Zhuoan Zhao, Xiaoyu Ren, Hao Wang, Zaifeng Li, Shi Yin (2026). Collaborative innovation in biological breeding for wheat leaf rust resistance: a tripartite evolutionary game analysis. Scientific Reports.DOI
Jie Song, Yachao Dong, Yuanqing Liang, Peipei Zhang, Yan Ren, Zaifeng Li, Feng Chen, Yan Dong, Lei Li, Shuanghe Cao, Zhonghu He, Zhengang Ru, Xianchun Xia (2026). Fine mapping of QLr.caas-5AL for adult-plant resistance to leaf rust in wheat. The Crop Journal.DOI
Min Li, Xiaoting Liu, Shuo Wang, Xinhai Wang, Pu Gao, Takele Weldu Gebrewahid, Peipei Zhang, Zaifeng Li (2025). The Role of TuACO Gene Family in Response to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses in Triticum urartu. Genes.DOI
Shujuan Liu, Zhao Li, Chenyang Hao, Yuxue Pan, Mengjiao Guo, Yilin Huang, Haixia Liu, Jian Hou, Zaifeng Li, Tian Li, Xinhong Chen, Xueyong Zhang (2025). TaRLK-1B: A novel wheat gene conferring resistance to leaf rust revealed by a genome-wide association study. Journal of Integrative Agriculture.DOI
Qian Yang, Xiaocui Yan, Nan Wang, Tinashe Zenda, Anyi Dong, Xiuzhen Zhai, Yuan Zhong, Mengyun Kou, Zaifeng Li, Huijun Duan (2025). ZmWAK3-mediated cell wall remodeling and stomatal dynamics modulate drought tolerance in maize seedlings. Theoretical and Applied Genetics.DOI
Yue Zhang, Yue Zhang, Zaifeng Li, Zaifeng Li, Yubing Tian, Fangping Yang, Shuanghe Cao, Xianchun Xia, Yongjing Ni, Zhonghu He, Yong Zhang, Yan Zhang, Yong Zhang, Yong Zhang, Jindong Liu (2025). QTL mapping for leaf rust resistance in a recombinant inbred line population from the cross of wheat cultivars Zhongmai 578/Jimai 22. Phytopathology Research.DOI
Pu Gao, Peng-peng Liu, Rui Dong, Takele Weldu Gebrewahid, Xinhai Wang, Xueqing Wang, Jiayao Zhang, Peipei Zhang, Wei Sang, Zaifeng Li (2025). Identification and Molecular Marker Detection of Leaf Rust Resistance Genes in Wheat Lines from China: Development of an Efficient Software for Gene Postulation. Phytopathology.DOI
Hongna Li, Lei Hua, Shuqing Zhao, Ming Hao, Rui Song, Shuyong Pang, Yanna Liu, Hong Chen, Wenjun Zhang, Tao Shen, Jin‐Ying Gou, Hailiang Mao, Guiping Wang, Xiaohua Hao, Jian Li, Baoxing Song, Caixia Lan, Zaifeng Li, Xing Wang Deng, Jorge Dubcovsky, Xiaodong Wang, Shisheng Chen (2023). Cloning of the wheat leaf rust resistance gene Lr47 introgressed from Aegilops speltoides. Nature Communications.DOI
Yue Zhou, Pu Gao, Xiao-yan Miao, Takele Weldu Gebrewahid, Yue Jiao, Peipei Zhang, Cao Liu-qing, Xinle Zhang, Zaifeng Li (2023). QTL mapping of adult-plant resistance to leaf and stripe rust in wheat cross L224-3/Zhengzhou5389. Euphytica.DOI
Pu Gao, Yue Zhou, Takele Weldu Gebrewahid, Peipei Zhang, Siman Wang, Daqun Liu, Zaifeng Li (2023). QTL Mapping for Adult-Plant Resistance to Leaf Rust in Italian Wheat Cultivar Libellula. Plant Disease.DOI
Huali Yang, Wenda Diao, Xiaocui Yan, Takele Weldu Gebrewahid, Zaifeng Li, Zhanjun Yao (2023). Identification of genes for leaf rust resistance in seedlings of wheat cultivars from the Yellow-Huai Basin in China and slow rusting observations in field trials. Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding.DOI
Weixiu Hou, Qisen Lu, Lin Ma, Xiaonan Sun, Liyan Wang, Jingyun Nie, Peng Guo, Ti Liu, Zaifeng Li, Congwei Sun, Yan Na Ren, Xiaodong Wang, Jian Yang, Feng Chen (2023). Mapping of quantitative trait loci for leaf rust resistance in the wheat population ‘Xinmai 26/Zhoumai 22’. Journal of Experimental Botany.DOI
Peipei Zhang, Caixia Lan, Ravi Prakash Singh, Julio Huerta‐Espino, Zaifeng Li, Evans S. Lagudah, Sridhar Bhavani (2022). Identification and Characterization of Resistance Loci to Wheat Leaf Rust and Stripe Rust in Afghan Landrace “KU3067”. Frontiers in Plant Science.DOI
