1) Zhang Haiyan, Zhang Liping, Ji Yunrui, Jing Yifen, Li Lanxin, Chen Yanli, Wang Ruling, Zhang Huimin, Yu Diqiu*, and Chen Ligang*. Arabidopsis SIGMA FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN1 (SIB1) and SIB2 inhibit WRKY75 function in abscisic acid-mediated leaf senescence and seed germination. Journal of Experimental Botany. 2022, 73:182-196. IF2Y=7.378; Top 10%.
2) Wu Songguo#, Zhang Huimin#, Chang Guimei, Jing Yifen, Li Zhifang, and Chen Ligang*. GhWRKY33 interacts with GhTIFY10A to synergistically modulate both ageing and JA mediated leaf senescence in Arabidopsis. Cells. 2022,11:2328. IF2Y=7.666; Q2.
3) Xiang Shengyuan#, Wu Songguo#, Jing Yifen, Chen Ligang*, and Yu Diqiu*. Phytochrome B regulates jasmonic acid-mediated defense response against Botrytis cinerea in Arabidopsis. Plant Diversity. 2022, 44:109-115. IF2Y =3.359; Q2.
4) Chen Yanli#, Zhang Liping#, Zhang Haiyan, Chen Ligang*, and Yu Diqiu*. ERF1 delays flowering through the direct inhibition of FLOWERING LOCUS T expression in Arabidopsis. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 2021, 63:1712-1723. IF2Y=9.106; Top 5%.
5) Chen Ligang#, Zhang Liping#, Xiang Shengyuan#, Chen Yanli, Zhang Haiyan, and Yu Diqiu*. The transcription factor WRKY75 positively regulates jasmonate-mediated plant defense to necrotrophic fungal pathogens. Journal of Experimental Botany. 2021, 72:1473-1489. IF2Y=7.378; Top 10%. 高被引论文.
6) Zhang Haiyan#, Zhang Liping#, Wu Songguo, Chen Yanli, Yu Diqiu*, and Chen Ligang*. AtWRKY75 positively regulates age-triggered leaf senescence through gibberellin pathway. Plant Diversity. 2021, 43:331-340. IF2Y =3.359. Q2.
7) Mou Minghui#, Wang Qijuan#, Chen Yanli, Yu Diqiu*, and Chen Ligang*. Functional characterization of the Arabidopsis SERRATE under salt stress. Plant Diversity. 2021, 43:71-77. IF2Y =3.359. Q2.
8) Xiang Shengyuan, Wu Songguo, Zhang Haiyan, Mou Minghui, Chen Yanli, Li Daibo, Wang Houping, Chen Ligang*, and Yu Diqiu*. The PIFs redundantly control plant defense response against Botrytis cinerea in Arabidopsis. Plants Basel. 2020, 9, 1246. IF2Y=3.935. Q2.
9) Li Daibo, Zhang Haiyan, Mou Minghui, Chen Yanli, Xiang Shengyuan, Chen Ligang*, and Yu Diqiu*. Arabidopsis class II TCP transcription factors integrate with the FT–FD module to control flowering. Plant Physiology. 2019, 181:97-111. IF2Y=8.005; Top 5%.
10) Zhang Liping, Chen Ligang*, and Yu Diqiu*. Transcription factor WRKY75 interacts with DELLA proteins to affect flowering. Plant Physiology. 2018, 176:790-803. IF2Y=8.005; Top 5%. 高被引论文.
11) Chen Ligang, Xiang Shengyuan, Chen Yanli, Li Daibo, and Yu Diqiu*. Arabidopsis WRKY45 interacts with the DELLA protein RGL1 to positively regulate age-triggered leaf senescence. Molecular Plant. 2017, 10:1174-1189. IF2Y=21.949; Top 10%. 高被引论文.
12) Chen Ligang and Yu Diqiu*. ABA regulation of plant response to Biotic Stresses. Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London, Abscisic acid: Metabolism, Transport and Signaling. 2014, Chapter 20, pp.409-429.
13) Chen Ligang, Zhang Liping, Li Daibo, Wang Fang, and Yu Diqiu*. WRKY8 transcription factor functions in the TMV-cg defense response by mediating both abscisic acid and ethylene signaling in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2013, 110(21):E1963-1971. IF2Y=11.205. 高被引论文.
14) Chen Ligang, Song Yu, Li Shujia, Zhang Liping, Zou Changsong, and Yu Diqiu*. The role of WRKY transcription factors in plant abiotic stresses. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms. 2012, 1819:120-128. 高被引论文.
15) Chen Ligang, Zhang Liping, and Yu Diqiu*. Wounding-induced WRKY8 is involved in basal defense in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 2010, 23:558-565.
16) Song Yu#, Chen Ligang#, Zhang Liping, and Yu Diqiu*. Overexpression of OsWRKY72 gene interferes in the ABA signal and auxin transport pathway of Arabidopsis. Journal of Biosciences. 2010, 35: 459-471. (# Co-first author).
17) Hu Yanru, Chen Ligang, Wang Houping, Zhang Liping, Wang Fang, and Yu Diqiu*. Arabidopsis transcription factor WRKY8 functions antagonistically with it’s interacting partner VQ9 to modulate salinity stress tolerance. Plant Journal. 2013, 74(5):730-745.
18) Jiang Guofeng, Jiang Bole, Chen Ligang, and Yu Diqiu* et al. The T3S effector XopXccN of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris is involved in plant defense through interference with photosystems, ROS generation, and callose deposition. African Journal of Microbiology Research. 2012, 6:3673-3683.
19) Li Shujia, Fu Qiantang, Chen Ligang, Huang Weidong, and Yu Diqiu*. Arabidopsis thaliana WRKY25, WRKY26, and WRKY33 coordinate induction of plant thermotolerance. Planta. 2011, 233:1237-1252.
20) Li Shujia, Zhou Xiang, Chen Ligang, Huang Weidong, and Yu Diqiu*. Functional characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana WRKY39 in heat stress. Molecules and Cells. 2010, 29:475-483.
21) 李斓馨, 吴松果, 牟明辉, 陈利钢*. 陆地棉GhTIFY10A基因的克隆及其对开花时间的调控. 植物分子育种. 2022, 接收.
22) 王其娟, 陈利钢*, 余迪求*. 过表达AtWRKY71影响植物对病原菌Pseudomonas syringae的抗性. 植物分类与资源学报. 2015, 37(5):577-585.
23) 余迪求, 陈利钢, 张利平. 转录调控因子WRKY超级家族起源、结构和功能. 云南植物研究. 2006, 28: 69-77.