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2.       Kunling Chen, Yanpeng Wang, Rui Zhang, Huawei Zhang, Caixia Gao. CRISPR/Cas Genome editing and precision plant breeding in agriculture. Annual Review of Plant Biology. 2019, doi: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-050718-100049.

3.       Na Li, Ran Xu, Yunhai Li. Molecular networks of seed size control in plants. Annual Review of Plant Biology. 2019, 70(1):435-463. (Invited review)

4.       Rui Zhang, Jinxing Liu, Zhuanzhuan Cai, Sha Chen, Yan Bai, Yuan Zong, Kunling Chen, Jiayang Li, Linjian Jiang, Caixia Gao. Generation of herbicide tolerance traits and a new selectable marker in wheat using base editing. Nature Plants. 2019, 5:480-485.

5.       Miaomiao Li, Dongfen Zhang, Qiang Gao, Yingfeng Luo, Hui Zhang, Bin Ma, Chunhai Chen, Annabel Whibley, Yu’e Zhang, Yinghao Cao, Qun Li, Han Guo, Junhui Li, Yanzhai Song, Yue Zhang, Lucy Copsey, Yan Li, Xiuxiu Li, Ming Qi, Jiawei Wang, Yan Chen, Dan Wang, Jinyang Zhao, Guocheng Liu, Bin Wu, Lili Yu, Chunyan Xu, Jiang Li, Shancen Zhao, Yijing Zhang, Songnian Hu, Chengzhi Liang, Ye Yin, Enrico Coen, Yongbiao Xue. Genome structure and evolution of Antirrhinum majus L. Nature plants. 2019, doi:10.1038/s41477-018-0349-9.

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7.       Handong Su, Yalin Liu, Chang Liu, Qinghua Shi, Yuhong Huang, Fangpu Han. Centromere satellites repeats have undergone rapid changes in polyploid wheat subgenomes. The Plant Cell. 2019, 31:2035-2051.

8.       Zupei Liu, Gang Chen, Fan Gao, Ran Xu, Na Li, Yueying Zhang, Yunhai Li. Transcriptional Repression of the APC/C Activator Genes CCS52A1/A2 by the Mediator Complex Subunit MED16 Controls Endoreduplication and Cell Growth in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 2019, 31(8):1899-1912.

9.       Wenjing Li, Xue He, Yi Chen, Yanfu Jing, Chuncai Shen, Junbo Yang, Wan Teng, Xueqiang Zhao, Weijuan Hu, Mengyun Hu, Hui Li, Anthony J. Miller, Yiping Tong. A wheat transcription factor positively sets seed vigour by regulating the grain nitrate signal. New phytolosist. 2019, 10.1111/nph.16234.

10.    Xuemin Cao, Zhenying Dong,  Dong  Tian, Lingli Dong, Weiqiang Qian, Jinxing Liu, Xin Liu,Huanju Qin, Wenxue Zhai, Caixia Gao, Kunpu Zhang,  Daowen Wang.  Development and characterization of marker-free and transgene insertion site-defined transgenic wheat with improved grain storability and fatty acid content. Plant Biotechnology  Journal. 2019, doi: 10.1111/pbi.13178.

11.    Xingguang Dong, Zheng Wang, Luming Tian, Ying Zhang, Dan Qi, Hongliang Huo, Jiayu Xu, Zhe Li, Rui Liao, Miao Shi, Safdar Ali Wahocho, Chao Liu, Simeng Zhang, Zhixi Tian, Yufen Cao. De novo assembly of a wild pear (Pyrus betuleafolia) genome. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 2019, 1:1-15.

12.    Junbo Yang,  Meiyue Wang,  Wenjing Li,  Xue He,  Wan Teng,  Wenying Ma,  Xueqiang Zhao, Mengyun Hu,  Hui Li,  Yijing Zhang, Yiping Tong. Reducing expression of a nitrate‐responsive bZIP transcription factor increases grain yield and N use in wheat. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 2019,17:1823-1833.

13.    Chao Feng, Jing Yuan, Han Bai, Yalin Liu, Handong Su, Yang Liu, Lindan Shi, Zhi Gao, James A. Birchler, Fangpu Han. The deposition of CENH3 in maize is stringently regulated. The Plant Journal. 2019, doi: 10.1111/TPJ.14606.

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15.    Linhe Sun, Wenlong Yang, Yafei Li, Qiangqiang Shan, Xiaobin Ye, Dongzhi Wang, Kang Yu, Weiwen Lu, Peiyong Xin, Zhong Pei, Xiaoli Guo, Dongcheng Liu, Jiazhu Sun, Kehui Zhan, Jinfang Chu, Aimin Zhang. A wheat dominant dwarfing line with Rht12, which reduces stem cell length and affects gibberellic acid synthesis, is a 5AL terminal deletion line. The Plant Journal. 2019, 97(5):887-900.

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17.    Kang Yu, Dongcheng Liu, Yong Chen, Dongzhi Wang, Wenlong Yang, Wei Yang, Lixin Yin, Chi Zhang, Shancen Zhao, Jiazhu Sun, Chunming Liu, Aimin Zhang. Unraveling the genetic architecture of grain size in einkorn wheat through linkage and homology mapping and transcriptomic profiling. Journal of  Experimental Botany. 2019, 70(18):4671-4687.

18.    Xiaopeng Xu, Kun Wu, Ruineng Xu, Shuoxun Wang, Zhi Gao, Yongjia Zhong, Xinxin Li, Hong Liao, Xiangdong Fu. Pyramiding of the dep1-1 and NAL1NJ6 alleles achieves sustainable improvements in nitrogen-use efficiency and grain yield in japonica rice breeding. Journal of Genetics and Genomics. 2019, 46(6):325-328.

19.    Jing Wang, Qinghua Shi, Xianrui Guo, Fangpu Han. Establishment and characterization of a complete set of Triticum durum Thinopyrum elongatum monosomic addition lines with resistance to wheat fusarium head blight. Journal of Genetics and Genomics. 2019, doi.org/10.1016/j.jgg.2019.09.006.

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30.    Deyun Zhang, Keyun Zhu, Lingli Dong, Yong Liang, Genqiao Li, Tilin Fang, Guanghao Guo, Qiuhong Wu, Jingzhong Xie, Yongxing Chen, Ping Lu, Miaomiao Li, Huaizhi Zhang, Zhenzhong Wang, Yan Zhang, Qixin Sun, Zhiyong Liu. Wheat powdery mildew resistance gene Pm64 derived from wild emmer (Triticum turgdium var. dicoccoides) is tightly linked in repulsion with stripe rust resistance gene Yr5. The Crop Journal. 2019, 7:761-770.

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