Ph.D.and Senior Research Scientist/Professor in Horticulture
Add: Floriculture Research Institute,Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences
1, 1st east Jingying street, Guangzhou city, 510640
Tel.: 86 20 8759-3429; Fax: 86 20 8759-6402
E-mail: fxliao@msn.com

Education Background
Ph.D.  Plant Physiology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 1998
M.S.      Horticulture, Southwest Agricultural University, Chongqing, 1987
B.S.       Horticulture, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 1984
 
Professional Experiences
1998-   Senior Research Scientist and Section leader of Tropical ornamental plant biotech and breeding, Floricultural Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
1987-1995 Assistant professor in the Department of Horticulture, Jiangxi Agricultural University
2008.10-2009,12  Visiting Scholar in Mid-Florida Research and Education center, University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
 
Research Area
(1)Collection, conservation and evaluation of  tropical and subtropical ornamental plant germplasm,(2) Intergrated hybrid breeding, mutation-induced and ploidy  techniques with genomic, transgenic and bioinformation etc to develop new cultivars for ornamental industry.(3) Environmental physiology of tropical ornamental plants with an emphasis on substrate, water, nutrients and plant growth regulators.(4) Tissue culture and micropropagation, production techniques for industry.
 
Honors
Guangdong provincial award of sciences and technology advances, Third class, 2004,
Guangdong provincial award of sciences and technology advances, Third class, 2007
Guangzhou municipal award of sciences and technology advances, Second class, 2009
The awards of sciences and technology advances of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Second class in 2004,2005,2008,2010
 
Selected Publications and presentations
1.     Feixiong Liao at.al. Chemically Induced Polyploidization in Chlorophytum amaniense through Indirect Shoot Organogenesis, ASHS Annual Conference, Hortsciences, 2009,186
2.     Feixiong Liao ，Jianjun Chen，at.al., The full bloom of the China floriculture industry, HortScience, 2008, 43(4):1067-1068
3.     Liao Feixiong et al. Response to Sucrose-Free Culture and Diffusive Ventilation of Plantlets in vitro of Gerbera jamesonii and Photoautotrophic Growth Potential, Acta Horticulturae 2007, 764:257-263.
4.     J. Chen, and R.J. Henny, F. Liao. Aroid are important Medicinal Plants, Acta Hort, 2007, 756:347-353
5.     Liao Feixiong, Wang Biqing, Yang Zhiyuan et al. Growth and Physiological Characteristics of Plantlets of Spathiphyllum ‘Sensation’. in Rooting Phase Affected by Sucrose-free medium and diffusive ventilation. Acta Horticulture, 2006, 725:325-331.
6.     XU Shenping，LIU Xiaorong，LIU Jingmei，Wan Guoping，LIAN Fangqing， LIAO Feixiong(Corresponding author)，Analysis of QTL for Three Leaf traits in Phalaenopsis based on AFLP Molecular Genetic Map，Molecular Pant Breeding,2011,9(1):104-112
7.     LI Na，Huang Jianchang,  LIAO Fei-xiong(Corresponding author), Extraction of Genome DNA  and Optimization of RAPD-PCR System for Phaleanopsis with Middle and Small size Flower, Advance in Ornamental Horticulture of China 2011, pp 341-346
8.     Liu Xiaorong, Xu Shenping, Liu Jingmei, Yu Bo, Liao Feixiong(Corresponding author), Study on the Agronomic Traits Separation of Hybrid offspring of Phalaenopsis Phal.20xPhal.462, Advance in Ornamental Horticulture of China 2011, pp 130-133
9.     LI Na，LIAO Fei-xiong(Corresponding author)，Liu Xiao-rong ,Lian Fang-qing, An Observation of Cross-pollination Characteristics of the Phalaenopsis cultivars with the Flowers of Small And Medium Size, Acta Agriculturae Universitatis Jiangxiensis, 2010,32(5): 0962-0967
10.  LI Na，LIAO Fei-xiong(Corresponding author)，Lian Fang-qing，Liu Xiao-rong, The Principal Component Analysis and Cluster Analysis of the Phalaenopsis cultivars with the Flowers of Small And Medium Size, Acta Agriculturae Universitatis Jiangxiensis, 2009,31(2): 231-236
11.  Liao Feixiong, Pan Ruichi, He Xiaoming. Effect of Plant Growth regulators and Heat Shock on Shoot-tip Culture in Brassica campestris L. ssp. chinensis var. utilis Tsen et Lee, Acta Horticulturae Sinica, 2003, 30(2):227-228
12.  Liao Feixiong, Zhang Chunrong, Li Ling, A Preliminary Report of Genetic Transformation of Saintpaulta ionantha by Agrobacterium rhizome genes, Guangdong Agriculture Science 2004(2):27-28
13.  XU Shenping，LIU Xiaorong，LIU Jingmei，Wan Guoping，LIAN Fangqing， LIAO Feixiong(Corresponding author)，Analysis of QTL for Three Leaf traits in Phalaenopsis based on AFLP Molecular Genetic Map，Molecular Pant Breeding,2011,9(1):104-112
14.  Liao Feixiong , Pan Ruichi. Heat-tolerance Characteristics of a Hydroxyproline-resistant  line of Brassica campestris L. ssp. chinensis var.utilis Tsen et Lee , Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany, 2004, 12(4):359-362.
15.  Liao Feixiong, Pan Ruichi. Physiological Effect of Hydroxyproline on Seedling, Shoot and Callus of Brassica campestris L. ssp. chinensis var.utilis Tsen et Lee in vitro, Plant Physiological Communication,2004, 40(1):56
16.  Liu Qiaoyuan, Wang Xiaojing, Liao Feixiong, et al. Effects of Space flight Treatment on Seeds Germination and Culture of Gerbera jamesonii in vitro, Chinese agricultural Science bulletin,2006, 22(2):281-284.
17.  Qian Renjuan, Liao Feixiong(Corresponding author), Physical and Chemical Properties of Gaoyao Peat and Mixtures with Perlite  and Its Effects on Growth, Leaf Nutrient Content of Zamioculcas zamiifolia plant, Proceeding of IHC2010,ISHS.