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BMC Plant Biology |
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Ecological Applications |
| Warming enhances soil carbon accumulation in boreal Sphagnum peatlands |
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Nature Ecology & Evolution |
| Seasonal nitrogen enrichment alters plant community stability-area relationship through decreased biodiversity, species asynchrony, and population stability |
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Functional Ecology |
| Integrated analysis of monoterpenoid and transcriptome profiles under blue light in Muscat-scented grape |
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2026 |
Scientia Horticulturae |
| Effects of intensified freeze-thaw frequency on dynamics of winter nitrogen resources in temperate grasslands |
Zhang CX, Li N, Yao CY, Gao JN, Ma LN* |
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Biogeosciences |
| Allele-specific chromatin dynamics underpin heterosis and shoot development in hybrid poplar 'Nanlin895' |
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Plant Molecular Biology |
| Vegetation-Mediated Carbon Inputs and Erosion Protection Shape Soil Carbon Dynamics across Aridity Thresholds |
Wu YT, Penuelas J, Naersige J, Luo J, Ge H, Zhang XM, Chang PF, Li P, Liu LL* |
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Environmental Science & Technology |
| Genetic architecture of flowering time and perenniality: implications for the origin of wild rice Oryza nivara |
Qiang CG, Zhang HX, Meng QL, Geng MF, Han JD, Jing CY, Zhang F-M, Li JL*, Ge S* |
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New Phytologist |
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Advanced Science |
| Identification of new virulence factors in Penicillium expansum via comparative transcriptomic analysis of three Penicillium species |
Liu T#, Zhao KY#, Xing MY, Chen Y, Tian SP, Li BQ* |
2026 |
Postharvest Biology and Technology |
| Ecosystem collapse risk in arid landscapes: Insights from China for global dryland conservation |
Chen GK*, Ma KP |
2026 |
Biological Conservation |
| G proteins regulate rice grain size by modulating the Hippo signaling pathway |
Zhou FF, Guo ZI, Ling YX, Cheng YF* |
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Plant Cell |
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Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry |
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Li P, Jia Z, Wu YT, Jalaid N, Zhao XX, Hu TY, Su YJ, Liu LL* |
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Journal of Ecology |
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Wu MW#, Li R#, Wei WT, Chen MM, Liu JL, Cheng H, Yang T, Zhang JD, Liu JX, Liu CM* |
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Journal of Integrative Plant Biology |
| Plastid and nuclear phylogenomics of Cyphostemma (Vitaceae) provide new insights into genome size evolution across sub-Saharan Africa |
Ranaivoson RM#, Rabarijaona RN#, Yu JR, You YC, Barrett RL, Zhou J, Liu B, Omollo WO, Du CY, Zhang DM, Rakotoarinivo M, Cheng J, Li CB, Dong Y, Leitch IJ, Antonelli A, Wen J, Chen ZD*, Lu LM* |
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Journal of Integrative Plant Biology |
| Abiotic Extracellular Catalysis Plays an Underappreciated Role in Soil Carbon Decomposition across Terrestrial Ecosystems |
Zhao YP, Liu CZ, Zhang WH, Li XQ, Li XF, Aryanto NCD, Liu ZF, Feng XJ* |
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Environmental Science & Technology |
| Calcium signaling in crops |
Zhang CX, Song Y, Kudla J* |
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New Phytologist |
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Sun JJ, Xia XM, Liu C, Wang XY, Kan SL, Wan T, Marais E, Maggs-Kölling G, Ran JH, Wang QF, Wang XQ* |
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Cell Reports |
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Wang YM, Feng YX, Yu TW, Dang HR, Gong CY, Wang T*, Liu LT* |
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Cell Reports |
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Plant Journal |
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Plant Biotechnology Journal |
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Plant Biotechnology Journal |
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One Earth |
| Fast Decomposition of Nitrogen-Rich Mineral-Associated Organic Matter in Soils |
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Global Change Biology |
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Genome Biology |
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Cell Reports |
| Molecular Functional Diversity of Foliar Endophytic Fungi and Their Contributions to Seedling Survival in a Subtropical Forest |
Han BC#, Wang YQ#, Zhang SR, Mi XC, Chen L, Liu XJ, Ma KP, Liang Y* |
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Ecology Letters |
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BMC Plant Biology |
