Dr. Yuxiang Zeng is an associate researcher at the China National Rice Research Institute. He received his bachelor's degree in Agronomy, master's degree in Plant Genetics and Breeding and PhD degree from South China Agricultural University in June 2003, June 2006, and June 2009, respectively. He has been working at China National Rice Research Institute since July 2009. His main research interests are rice sheath blight resistance and important agronomic traits, such as yield and plant type. He has led many projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China and Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation. He has published more than 10 SCI papers.