Peipei Zhang, Xiaocui Yan, Takele Weldu Gebrewahid, Yue Zhou, Ennian Yang, Xianchun Xia, Zhonghu He, Zaifeng Li, Daqun Liu (2021). Genome-wide association mapping of leaf rust and stripe rust resistance in wheat accessions using the 90K SNP array. Theoretical and Applied Genetics.DOI
Xiaocui Yan, Takele Weldu Gebrewahid, Rui Dong, Xing Li, Peipei Zhang, Zhanjun Yao, Zaifeng Li (2021). Identification of known leaf rust resistance genes in bread wheat cultivars from China. Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding.DOI
Yuan Liu, Takele Weldu Gebrewahid, Peipei Zhang, Zaifeng Li, Daqun Liu (2021). Identification of leaf rust resistance genes in common wheat varieties from China and foreign countries. Journal of Integrative Agriculture.DOI
Xiaocui Yan, Huimin Zheng, Peipei Zhang, Takele Weldu Gebrewahid, Zaifeng Li, Daqun Liu (2020). QTL mapping of adult plant resistance to stripe rust in the Fundulea 900 × Thatcher RIL population. Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding.DOI
Takele Weldu Gebrewahid, Yue Zhou, Peipei Zhang, Yong Ren, Pu Gao, Xianchun Xia, Zhonghu He, Zaifeng Li, Daqun Liu (2020). Mapping of Stripe Rust and Leaf Rust Resistance Quantitative Trait Loci in the Chinese Spring Wheat Line Mianyang351-15. Phytopathology.DOI
Takele Weldu Gebrewahid, Peipei Zhang, Yue Zhou, Xiaocui Yan, Xianchun Xia, Zhonghu He, Daqun Liu, Zaifeng Li (2020). QTL mapping of adult plant resistance to stripe rust and leaf rust in a Fuyu 3/Zhengzhou 5389 wheat population. The Crop Journal.DOI
Takele Weldu Gebrewahid, Peipei Zhang, Zhanjun Yao, Zaifeng Li, Daqun Liu (2020). Identification of Leaf Rust Resistance Genes in Bread Wheat Cultivars from Ethiopia. Plant Disease.DOI
Jiaojiao Wu, Jing Gao, Weishuai Bi, Jiaojie Zhao, Xiumei Yu, Zaifeng Li, Daqun Liu, Bo Liu, Xiaodong Wang (2019). Genome-Wide Expression Profiling of Genes Associated with the Lr47-Mediated Wheat Resistance to Leaf Rust (Puccinia triticina). International Journal of Molecular Sciences.DOI
Peipei Zhang, Xing Li, Takele Weldu Gebrewahid, Hexing Liu, Xianchun Xia, Zhonghu He, Zaifeng Li, Daqun Liu (2019). QTL Mapping of Adult-Plant Resistance to Leaf and Stripe Rust in Wheat Cross SW 8588/Thatcher using the Wheat 55K SNP Array. Plant Disease.DOI
Peipei Zhang, Caixia Lan, Muhammad Azeem Asad, Takele Weldu Gebrewahid, Xianchun Xia, Zhonghu He, Zaifeng Li, Daqun Liu (2019). QTL mapping of adult-plant resistance to leaf rust in the Chinese landraces Pingyuan 50/Mingxian 169 using the wheat 55K SNP array. Molecular Breeding.DOI
Peipei Zhang, Takele Weldu Gebrewahid, Yue Zhou, Qing-luo Li, Zaifeng Li, Daqun Liu (2019). Seedling and adult plant resistance to leaf rust in 46 Chinese bread wheat landraces and 39 wheat lines with known Lr genes. Journal of Integrative Agriculture.DOI
Pu Gao, Yue Zhou, Takele Weldu Gebrewahid, Peipei Zhang, Xiaocui Yan, Xing Li, Zhanjun Yao, Zaifeng Li, Daqun Liu (2018). Identification of known leaf rust resistance genes in common wheat cultivars from Sichuan province in China. Crop Protection.DOI
Yue Zhou, Huan Li, Peipei Zhang, Lin Wang, Zaifeng Li (2017). Molecular mapping of leaf rust resistance gene LrL224 in Chinese wheat cultivar L224-3. Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding.DOI
Zhikuan Ren, Zaifeng Li, Lingzhi SHI, Xiaodong Wang, Lin Zhu, Xing Li, Daqun Liu (2017). Molecular identification of wheat leaf rust resistance genes in sixty Chinese wheat cultivars. Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding.DOI
Peipei Zhang, Guihong Yin, Yue Zhou, Aiyong Qi, Fengmei Gao, Xianchun Xia, Zhonghu He, Zaifeng Li, Daqun Liu (2017). QTL Mapping of Adult-Plant Resistance to Leaf Rust in the Wheat Cross Zhou 8425B/Chinese Spring Using High-Density SNP Markers. Frontiers in Plant Science.DOI
Takele Weldu Gebrewahid, Zhanjun Yao, Xiaocui Yan, Pu Gao, Zaifeng Li (2017). Identification of Leaf Rust Resistance Genes in Chinese Common Wheat Cultivars. Plant Disease.DOI
