The Zhang Lab 

The ever-growing global population and changing climate necessitate the development of resilient crops to secure higher yield and better quality through enhanced tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses. To achieve this goal, our research aims to deepen the understanding of the molecular and biochemical basis of plant defense against plant bacterial pathogens as well as develop and apply advanced genome editing technologies for gene discovery and plant trait improvement, with the ultimate goal of engineering economically important crops and vegetables for disease resistance.