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Director of the Innovative Research Center of Molecular Genetics and Evolution Guangzhou University in Guangzhou, China
Tel: 86-20-39366462
E-mail: liubh@iga.ac.cn
http://sourcedb.neigae.cas.cn/zw/zjrc/200908/t20090824_2442528.html
Area of expertise: Soybean; photoperiodism; flowering; ecological adaptation; molecular breeding
Selected Publications:
Lu, S., Dong, L., Fang, C., Liu, S., Kong, L., Cheng, Q., Chen, L., Su, T., Nan, H., Zhang, D., Zhang, L., Wang, Z., Yang, Y., Yu, D., Liu, X., Yang, Q., Lin, X., Tang, Y., Zhao, X., Yang, X., Tian, C., Xie, Q., Li, X., Yuan, X., Tian, Z., Liu, B., Weller, J.L., and Kong, F.. (2020). Stepwise selection on homeologous PRR genes controlling flowering and maturity during soybean domestication. Nat. Genet. 52: 428–436
Sun, Z., Su. C., Yun, J., Jiang, Q., Wang, L., Wang, Y., Cao, D., Zhao, F., Zhao, Q., Zhang, M., Zhou, B., Zhang, L., Kong, F., Liu, B., Tong, Y., and Li, X. (2019). Genetic improvement of the shoot architecture and yield in soya bean plants via the manipulation of GmmiR156b. Plant Biotechnol. J. 17: 50–62.
Wang, M., Li, W., Fang, C., Xu, F., Liu, Y., Wang, Z., Yang, R., Zhang, M., Liu, S., Lu, S., Lin, T., Tang, J., Wang, Y., Wang, H., Lin, H., Zhu, B., Chen, M., Kong, F., Liu, B., Zeng, D., Jackson, S., Chu, C., and Tian, Z. (2018). Parallel domestication selection of a dormancy gene in crops from multiple families. Nat. Genet. 50: 1435–1441.
Lu, S., Zhao, X., Hu, Y., Liu, S., Nan, H., Li, X., Fang, C., Cao, D., Shi, X., Kong, L., Su, T., Zhang, F., Li, S., Wang, Z., Yuan, X., Cober, E., Weller, J., Liu, B., Hou, X., Tian, Z., and Kong, F. (2017). Natural variation at the soybean J locus improves adaptation to the tropics and enhances yield. Nat. Genet. 49: 773–779.
Zhang, J., Qin, H., Yuan, J., Yuan, X., Kong, F., Liu, B., Li, J., Zhang, Z., Wang, G., Zhu, B., and Tian, Z. (2017). Genome-wide association studies dissect the genetic networks underlying agronomical traits in soybean. Genome Biol. 18: 161.
Cao, D., Takeshima, R., Zhao, C., Liu, B., Jun, A., and Kong, F. (2017). Molecular mechanisms of flowering under long days and stem growth habit in soybean. J. Exp. Bot. 68: 1873–1884.
Zhao, C., Takeshima, R., Zhu, J., Xu, M., Sato, M., Watanabe, S., Kanazawa, A., Liu, B., Kong, F., Yamada, T., and Abe, J. (2016), A recessive allele for delayed flowering at the soybean maturity locus E9 is a leaky allele of FT2a, a FLOWERING LOCUS T ortholog. BMC Plant Biol. 16: 20.
Takeshima, R., Hayashi, T., Zhu, J., Zhao, C., Xu, M., Yamaguchi, N., Sayama, T., Ishimoto, M., Kong, L., Shi, X., Liu, B., Tian, Z., Yamada, T., Kong, F., and Abe, J. (2016). A soybean quantitative trait locus that promotes flowering under long days is FT5a, a FLOWERING LOCUS T ortholog. J. Exp. Bot. 67: 5247–5258.
Zhao, X., Cao, D., Huang, Z.,Wang, J., Lu, S., Xu, Y., Liu, B., Kong, F., and Yuan, X. (2015), Dual functions of GmTOE4a in the regulation of photoperiod-mediated flowering and plant morphology in soybean. Plant Mol. Biol. 88: 343–355.
Cao, D., Li, Y., Lu, S., Wang, J., Nan, H., Li, X., Shi, D., Fang, C., Zhai, H., Yuan, X., Anai, T., Xia, Z., Liu, B., and Kong, F. (2015). GmCOL1a and GmCOL1b function as flowering repressors in soybean under long-day conditions. Plant Cell Physiol. 56: 2409–2422.
Kong, F., Nan, H., Cao, D., Li, Y., Wu, F., Wang, F., Lu, S., Yuan, X., Cober, E., Abe, J., and Liu, B. (2014). A new dominant gene conditions early flowering and maturity in soybean. Crop Sci. 54: 2529–2535.
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