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Zi-ning Cui

Principal Investigator

South China Agricultural University

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Plant pathology, antimicrobial discovery, crop protection

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Research focuses on plant bacterial diseases: discovering small‑molecule and natural‑product–inspired antivirulence agents, elucidating RNA‑mediated regulatory networks, and advancing foliar delivery and metabolomics‑guided biocontrol to curb resistance and enable sustainable crop protection.

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South China Agricultural University

Phenolic-heterocycle hybrid compounds as anti-virulence agents targeting Type III secretion system in phytopathogens

Novel molecular scaffolds designed by condensing phenolic compounds with bioactive heterocycles to suppress the Type III secretion system (T3SS) in plant pathogens. These anti-virulence agents offer an alternative strate...

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Zi-ning Cui

Principal Investigator

South China Agricultural University

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South China Agricultural University

Principal Investigator

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Pest and disease managementPharmaceuticals and drug delivery

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