Researcher of South China Agricultural University, doctorial supervisor.
Positions held:
Li Jianguo is a specialist on fruit development and regulation in lychee and longan industrial technology system China; dean of the China Lychee Research Centre of South China Agricultural University; secretary general of the Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Tree Branch of the Chinese Society of Horticultural Science; and member of the International Society for Horticultural Science.
He is engaged in scientific and teaching work about tropical and subtropical fruit trees.
His main interests are fruit physiology and molecular biology, the culture technology of fruit trees (specializing in lychees, longans and bananas), the tissue culture of horticultural plants, and the innovation and application of plant germplasm resources.
He has led around 20 scientific and research projects, and won seven scientific and research achievement awards.