团队围绕作物新基因资源设计与创制等研究方向，立足国家粮食安全重大战略需求，聚焦作物抗旱、氮高效和抗病等性状易受环境影响等问题，主要开展作物抗逆基因挖掘与功能机制解析和新材料创制的工作。利用全基因组关联分析等生物前沿技术，挖掘抗逆性状相关的关键基因，解析其分子遗传机制；利用基因编辑等生物育种技术，结合分子标记辅助选择，创制具有优良抗逆性的小麦新材料，培育高产、优质、抗逆小麦新品种。为作物抗逆分子育种提供理论依据与技术支撑，为国家粮食安全与农业可持续发展提供基础保障。
1. 代表性论文
(1) Jitong Wei, Lei Zheng, Xiaojun Ma, Taifei Yu, Xiang Gao, Zehao Hou, Yongwei Liu, Xinyou Cao, Jun Chen, Yongbin Zhou, Ming Chen, Qiyan Jiang, Youzhi Ma, Weijun Zheng, Zhaoshi Xu. An ABF5b-HsfA2h/HsfC2a-NCED2b/POD4/HSP26 module integrates multiple signaling pathway to modulate heat stress tolerance in wheat. Plant Biotechnology Journal (2025), DOI:10.1111/pbi.70164.
(2) Taifei Yu, Zehao Hou, Hailong Wang, Shiyang Chang, Xinyuan Song, Weijun Zheng, Lei Zheng, Jitong Wei, Zhiwei Lu, Jun Chen, Yongbin Zhou, Ming Chen, Suli Sun, Qiyan Jiang, Longguo Jin, Youzhi Ma, Zhaoshi Xu. Soybean steroids improve crop abiotic stress tolerance and increase yield. Plant Biotechnology Journal (2024), DOI:10.1111/pbi.14349.
(3) Jun Chen, Shang Zhao, Wenjing Li, Chunxiao Wang, Yuan Gao, Zihan Yang, Yongbin Zhou, Ming Chen, Zhaoshi Xu, Youzhi Ma. Tandemly duplicated TaERF109 genes confer drought tolerance and post‐drought recovery in wheat. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology (2026), DOI:10.1111/jipb.70196
(4) Zehao Hou, Weijun Zheng, Lei Zheng, Jingyue Wang, Shuangxi Zhang, Jitong Wei, Shuhui Yang, Yuanchen Jiao, Wenjing Cheng, Taifei Yu, Xiaofei Ma, Jingna Ru, Yongwei Liu, Xinyou Cao, Jun Chen, Yongbin Zhou, Ming Chen, Lihui Li, Youzhi Ma, Xiaojun Nie, Zhaoshi Xu. TaPPR13, a Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein Gene Activated by TaBZR2, Confers Drought Stress Tolerance by Enhancing the Antioxidant Defense System and Promoting Retrograde Signaling in Wheat (Triticum aestivum). Advanced Science (2025), DOI:10.1002/advs.202502984.
(5) Zehao Hou, Yuan Gao, Jiacheng Zheng, Mengjie Zhao, Ying Liu, Xiaoyu Cui, Zhiyong Li, Jitong Wei, Taifei Yu, Lei Zheng, Yuanchen Jiao, Shuhui Yang, Jiamin Hao, Jun Chen, Yongbin Zhou, Ming Chen, Lijuan Qiu, Youzhi Ma, Zhaoshi Xu. GmBSK1-GmGSK1-GmBES1.5 regulatory module controls heat tolerance in soybean. Journal of Advanced Research (2025), DOI:10.1016/j.jare.2024.09.004.
(6) Haijun Qi, Xiuliang Zhu, Wenbiao Shen, Xia Yang, Chaozhong Zhang, Genying Li, Feng Chen, Xuening Wei, Zengyan Zhang. TaRLK-6A promotes Fusarium crown rot resistance in wheat. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology (2024), DOI:10.1111/jipb.13596.
(7) Xing Xu, Taifei Yu, Jitong Wei, Xiaofei Ma, Yongwei Liu, Jinpeng Zhang, Lei Zheng, Zehao Hou, Jun Chen, Yongbin Zhou, Ming Chen, Jian Ma, Yunfeng Jiang, Hutai Ji, Lihui Li, Youzhi Ma, Zhian Zhang, Zhaoshi Xu. TaWRKY24 integrates the tryptophan metabolism pathways to participate in defense against Fusarium crown rot in wheat. Plant Journal (2024), DOI:10.1111/tpj.17079.
(8) Kai Chen, Dongdong Guo, Jiji Yan, Huijuan Zhang, Zhang He, Chunxiao Wang, Wensi Tang, Jun Chen, Zhaoshi Xu, Youzhi Ma, Ming Chen. Transcription factor GmAlfin09 regulates endoplasmicreticulum stress in soybean via peroxidase GmPRDX6. Plant Physiology (2024), DOI:10.1093/plphys/kiae317.
2. 代表性专利、软著与专著
(1) 调控TaWRKY24蛋白编码基因表达的生物材料及其应用，徐兆师、徐幸、于太飞、魏霁桐、郑雷、郝佳敏、陈隽、陈明、周永斌、王春霄、马有志，ZL202410247938.7；
(2) 小麦抗病相关蛋白TaMTase在调控小麦茎基腐病害抗性中的应用，马有志、徐兆师、徐幸、于太飞、郑雷、陈明、陈隽、周永斌、王春霄， ZL202410214476.9；
(3) 小麦TaALDHase基因在调控小麦茎基腐病抗性中的应用，徐兆师、马有志、徐幸、于太飞、侯泽豪、陈明、陈隽、周永斌、王春霄，ZL202410199205.0；
(4) 与小麦低氮耐受能力相关的分子标记，陈明、马有志、孙黛珍、史华伟、肖凯、闫慧姝、程宪国、唐文思、陈凯、周永斌、徐兆师、陈隽，ZL202311230687.3；
(5) 5K液相芯片-GS智能育种预测系统V1.0，陈明、马有志、单宝雪、李爱丽、毛龙、车育青、周永斌、陈隽、徐兆师、唐文思、陈凯、史华伟、孙黛珍、闵东红、肖凯，2025年5月，中国，2025SR0875462。
3. 重要品种
(1) 中麦Z21，国审麦20230191，中国农业科学院作物科学研究所；
(2) 中麦801，陕审麦20241016号，中国农业科学院作物科学研究所；
(3) 中麦8729，冀审麦20240019，中国农业科学院作物科学研究所；
(4) 中麦967，冀审麦20240004，中国农业科学院作物科学研究所；
(5) 中麦836，冀审麦20250014，中国农业科学院作物科学研究所。