Peipei Zhang, Aiyong Qi, Yue Zhou, Xianchun Xia, Zhonghu He, Zaifeng Li, Daqun Liu (2016). Quantitative trait loci mapping of adult‐plant resistance to leaf rust in a Fundulea 900 × ‘Thatcher’ wheat cross. Plant Breeding.DOI
Lingzhi SHI, Zaifeng Li, Xiaodong Wang, Zhanhai Kang, Lin Zhu, Zhikuan REN, Xing Li, Da-Qun LIU (2016). Genetic analysis and molecular mapping of a leaf rust resistance gene in the wheat line 19HRWSN-129. Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding.DOI
Cuifen Wang, Guihong Yin, Xianchun Xia, Zhonghu He, Peipei Zhang, Zhanjun Yao, Jinyan Qin, Zaifeng Li, Daqun Liu (2016). Molecular mapping of a new temperature-sensitive gene LrZH22 for leaf rust resistance in Chinese wheat cultivar Zhoumai 22. Molecular Breeding.DOI
Aiyong Qi, Peipei Zhang, Yue Zhou, Zhanjun Yao, Zaifeng Li, Daqun Liu (2016). Mapping of QTL conferring leaf rust resistance in Chinese wheat lines W014204 and Fuyu 3 at adult plant stage. Journal of Integrative Agriculture.DOI
Jiazhen Wang, Zaifeng Li, Lingzhi SHI, Lin Zhu, Zhikuan REN, Xing Li, Da-Qun LIU, Syed Jawad Ahmad SHAH (2015). QTL mapping for adult-plant leaf rust resistance genes in Chinese wheat cultivar Weimai 8. Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding.DOI
Liu-sha HAN, Zaifeng Li, Jia-zhen WANG, Lingzhi SHI, Lin Zhu, Xing Li, Daqun Liu, Syed Jawad Ahmad Shah (2015). Molecular mapping of leaf rust resistance genes in the wheat line Yu 356-9. Journal of Integrative Agriculture.DOI
Aiyong Qi, Peipei Zhang, Xianchun Xia, Zhonghu He, Julio Huerta‐Espino, Zaifeng Li, Daqun Liu (2015). Molecular mapping and markers for leaf rust resistance gene Lr24 in CIMMYT wheat line 19HRWSN-122. Euphytica.DOI
Peipei Zhang, Huixin Zhou, Caixia Lan, Zaifeng Li, Daqun Liu (2015). An AFLP marker linked to the leaf rust resistance gene LrBi16 and test of allelism with Lr14a on chromosome arm 7BL. The Crop Journal.DOI
Zaifeng Li, Caixia Lan, Zhonghu He, Ravi Prakash Singh, Garry M. Rosewarne, Xinmin Chen, Xianchun Xia (2014). Overview and Application of QTL for Adult Plant Resistance to Leaf Rust and Powdery Mildew in Wheat. Crop Science.DOI
Yue Zhou, Yan Na Ren, Morten Lillemo, Zhanjun Yao, Peipei Zhang, Xianchun Xia, Zhonghu He, Zaifeng Li, Daqun Liu (2014). QTL mapping of adult-plant resistance to leaf rust in a RIL population derived from a cross of wheat cultivars Shanghai 3/Catbird and Naxos. Theoretical and Applied Genetics.DOI
Lifang Xing, Cuifen Wang, Xianchun Xia, Zhonghu He, Wanquan Chen, Taiguo Liu, Zaifeng Li, Daqun Liu (2014). Molecular mapping of leaf rust resistance gene LrFun in Romanian wheat line Fundulea 900. Molecular Breeding.DOI
Zaifeng Li, Sukhwinder Singh, Ravi Prakash Singh, Eric Eugenio López-Vera, Julio Huerta‐Espino (2013). Genetics of resistance to yellow rust in PBW343 × Kenya Kudu recombinant inbred line population and mapping of a new resistance gene YrKK. Molecular Breeding.DOI
Huixin Zhou, Xianchun Xia, Zhonghu He, Xing Li, Cuifen Wang, Zaifeng Li, Daqun Liu (2013). Molecular mapping of leaf rust resistance gene LrNJ97 in Chinese wheat line Neijiang 977671. Theoretical and Applied Genetics.DOI
Yan Na Ren, Zaifeng Li, Zhonghu He, Ling Wu, Bin Bai, Caixia Lan, Cuifen Wang, Gang Zhou, Huazhong Zhu, Xianchun Xia (2012). QTL mapping of adult-plant resistances to stripe rust and leaf rust in Chinese wheat cultivar Bainong 64. Theoretical and Applied Genetics.DOI
Hai Zhang, Xianchun Xia, Zhonghu He, Xing Li, Zaifeng Li, Daqun Liu (2010). Molecular mapping of leaf rust resistance gene LrBi16 in Chinese wheat cultivar Bimai 16. Molecular Breeding.DOI
Yue Zhou, Zaifeng Li, Xing Li, Long Wang, Ye Zhang, Daqun Liu (2010). Molecular Mapping for Leaf Rust Resistance Genes in Wheat Line Tian 95HF2. Acta Agronomica Sinica.DOI