization of APETALA 1-like gene from precocious trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata L. Raf.). Scientia Horticulturae 178 (23):95-105.

46. Khan MRG, Ai XY, Zhang JZ* (2014). Genetic regulation of flowering time in annual and perennial plants. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA 5(3):347-359.

47. Hou XJ, Li SB, Liu SR, Hu CG, Zhang JZ*(2014). Genome-wide classification and evolutionary and expression analyses of citrus MYB transcription factor families in sweet orange. PLoS ONE 9(11):e112375.

48. Liu SR, Li WY, Long D, Hu CG*, Zhang JZ*(2013). Development and characterization of genomic and expressed SSRs in citrus by genome-wide analysis. PLoS ONE 2013, 8(10):e75149.

49. Hou XJ, Liu SR, Khan M, Hu CG, Zhang JZ*(2013). Genome-wide identification, classification, expression profiling, and SSR marker development of the MADS-Box gene family in citrus. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 32(1):28-41.

50. Zhang JZ, Ai XY, Guo WW, Peng SA, Deng XX, Hu CG*(2012). Identification of miRNAs and their target genes using deep sequencing and degradome analysis in trifoliate orange [Poncirus trifoliate (L.) Raf]. Molecular Biotechnology 51(1):44-57.

51. Sun LM, Ai XY, Li WY, Guo WW, Deng XX, Hu CG*, Zhang JZ*(2012). Identification and comparative profiling of miRNAs in an early flowering mutant of trifoliate orange and its wild type by genome-wide deep sequencing. PLoS ONE 7(8):e43760.

52. Ai XY, Lin G, Sun LM, Hu CG, Guo WW, Deng XX, Zhang JZ*(2012). A global view of gene activity at the flowering transition phase in precocious trifoliate orange and its wild-type [Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf.] by transcriptome and proteome analysis. Gene 510(1):47-58.

53. Zhang JZ, Ai XY, Sun LM, Zhang DL, Guo WW, Deng XX, Hu CG* (2011). Molecular cloning and functional characterization of genes associated with flowering in citrus using an early-flowering trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata L. Raf.) mutant. Plant Molecular Biology 76(1-2):187-204.

54. Zhang JZ, Ai XY, Sun LM, Zhang DL, Guo WW, Deng XX, Hu CG* (2011). Transcriptome profile analysis of flowering molecular processes of early flowering trifoliate orange mutant and the wild-type [Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf.] by massively parallel signature sequencing. BMC Genomics 12:63.

55. Li ZM, Zhang J-Z (Co first author), Mei L, Deng XX, Hu CG*, Yao JL* (2010). PtSVP, an SVP homolog from trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata L. Raf.), shows seasonal periodicity of meristem determination and affects flower development in transgenic Arabidopsis and tobacco plants. Plant Molecular Biology 74(1-2):129-142.

56. Zhang JZ, Li ZM, Yao JL, Hu CG* (2009). Identification of flowering-related genes between early flowering trifoliate orange mutant and wild-type trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata L. Raf.) by suppression subtraction hybridization (SSH) and macroarray. Gene 430(1-2):95-104.

57. Zhang JZ, Li ZM, Mei L, Yao JL, Hu CG* (2009). PtFLC homolog from trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata) is regulated by alternative splicing and experiences seasonal fluctuation in expression level. Planta 229(4):847-859.

58. Zhang JZ, Li ZM, Liu L, Mei L, Yao JL, Hu CG* (2008). Identification of early-flower-related ESTs in an early-flowering mutant of trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata) by suppression subtractive hybridization and macroarray analysis. Tree Physiology 28:1449–1457.

59. 楚乐乐, 刘海强, 盛星星, 郑玮璇, 龚赞, 胡春根, 张金智* (2022). 果树成花转变途径与调控研究进展. 植物科学学报 40(2): ２８１–２９０.

60. 叶丽霞,吴燕美,张金智*,张蕾 (2026)bZIP转录因子CiFD调控柠檬分枝的功能解析.园艺学报. https://doi.org/10.16420/j.issn.0513-353x.2025-0507.