Lihui Li

Lihui Li

Center for Crop Germplasm Resources

Institute of Crop Sciences

No.12 Zhongguancun South Street

Beijing, 100081, China

Tel:86-10-62186670

Email:lilihui@caas.cn

Educations

l  1981-1985, Northwest Agricultural University (now Northwest A&F University), B.S

l  1988-1990, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, M.S.

l  1993-1997, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ph.D

Working Experience

l  1999-now, Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

l  1993-1999, Associate Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

l  1992-1993, visiting scholar, Forage and Range Research Laboratory, ARS-USDA, Utah State University

l  1990-1992, Assistant Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Research Interests

l  Wheat germplasm collecting and sharing

l  Wheat germplasm phenotypic and genotypic characterization

l  Wheat germplasm innovation and utilization through distant hybridization techniques

l  Genetic composition analysis of Wheat foundation genotypes

Academic Qualifications

l  Winner of the Second Prize of National Technology Invention Award

l  Winner of the Second Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award

l  Chairman of the Genetic Resources Branch of the Chinese Agricultural Society

l  Council Member of the Chinese Agricultural Society

Selected Publications (*corresponding authors)

1)      Lihui Li and Yushen Dong*. Hybridization between Triticum aestivum L. and Agropyron michnoi Roshev. 1. Production and cytogenetic study of F₁ hybrids. Theor. Appl. Genet., 1991, 81: 312–316.

2)      Lihui Li and Yushen Dong*. Hybridization between Triticum aestivum L. and Agropyron michnoi Roshev. 2. Somaclonal variation and cytogenetics in R1 and R2 progenies. In：Proc. 8^th Int. Wheat Genet. Symp.，p407–411.

3)      Lihui Li and Yushen Dong*. A self-fertile trigeneric hybrid, Triticum aestivum×Agropyron michnoi×Secale cereale. Theor. Appl. Genet., 1993, 87: 360–368.

4)      Lihui Li and Yushen Dong*. Somaclonal variation in tissue culture of Triticum aestivum× Agropyron desertorum F₁ hybrid. Plant Breeding, 1994, 116: 160–166.

5)      Lihui Li, Yushen Dong*, Ronghua Zhou, Xiuquan Li, Pei Li, Xinmin Yang. Cytogenetics and self-fertility of intergeneric hybrids between Triticum aestivum L. and Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. Chinese J. Genet., 1995, 22: 105–112.

6)      Lihui Li and Yushen Don*g. Cytological mechanisms of self-fertility in trigeneric hybrids, Triticum aestivum × Agropyron michnoi × Secale cereale. Chinese J. Genet., 1995, 22: 199–204.

7)      LH Li, RC Wange, YS Dong*. Isozyme analysis of three species of Roegneria C. Koch from China. Genet. Res.Crop Evol, 1995,42 (2) :119-125.

8)      Jun Wu, Xinming Yang, Hui Wang, Hongjie Li, Lihui Li*, Xiuquan Li, Weihua Liu. The introgression of chromosome 6P specifying for increased numbers of florets and kernels from Agropyron cristatum into wheat. Theor. Appl. Genet., 2006, 114: 13–20.

9)      Wang QX, Xiang JS, Gao AN, Yang XM, Liu WH, Li XQ, Li LH*. Analysis of chromosomal structural polymorphisms in the St, P and Y genomes of Triticeae. Genome,2010, 53: 241-249

10)    Weihua Liu, Yang Luan, Jingchang Wang, Xiaoguang Wang, Junji Su, Jinpeng Zhang, Xinming Yang, Ainong Gao, Lihui Li*. Production and identification of wheat-Apropyron cristatum (1.4P) alien translocation lines. Genome, 2010, 53: 472–481.

11)    Man Wu, Jinpeng Zhang, Jingchang Wang, Xinming Yang, Ainong Gao, Xiaoke Zhang, Weihua Liu*, Lihui Li*. Cloning and characterization of repetitive sequences and development of SCAR markers specific for the P genome of Agropyron cristatum. Euphytica, 2010, 172: 363–372.

12)    Yang Luan, Xiaoguang Wang, Weihua Liu*, Chunye Li, Jinpeng Zhang, Ainong Gao, Yandong Wang, Xinming Yang, Lihui Li*. Production and identification of wheat-Agropyron cristatum 6P translocation lines. Planta , 2010, 232: 501–510.

13)    Li XJ, Xu X, Yang XM, Li XQ, Liu WH, Gao AN, Li LH*. Genetic Diversity of the Wheat Landrace Youzimai from Different Geographic Regions Investigatedwith Morphological Traits, Seedling Resistance to Powdery Mildew, Gliadin and Microsatellite Markers. Cereal Research Communications, 2012, 40(1): 95-106

14)    Yongsheng Zheng, Junxian Guo, Jinpeng Zhang, Ainong Gao, Xinming Yang, Xiuquan Li, Weihua Liu*, Lihui Li*. A proteomic study of spike development inhibition in bread wheat. Proteomics, 2013, 13: 2622–2637.

15)    Liqiang Song, Lili Jiang, Haiming Han, Ainong Gao, Xinming Yang, Lihui Li*, Weihua Liu*. Efficient induction of wheat-Agropyron cristatum 6P translocation lines and GISH detection. PLoS ONE, 2013, 8: e69501.

16)    Jinpeng Zhang, Jun Wu, Weihua Liu, Xiang Lu, Xinming Yang, Ainong Gao, Xiuquan Li, Yuqing Lu, Lihui Li*. Genetic mapping of a fertile tiller inhibition gene, ftin, in wheat. Mol. Breeding, 2013, 31: 441–449.

17)    Jing Zhang, Jinpeng Zhang, Weihua Liu, Haiming Han, Yuqing Lu, Xinming Yang, Xiuquan Li, Lihui Li*. Introgression of Agropyron cristatum 6P chromosome segment into common wheat for enhanced thousand-grain weight and spike length. Theor. Appl. Genet., 2015, 128: 1827–1837.

18)    Yan Zhang, Jinpeng Zhang, Long Huang, Ainong Gao, Jing Zhang, Xinming Yang, Weihua Liu, Xiuquan Li, Lihui Li*. A high-density genetic map for P genome of Agropyron Gaertn. based on specific-locus amplified fragment sequencing (SLAF-seq). Planta, 2015, 242: 1335–1347.

19)    Yuqing Lu, Xiaoyang Wu, Miaomiao Yao, Jinpeng Zhang, Weihua Liu, Xinming Yang, Xiuquan Li, Juan Du, Ainong Gao, Lihui Li*. Genetic mapping of a putative Agropyron cristatum-derived powdery mildew resistance gene by a combination of bulked segregant analysis and single nucleotide polymorphism array. Mol. Breeding, 2015, 35: 96.

20)    Xueling Ye, Yuqing Lu, Weihua Liu, Guoyue Chen, Haiming Han, Jinpeng Zhang, Xinming Yang, Xiuquan Li, Ainong Gao, Lihui Li*. The effects of chromosome 6P on fertile tiller number of wheat as revealed in wheat‑Agropyron cristatum chromosome 5A/6P translocation lines. Theor. Appl. Genet., 2015, 128: 797–811.

21)    Qingfeng Li, Yuqing Lu, Cuili Pan, Jinpeng Zhang, Weihua Liu, Xinming Yang, Xiuquan Li, Yajun Xi, Lihui Li*. Characterization of a novel wheat–Agropyron cristatum 2P disomic addition line with powdery mildew resistance. Crop Sci., 2016, 56(5): 2390–2400.

22)    Shenghui Zhou, Jinpeng Zhang, Yonghe Che, Weihua Liu, Yuqing Lu, Xinming Yang, Xiuquan Li, Jizeng Jia, Xu Liu*, Lihui Li*. Construction of Agropyron Gaertn. genetic linkage maps using a wheat 660K SNP array reveals a homoeologous relationship with the wheat genome. Plant Biotechnol. J., 2018, 16:818-827.

23)    Yangyang Sun, Mingjie Lyu, Haiming Han, Shenghui Zhou, Yuqing Lu, Weihua Liu, Xinming Yang, Xiuquan Li, Jinpeng Zhang*, Xu Liu*, Lihui Li*. Identification and fine mapping of alien fragments associated with enhanced grain weight from Agropyron cristatum chromosome 7P in common wheat backgrounds. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2021, 134:3759–3772.

24)    Haiming Han, Xinyuan Ma, Zhen Wang, Kai Qi, Wenjing Yang, Weihua Liu, Jinpeng Zhang, Shenghui Zhou, Yuqing Lu, Xinming Yang, Xiuquan Li, Lihui Li*. Chromosome 5P of Agropyron cristatum induces chromosomal translocation by disturbing homologous chromosome pairing in a common wheat background. The Crop Journal,2022,11:228-237.

25)    Yida Lin, Shenghui Zhou, Xuezhong Liang, Baojin Guo, Bing Han, Haiming Han, Jingpeng Zhang, Yuqing Lu, Zhi Zhang, Xinming Yang, Xiuquan Li, Weihua Liu, Lihui Li*. Chromosomal mapping of a locus associated with adult‑stage resistance to powdery mildew from Agropyron cristatum chromosome 6PL in wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2022, 135:2861-2873.

26)    Haiming Han, Junli Yang, Kai Qi, Haoyu Zhu, Panqiang Wu, Shenghui Zhou, Jinpeng Zhang, Baojin Guo, Weihua Liu, Xiaomin Guo, Yuqing Lu, Xinming Yang, Xiuquan Li , Lihui Li*. Introgression of chromosome 5P from Agropyron cristatum enhances grain weight in a wheat background. Theoretical and Applied Genetics,2024, 137(7):165.

27)    Shirui Xu, Xiajie Ji, Haiming Han, Jinpeng Zhang, Shenghui Zhou, Baojin Guo, Xinming Yang, Xiuquan Li, Xiaomin Guo, Taiguo Liu*, Lihui Li*, Weihua Liu*. AcRLK2P-1, an LRR receptor protein kinase gene from Agropyron cristatum, confers leaf rust resistance in wheat. Plant Communications, 2024, 5: 101132.

28)    Guohao Han, Hanwen Yan , Lihui Li *, and Diaoguo An*. Advancing wheat breeding using rye: a key contribution to wheat breeding history. Trends in Biotechnology，2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2025.03.008

29)    Wenjing Yang, Haiming Han, Huihui Ma, Ping Yang, Jianqing Niu, Xinye Liu, Jinpeng Zhang, Shenghui Zhou, Kai Qi, Baojin Guo, Yida Lin, Xinming Yang, Xiaomin Guo, Hong-Qing Ling* & Lihui Li*. AcRR1 of Agropyron cristatum boosts wheat yield by regulating grain number per spike and heading date. Nature Communications, 2025, 16:6638