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3.       Yucheng Liu, Huilong Du, Pengcheng Li, Yanting Shen, Hua Peng, Shulin Liu, Guo-An Zhou, Haikuan Zhang, Zhi Liu, Miao Shi, Xuehui Huang, Yan Li, Min Zhang, Zheng Wang, Baoge Zhu, Bin Han, Chengzhi Liang, Zhixi Tian. Pan-genome of wild and cultivated soybeans. Cell. 2020, 182:162-176.

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5.       Qiupeng Lin, Yuan Zong, Chenxiao Xue, Shengxing Wang, Shuai Jin, Zixu Zhu, Yanpeng Wang, Andrew V Anzalone, Aditya Raguram, Jordan L Doman, David R Liu, Caixia Gao. Prime genome editing in rice and wheat. Nature Biotechnology. 2020, 38:582-585.

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7.       Yao Zhou, Xuebo Zhao, Yiwen Li, Jun Xu, Aoyue Bi, Lipeng Kang, Daxing Xu, Haofeng Chen, Ying Wang, Yuange Wang, Sanyang Liu, Chengzhi Jiao, Hongfeng Lu, Jing Wang, Changbin Yin, Yuling Jiao, Fei Lu. Triticum population sequencing provides insights into wheat adaptation. Nature Genetics. 2020. doi:10.1038/s41588-020-00722-w

8.       Sijia Lu, Lidong Dong, Chao Fang, Shulin Liu, Lingping Kong, Qun Cheng, Liyu Chen, Tong Su, Haiyang Nan, Dan Zhang, Lei Zhang, Zhijuan Wang, Yongqing Yang, Deyue Yu, Xiaolei Liu, Qingyong Yang, Xiaoya Lin, Yang Tang, Xiaohui Zhao, Xinquan Yang, Changen Tian, Qiguang Xie, Xia Li, Xiaohui Yuan, Zhixi Tian, Baohui Liu, James L. Weller, Fanjiang Kong. Stepwise selection on homeologous PRR genes controlling flowering and maturity during soybean domestication. Nature Genetics. 2020,52:428-436.

9.       Shoudong Wang, Shulin Liu, Jie Wang, Kengo Yokosho, Bin Zhou,Yachi Yu, Zhi Liu, Wolf B. Frommer, Jianfeng Ma, Liqing Chen, Yuefeng Guan, Huixia Shou, Zhixi Tian. Simultaneous changes in seed size, oil content, and protein content driven by selection of SWEET homologues during soybean domestication. National Science Review. 2020, 7:1776-1786.

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11.    Huaibing Jin, Zhiqiang Du, Yanjing Zhang, Antal Judit, Zongliang Xia, Yan Wang, Yang Gao, Xiaoge Zhao, Xinyun Han, Yanjun Cheng, Qianhua Shen, Kunpu Zhang, Elder Robert E, Benko Zsigmond, Fenyvuesvolgy Csabai, Ge Li, Rebello Dionne, Li Jing, Shilai Bao, Richard Y Zhao, Daowen Wang. A distinct class of plant and animal viral proteins that disrupt mitosis by directly interrupting the mitotic entry switch Wee1-Cdc25-Cdk1. Science Advances. 2020, 6:eaba3418.

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13.    Ping Lu, Li Guo, Zhenzhong Wang, Beibei Li, Jing Li, Yahui Li, Dan Qiu, Wenqi Shi, Lijun Yang, Ning Wang, Guanghao Guo, Jingzhong Xie, Qiuhong Wu, Yongxing Chen, Miaomiao Li, Huaizhi Zhang, Lingli Dong, Panpan Zhang, Keyu Zhu, Dazhao Yu, Yan Zhang, Karin R. Deal, Naxin Huo, Cuimin Liu,, MingCheng Luo, Jan Dvorak, Yong Qiang Gu, Hongjie Li, Zhiyong Liu. A rare gain of function in a wheat tandem kinase confers resistance to powdery mildew. Nature Communications. 2020,11:680.

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20.    Yuanyuan Jiang, Yiping Chai, Minhui Lu, Xiuli Han, Qiupeng Lin, Yu Zhang, Qiang Zhang, Yun Zhou, Xuechen Wang,  Caixia Gao, Qijun Chen. Prime Editing Efficiently Generates W542L and S621I Double Mutations in Two ALS Genes in Maize. Genome Biology. 2020, 21(1): 257.

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23.    Yalin Liu, Handong Su, Jing Zhang, Lindan Shi, Yang Liu, Bing Zhang, Shuang Liang, Zhi Gao, James A. Birchler, Fangpu Han. Rapid birth or death of centromeres on fragmented chromosomes in maize. The Plant Cell. 2020, 32(10):3113-3123.

