1. Xue Q, Xiong H, Zhou C, Guo H, Zhao L, Xie Y, Gu J, Zhao S, Ding Y, Xu L*, Liu L*. (2023). Gene mapping and identification of a missense mutation in one copy of vrn-a1 affects heading date variation in wheat. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 24, 5008. doi:10.3390/ijms24055008.

2. Xu L, Gao H, Wu J, Wang S, Pan R, Zhang W*. (2023). Comparison of Seed Germination Characteristics Between Cultivated and Wild Barley. J Plant Growth Regul. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-023-11080-2

3. Zhao Y, Li S, Wu J, Liu H, Wang P, Xu L* . (2024) Insights into membrane lipids modification in barley leaves as an adaptation mechanism to cold stress, