水稻新基因资源设计与创制团队聚焦水稻高产稳产，综合利用图位克隆、基因编辑、生理生化以及多组学技术，结合大田试验，在作物株型与高光效改良、种质创制等方面取得系列重要进展。克隆穗型调控基因PAL1和分蘖调控基因RCN22；解析OsMPK6-OsMADS47-PPKL1/3粒型调控模块，实现粒长与产量协同提升；阐明OsFTL1-GF14c-OsFD1成花复合物调控抽穗机制，创制早花不减产新种质。此外，通过过表达ZmGLK基因增强水稻耐旱性，编辑OsRbcS基因揭示光合调控分蘖及产量形成的新机制，多组学分析挖掘水稻耐受高光的重要基因，创制水稻抗高光新种质。团队提出整合作物“理想株型”和“最佳生理型”的协同优化理念，通过多学科交叉融合与精准育种技术，打造新一代高产、高效、广适的作物品种，指明了未来育种的方向，为开启下一次作物绿色革命奠定了坚实的理论基础。相关成果发表于Plant Cell、Trends in Biotechnology等期刊，发表SCI论文17篇，授权发明专利18项（含国际4项）。
1. 代表性论文
（1）Shaobo Wei, Long Cheng, Hongge Qian, Xia Li, Lianguang Shang, Yujie Zhou, Xiangyuan Ye, Yupeng Zhou, Yuan Gao, Lin Cheng, Chen Xie, Qingwen Yang, Qian Qian,Wenbin Zhou. Florigen-like protein OsFTL1 promotes flowering without essential florigens Hd3a and GFT1 in rice. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology (2025), DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13856.
（2）Xia Li, Chen Xie, Lin Cheng, Hongning Tong, Ralph Bock, Qian Qian, Wenbin Zhou. The next Green Revolution: integrating crop architectype and physiotype. Trends in Biotechnology (2025), DOI: 10.1016/ j.tibtech. 2025. 04.002.
（3）Fengying Duan, Xia Li, Ze Wei, Jing Li, Caifu Jiang, Chengzhi Jiao, Shanshan Zhao, Yu Kong, Mengxiao Yan, Jirong Huang, Jun Yang, Yanmei Chen, Ralph Bock, Wenbin Zhou. Multi-omics analysis reveals distinct responses to light stress in photosynthesis and primary metabolism between maize and rice. Plant Communications (2025), DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2025.101488.
（4）Yongqiang Liu, Weiwei Li, Xiaohui Ma, Xiaohan Wang, Yarong Shi, Xiahe Huang, Xinran Li, Yingchun Wang, Hongning Tong, Bin Hu, Wenbin Zhou, Chengcai Chu. OsGSK2-OsTCP19 module integrates nitrogen and brassinosteroid signaling to regulate nitrogen utilization and root growth in rice. Advanced Science (2026), DOI: 10.1002/advs.74856.
（5）Yujie Zhou, Lifang Shi, Xia Li, Shaobo Wei, Xiangyuan Ye, Yuan Gao, Yupeng Zhou, Lin Cheng, Long Cheng, Fengying Duan, Mei Li, Hui Zhang, Qian Qian,Wenbin Zhou. Genetic engineering of RuBisCO by multiplex CRISPR editing small subunits in rice. Plant Biotechnology Journal (2025), DOI: 10.1111/pbi.14535.
（6）Yanyan Yan, Fengying Duan, Xia Li, Rulang Zhao, Peng Hou, Ming Zhao, Shaokun Li, Yonghong Wang, Tingbo Dai, Wenbin Zhou. Photosynthetic capacity and assimilate transport of the lower canopy influence maize yield under high planting density. Plant Physiology (2024), DOI: 10.1093/ plphys/ kiae204.
（7）Jingjing Fang, Yan Chun, Fan Zhang, Tingting Guo, Mengmeng Ren, Jinfeng Zhao, Shoujiang Yuan, Wensheng Wang, Xueyong Li. A novel OsMPK6-OsMADS47-PPKL1/3 module controls grain shape and yield in rice. Advanced Science (2025),. DOI: 10.1002/ADVS.202501946.
（8）Yan Chun , Jingjing Fang , Ekaterina M Savelieva , Sergey N Lomin , Jiangyuan Shang , Yinglu Sun , Jinfeng Zhao , Ashmit Kumar , Shoujiang Yuan , Xuefeng Yao , Chun-Ming Liu , Dmitry V Arkhipov , Georgy A Romanov , Xueyong Li. The cytokinin receptor OHK4/OsHK4 regulates inflorescence architecture in rice via an IDEAL PLANT ARCHITECTURE1/WEALTHY FARMER’S PANICLE-mediated positive feedback circuit. Plant Cell (2023), DOI: 10.1093/ plcell/ koad257.
（9）Tianyu Mo, Tianhao Wang, Yinglu Sun, Ashmit Kumar, Humphrey Mkumbwa, Jingjing Fang, Jinfeng Zhao, Shoujiang Yuan, Zichao Li, Xueyong Li. The chloroplast pentatricopeptide repeat protein RCN22 regulates tiller number in rice by affecting sugar levels via the TB1-RCN22-RbcL module. Plant communications (2024), DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2024.101073.
（10）Tianhao Wang, Miao Miao, Jinfeng Zhao, Ashmit Kumar, Xueyong Li. Sugars integrate external and internal signals in regulating shoot branching. Plant, Cell & Environment (2025), DOI: 10.1111/pce.70163.
2. 代表性专利、软著与专著
(1) OsDREB1C及其编码基因在提高水稻光合效率中的应用，周文彬，李霞，魏少博， ZL202110738233.1
(2) OsFTL1及其编码基因在缩短水稻的抽穗期中的应用，周文彬，魏少博，李霞， ZL202110739723.3
(3) Proteins and biological materials related to rice (Oryza sativa l.) Yield, and use thereof in rice yield increase, Wenbin Zhou, Xia Li, Shaobo Wei, 2025, Australia, Patent No.: 2021431987.
(4) Proteins and biological materials related to rice (Oryza sativa l.) Yield, and use thereof in rice yield increase，Wenbin Zhou, Xia Li, Shaobo Wei, 2025, Russia, Patent No.: 2021431987.
(5) Rice PAL1 gene, and encoding protein and use thereof, Xueyong Li, Yan Chun, Jinfeng Zhao, Jingjing Fang, Shoujiang Yuan, 2023, United States Patent, US11840698B2.