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32.    Yang Xu, Qiupeng Lin, Xiufeng Li, Fangquan Wang, Zhihui Chen, Jun Wang, Wenqi Li, Fangjun Fan, Yajun Tao, Yanjie Jiang, Xiaodong Wei, Rui Zhang, Qianhao Zhu, Qingyun Bu, Jie Yang, Caixia Gao. Fine-Tuning the Amylose Content of Rice by Precise Base Editing of the Wx Gene. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 2020, doi:10.1111/pbi.13433.

33.    Yunwei Zhang, Yidong Ran, Istvan Nagy, Ingo Lenk, Jinlong Qiu , Torben Asp, Christian S. Jensen, Caixia Gao. Targeted Mutagenesis in Ryegrass (Lolium Spp.) Using the CRISPR/Cas9 System. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 2020, doi:10.1111/pbi.13359.

34.    Xingguang Dong, Zheng Wang, Luming Tian, Ying Zhang, Dan Qi, Hongliang Huo, Jiayu Xu, Zhe Li, Miao Shi, Rui Liao, Safdar Ali Wahocho, Chao Liu, Simeng Zhang, Zhixi Tian, Yufen Cao. De Novo Assembly of a Wild Pear (Pyrus Betuleafolia) Genome. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 2020, 18(2): 581-595.

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37.    Yanqing Huo, Yuanrong Pei, Youhui Tian, Zhaogui Zhang, Kai Li, Jie Liu, Senlin Xiao, Huabang Chen, Juan Liu. IRREGULAR POLLEN EXINE2(IPE2)encodes a GDSL lipase essential for male fertility in maize. Plant Physiology. 2020, 184:1438-1454.

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40.    Hefei Wang, Yang Liu, Jing Yuan, Jing Zhang, Fangpu Han. The Condensin Subunits Smc2 and Smc4 Interact for Correct Condensation and Segregation of Mitotic Maize Chromosomes. Plant Journal. 2020, 102(3):467-479.

41.    Zhixi Tian, JiaWei Wang, Jiayang Li, Bin Han. Designing Future Crops: Challenges and Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture. Plant Journal. 2020, doi:10.1111/tpj.15107.

42.    Jie Zang, Yanqing Huo, Jie Liu, Huairen Zhang, Juan Liu, Huabang Chen. Maize YSL2 is required for kernel iron distribution and development. Journal of Experimental Botany. 2020, 71(19):5896-5910.

43.    Yang Liu, Chunhui Wang, Handong Su, James A. Birchler, Fangpu Han. Phosphorylation of histone H3 by Haspin regulates chromosome alignment and segregation in maize mitosis. Journal of Experimental Botany. 2020, doi:10.1093/jxb/eraa506.

44.    Yi Liu, Danyu Kong, Huilan Wu, Hongqing Ling. Iron in Plant-pathogen Interactions. Journal of Experimental Botany. 2020, doi:10.1093/jxb/eraa516.

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49.    Xiaowei Zhu, Yi Pan, Zhi Liu, Yucheng Liu, Deyi Zhong, Zongbiao Duan, Zhixi Tian, Baoge Zhu, Guoan Zhou. Mutation of YL results in a yellow leaf with chloroplast RNA editing defect in soybean. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2020, 21:4275.

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53.    Daowen Wang, Feng Li, Shuanghe Cao, Kunpu Zhang. Genomic and functional genomics analyses of gluten proteins and prospect for simultaneous improvement of end-use and health-related traits in wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 2020, 133:1521-1539.

54.    Panpan Zhang, Guanghao Guo, Qiuhong Wu, Yongxing Chen, Jingzhong Xie, Ping Lu, Beibei Li, Lingli Dong, Miaomiao Li, Rongge Wang, Chengguo Yuan, Huaizhi Zhang, Keyu Zhu, Wenling Li, Zhiyong Liu. Identification and Fine Mapping of Spot Blotch (Bipolaris Sorokiniana) Resistance Gene Sb4 in Wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 2020, doi:10.1007/s00122-020-03610-3.

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58.    Jian Yang, Yanjie Zhou, Weiguo Hu, Yu’e Zhang, Yong Zhou, Yongxing Chen, Xicheng Wang, Hong Zhao, Zhiyong Liu, Tingjie Cao. Unlocking the Relationships among Population Structure, Plant Architecture, Growing Season, and Environmental Adaptation in Henan Wheat Cultivars. BMC Plant Biology. 2020, 20(1): 469

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64.    Na Zhang, Xilan Zhang, Liqiang Song, Qiannan Su, Shuai Zhang, Jiajia Liu, Wei Zhang, Xiaoyi Fu, Minghui Zhao, Lijing Sun, Jun Ji, Wenchen Qiao, Hui Li, Mingqi He, Junming Li. Identification and validation of the favorable alleles for wheat kernel traits detected by genome-wide association study under different nitrogen environments. Euphytica. 2020, 216:52.