Yu Li
Yu Li
Head of the Research Group of Maize Germplasm Resources
Center for Crop Germplasm Resources
Institute of Crop Sciences
No.12 Zhongguancun South Street
Beijing, 100081, China
Tel:86-10-6213119
Fax:86-10-6213119
Email:liyu03@caas.cn
Educations
1998-2001, PhD in Crop Genetics and Breeding, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
1995-1998, MS in Crop Genetics and Breeding, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
1981-1985, BS in Agronomy, Southwest Agricultural University (now named Southwest University)
Working Experience
1985.07-now, Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Research Interests
Collecting of maize germplasm resource
Precise characterization and evaluation of maize germplasm resources
Gene discovery and allele mining for important agronomic traits
Germplasm enhancement of maize
Academic Qualifications
Selected Publications (*corresponding authors)
Qin Weiwei, Yong-xiang Li, Xun Wu, Xin Li, Lin Chen, Yunsu Shi, Yanchun Song, Dengfeng Zhang, Tianyu Wang,
Yu Li. 2016. Fine mapping of qKL1.07, a major QTL for kernel length in maize.
Mol Breeding 36:8
Wu Xun, Yongxiang Li, Xin Li, Chunhui Li, Yunsu Shi, Yanchun Song, Zuping Zheng,
Yu Li, Tianyu Wang. 2015. Analysis of genetic differentiation and genomic variation to reveal potential regions of importance during maize improvement.
BMC Plant Biology 15:256.
Li Chunhui, Yongxiang Li, Peter Bradbury, Xun Wu, Yunsu Shi, Yanchun Song, Dengfeng Zhang, Eli Rodgers-Melnick, Edward Buckler, Zhiwu Zhang,
Yu Li, Tianyu Wang. 2015. Construction of high-quality recombination maps with low-coverage genomic sequencing for joint linkage analysis in maize.
BMC Biology, 13:78.
Wu Xun, Yongxiang Li, Yunsu Shi, Yanchun Song, TianyuWang, Yubi Huang,
Yu Li. 2014. Fine genetic characterization of elite maize germplasm using high?throughput SNP genotyping.
Theor Appl Genet 127:621–631.
Li Chunhui, Li Yongxiang, Sun Baocheng, Peng Bo, Liu Cheng, Liu Zhizhai, Yang Zhaozhao, Li Qingchao, Tan Weiwei, Zhang Yan, Wang Di, Shi Yunsu, Song Yanchun, Wang Tianyu,
Li Yu. 2013. Quantitative trait loci mapping for yield components and kernel-related traits in multiple connected RIL populations in maize.
Euphytica 193:303-316.
Peng Bo, Yongxiang Li, Yang Wang, Cheng Liu, Zhizhai Liu, Yan Zhang, Weiwei Tan, Di Wang, Yunsu Shi, Baocheng Sun, Yanchun Song, Tianyu Wang,
Yu Li. 2013. Correlations and comparisons of quantitative trait loci with family per se and testcross performance for grain yield and related traits in maize. Theor.
Appl. Genet. 126:773-789.
Ying Sheng, Deng-Feng Zhang, Jing Fu, Yun-Su Shi, Yan-Chun Song, Tian-Yu Wang,
Yu Li. 2012. Cloning and characterization of a maize bZIP transcription factor, ZmbZIP72, confers drought and salt tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis.
Planta 235:253–266.
Li Yu, Xinglin Ma, Tianyu Wang, Yongxiao Li, Cheng Liu, Zhizhai Liu, Baocheng Sun, Yunsu Shi, Yanchun Song, Mario Carlone, David Bubeck, Hans Bhardwaj, David Whitaker, William Wilson, Elizabeth Jones, Kevin Wright, Shuku Sun, William Niebur and Stephen Smith. 2011. Increasing maize productivity in China by planting hybrids with germplasm that responds favorably to higher planting densities.
Crop Science 51:2391-2400.
Peng Bo, Yongxiang Li, Yang Wang, Cheng Liu, Zhizhai Liu, Weiwei Tan, Yan Zhang, Di Wang, Yunsu Shi, Baocheng Sun, Yanchun Song, Tianyu Wang,
Yu Li. 2011. QTL analysis for yield components and kernel-related traits in maize across multi-environments.
Theor. Appl. Genet. 122:1305-1320.
L
i Yu, Shi Yunsu, Cao Yongsheng, Wang Tianyu, 2004. Establishment of a core collection of maize preserved in Chinese Genebank using agronomic and geographical data.
Genetic Resources & Crop Evolution 51(8):845-852.
Chen Lin, Li Yong-Xiang, Li Chunhui, Shi Yunsu, Song Yanchun, Zhang Dengfeng,
Li Yu, Wang Tianyu. 2018. Genome-wide analysis of the pentatricopeptide repeat gene family in different maize genomes and its important role in kernel development.
BMC Plant Biology 18:366.
Guan Honghui, Chen Xiaojing, Wang Kailiang, Liu Xuyang, Zhang Dengfeng, Li Yongxiang, Song Yanchun, Shi Yunsu, Wang Tianyu, Li Chunhui, Li Yu. 2022. Genetic Variation in ZmPAT7 Contributes to Tassel Branch Number in Maize.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences.23(5):2586.
Members of Research Group
Tianyu Wang, Yunsu Shi, Yangchun Song, Yongxiang Li, Dengfeng Zhang, Chunhui Li, Xuyang Liu, Guanhua He