小麦优质品种创制与利用团队是庄巧生院士创立的冬麦育种组的传承和发展，致力于品质育种技术创新、优异新种源创制和优质高产新品种培育与产业化。创立的品质评价与分子育种技术体系在国内和24个国家广泛应用，引进创制的优质强筋多抗新种源在全国小麦育种中发挥重要作用，主持育成中麦175、中麦895和中麦578等42个优质高产新品种，累计推广1.8亿亩。发表SCI论文200余篇；授权专利26项、新品种权26项，转让5000多万元。以第一完成人获国家科技进步一等奖和二等奖各1项，中华农业科技奖一等奖3项和中华农业科技奖优秀团队奖。获全国创新争先奖章、中华农业英才奖等，被评为全国先进工作者，当选CIMMYT卓越科学家、美国农学会和美国作物学会Fellow。建立农业农村部-CIMMYT、中美、中澳和中巴国际联合实验室。
1. 代表性论文
(1) Awais Rasheed, Jindong Liu, Rudi Apples, Zhonghu He. Mobilizing Triticeae diversity from gene banks to farmer’s field. Molecular Plant (2025), 18(4):566-569, DOI:10.1016/j.molp.2025.03.006.
(2) Zihui Zhao, Lei Li, Wenduan Li, Yuanyuan Tian, Yan Zhang, Yong Zhang, Maria Itria Ibba, Zhonghu He, Yuanfeng Hao, Wenfei Tian. Rapid evaluation of Farinograph and Extensograph characteristics in bread wheat using near-infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics. Food Research International. (2025), 218:116915. DOI:10.1016/j.foodres.2025.116915.
(3) Bingyan Liu, Mengjing Sun, Ke Wang, Yingjie Bian, Yuqing Che, Jindong Liu, Xumei Luo, Siyang Liu, Lina Xie, Lingli Li, Kejia Qu, Yuheng Chao, Rui Che, Xingguo Ye, Xianchun Xia, Long Mao, Zhonghu He, Aili Li, Shuanghe Cao. Wheat domestication gene Q interplays with TaARF12 to antagonistically modulate plant architecture by integrating multiple hormone homeostasis. New Phytologist (2025), 248(2):741-757, DOI:10.1111/nph.70487.
(4) Cong Zhao, Ming Li, Jikai Jiang, Wenduan Li, Wenfei Tian, Zhonghu He, Boli Guo. The impact of starch composition and gluten content on noodle texture and starch digestibility. Carbohydrate Polymers (2025), 353:123294, DOI:10.1016/j.carbpol.2025.123294.
(5) Yingjie Bian, Jiayu Dong, Lingli Li, Dengan Xu, Xiuling Tian, Yachao Dong, Jianqi Zeng, Qiang Cao, Yan Dong, Lina Xie, Bingyi Liu, Kejia Qu, Yuheng Cao, Rui Che, Jindong Liu, Yan Zhang, Xianchun Xia, Daojie Sun, Fei Lu, Zhonghu He, Shuanghe Cao. Genome-wide characterization and adaptive evolution of favorable gibberellin 2-oxidase alleles contributing to wheat agronomic traits. Journal of Advanced Research (2025), 21: S2090-1232, DOI:10.1016/j.jare.2025.08.025.
(6) Lei Li, Wenfei Tian, Zihui Zhao, Yonggui Xiao, Yong Zhang, Jindong Liu, Velu Govindan, Zhonghu He, Maria Itria Ibba. T10SLRE: A novel ensemble learning approach for rapid and non-destructive prediction of bread loaf volume in wheat using NIR spectroscopy. Food Chemistry (2025), 496:146818, DOI:10.1016/j.foodchem.2025.146818.
(7) Shuanghe Cao, Bingyan Liu, Desen Wang, Awais Rasheed, Lina Xie, Xianchun Xia, Zhonghu He. Orchestrating seed storage protein and starch accumulation toward overcoming yield–quality trade-off in cereal crops. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology (2024), 66: 468-483, DOI:10.1111/jipb.13633.
(8) Wenfei Tian, Xue Gong, Maria Itria Ibba, Govindan Velu, Shuanghe Cao, Jindong Liu, Zhonghu He. Variation of the ferulic acid concentration and kernel weight in CIMMYT bread wheat germplasm and selection of lines for functional food production. LWT-Food Science and Technology (2024), 195(1): 115829, DOI:10.1016/j.lwt.2024.115829.
(9) Mengjing Sun, Jingyang Tong, Yan Dong, Zongjun Pu, Jianmin Zheng, Yelun Zhang, Xueyong Zhang, Chenyang Hao, Xiaowan Xu, Qiang Cao, Awais Rasheed, Mohamed Badry Ali, Shuanghe Cao, Xianchun Xia, Zhonghu He, Zhongfu Ni, Yuanfeng Hao. Molecular characterization of QTL for grain zinc and iron concentrations in wheat landrace Chinese Spring. Theoretical and Applied Genetics (2024), 137(7), DOI:10.1007/s00122-024-04661-6.
(10) Lei Zhi, Xue Gong, Hongyu Zhang, Jindong Liu, Shuanghe Cao, Yong Zhang, Jun Yan, Wenfei Tian, Zhonghu He. Identification of QTL for alkylresorcinols in wheat and development of KASP markers for marker-assisted selection of health-promoting varieties. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (2024), 72(31): 17675-17683, DOI:10.1021/acs.jafc.4c04674.
2. 代表性专利、软著与专著
(1) 小麦条锈病抗性的分子标记及其应用，刘金栋、张勇、张玥、王海燕、田宇兵、何中虎、陈鹏、孙福来，ZL202410470456.8；
(2) 小麦叶锈病抗性分子标记及其应用，刘金栋、张玥、张勇、田宇兵、何中虎、郭宗民、郭永涛，ZL202410470457.2；
(3) 一种筛选具有不同穗发芽抗性小麦的方法，张勇、陆永乐、刘金栋、李玲莉、曹双河、夏先春、何中虎，ZL202211353846.4；
(4) 小麦ARF12-2B调控产量的分子标记及其应用，曹双河、刘炳炎、谢丽娜、车瑞、晁瑜恒、刘金栋、张勇、何中虎，ZL202510472086.6；
(5) 一个鉴定小麦的黑胚病抗性的分子标记及其方法，刘金栋、张玥、夏先春、曹双河、卞英杰、何中虎，ZL202311023930.4。
3. 重要品种
（1）中麦30，国审麦20241064，中国农业科学院作物科学研究所；
（2）中麦37，国审麦20243057，中国农业科学院作物科学研究所；
（3）中麦38，国审麦20241050，中国农业科学院作物科学研究所；
（4）中麦889，鄂审麦20251027，中国农业科学院作物科学研究所、中国农业科学院棉花研究所；
（5）轮选 20，豫审麦 20241033，中国农业科学院作物科学研究所。
4. 科技成果奖励
小麦优质高产分子育种技术体系创立与新品种培育，农业农村部中华农业科技一等奖，何中虎、刘建军、郑继周、郝元峰、李豪圣、常萍、李思敏、翟胜男、谢军保、肖永贵、宋华东、杨文涛、张运洪、程敦公、张艳、李法计、曹双河、陈新民、王德森、李瑞杰，2023年。
