团队立足“大食物观”和国民营养健康需求，围绕保障国家粮食安全、乡村振兴和脱贫地区杂粮产业发展的总目标，聚焦特色杂粮种业和产能提升中的关键问题，重点开展谷子、荞麦、食用豆、大麦、糜子、高粱、燕麦等杂粮作物种质资源精准鉴定发掘，育种新材料的创制与育种新技术、新方法研发，以及适合产业化生产的杂粮作物新品种培育和示范研究，阐明优异种质衍生规律、关键基因优异单倍型效应和高效育种利用的技术路径，为提升我国杂粮作物的产业水平和国际竞争力提供技术保障。
1. 代表性论文
(1) He, Qiang, Sha Tang, Hui Zhi, Jinfeng Chen, Jun Zhang, Hongkai Liang, et al. A graph-based genome and pan-genome variation of the model plant Setaria. Nature Genetics 55, 7 (2023): 1232-1242.
(2) Chen, Jinfeng, Yang Liu, Minxuan Liu, Wenlei Guo, Yongqiang Wang, Qiang He, Weiyao Chen et al. Pangenome analysis reveals genomic variations associated with domestication traits in broomcorn millet. Nature Genetics 55, 12 (2023): 2243-2254
(3) Tang, Sha, Zhiying Zhao, Xiaotong Liu, Yi Sui, Dandan Zhang, Hui Zhi, Yuanzhu Gao et al. An E2-E3 pair contributes to seed size control in grain crops. Nature Communications 14, 1 (2023): 3091.
(4) He, Qiang, Chunchao Wang, Jun Zhang, Hongkai Liang, Zefu Lu, Kun Xie, Sha Tang et al. A complete reference genome assembly for foxtail millet and Setaria-db, a comprehensive database for Setaria. Molecular Plant 17, 2 (2024): 219-222.
(5) Guangqi Gao, Luxi Yan, Yu Cai, Yu Guo, Congcong Jiang, Qiang He, Sarah Tasnim, Zongyun Feng, Jun Liu, Jing Zhang, Takao Komatsuda, Martin Mascher, Ping Yang. Most Tibetan weedy barleys originated via recombination between Btr1 and Btr2 in domesticated barley. Plant Communications (2024), 5, 100828.
(6) Congcong Jiang, Jinhong Kan, Guangqi Gao, Christoph Dockter, Chengdao Li, Wenxue Wu, Ping Yang, Nils Stein. Barley2035: A decadal vision for barley research and breeding. Molecular Plant (2025), 18, 195–218.
(7) Kaixuan Zhang, Yuqi He, Xiang Lu, Yaliang Shi, Hui Zhao, Xiaobo Li, Jinlong Li, Yang Liu, Yinan Ouyang, Yu Tang, Xue Ren, Xuemei Zhang, Weifei Yang, Zhaoxia Sun, Chunhua Zhang, Muriel Quinet, Zlata Luthar, Mateja Germ, Ivan Kreft, Dagmar Janovska, Vladimir Meglic, Barbara Pipan, Milen I. Georgiev, Bruno Studer, Mark A. Chapman and Meiliang Zhou. Comparative and population genomics of buckwheat species reveal key determinants of flavor and fertility Molecular Plant (2023), DOI:10.1016/j.molp.2023.08.013.
(8) Yuqi He, Kaixuan Zhang, Shijuan Li, Xiang Lu, Hui Zhao, Chaonan Guan, Xu Huang, Yaliang Shi, Zhen Kang, Yu Fan, Wei Li, Cheng Chen, Guangsheng Li, Ou Long, Yuanyuan Chen, Mang Hu, Jianping Cheng, Bingliang Xu, Mark A. Chapman, Milen I. Georgiev, Alisdair R. Fernie, Meiliang Zhou. Multiomics analysis reveals the molecular mechanisms underlying virulence in Rhizoctonia and jasmonic acid-mediated resistance in Tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum). Plant Cell (2023), DOI:10.1093/plcell/koad118.
(9) Xu Huang, Yuqi He, Kaixuan Zhang, Yaliang Shi, Hui Zhao, Dili Lai, Hao Lin, Xiangru Wang, Zhimin Yang, Yawen Xiao, Wei Li, Yinan Ouyang, Sun Hee Woo, Muriel Quinet, Milen I. Georgiev, Alisdair R. Fernie, Xu Liu, Meiliang Zhou. Evolution and Domestication of a Novel Biosynthetic Gene Cluster Contributing to the Flavonoid Metabolism and High-Altitude Adaptability of Plants in the Fagopyrum Genus. Advanced Science. (2024), DOI:10.1002/advs.202403603.
(10) Wei Li, Hao Lin, Xiang Lu, Yang Liu, Yuqi He, Zhirong Wang, Kaixuan Zhang, Muriel Quinet, Sun-Hee Woo, Dagmar Janovská, Nóra Mendler-Drienyovszki, Mateja Germ, Ivan Kreft, Meiliang Zhou. Toward a “Green revolution” for Tartary buckwheat through ideotype breeding, Molecular Plant (2026), DOI:10.1016/j.molp.2026.02.008.
2. 代表性专利、软著与专著
(1) 与谷子米色和黄色素含量相关的KASP分子标记及其应用，刁现民、张艳艳、张诗慧、王海龙、桑璐曼、智慧、王立伟、贾冠清、汤沙，ZL 2025 1 0122711.4；
(2) 一种大麦粒重相关基因HvTGW1S及其应用，郭刚刚、陈朝燕、樊超凤、李珊珊、张京，ZL202510142286.5；
(3) 苦荞麦来源的糖基转移酶基因及其表达载体和应用，周美亮、高元芬、张凯旋、何毓琦、石亚亮、林豪，ZL202510095815.0；
(4) 苦荞麦来源的FtACA13基因及其表达载体和应用，何毓琦、周美亮、张凯旋、刘桐、何佳悦、赖地利，ZL202510095815.0；
(5) 一种大麦全基因组液相芯片及其应用，杨平、高广奇、蒋枞璁、严露曦，ZL202310867205.9；
3. 重要品种
(1) 中谷19，CNA20231003959，中国农业科学院作物科学研究所
(2) 中谷25，GPD谷子(2022)110185号，中国农业科学院作物科学研究所
(3) 中芸15，国品鉴普通菜豆2025001号，中国农业科学院作物科学研究所
(4) 中荞121，滇鉴（荞麦）2024028号，中国农业科学院作物科学研究所;
(5) 中青糯8号，GPD大麦（青稞）（2025）110030号，中国农业科学院作物科学研究所
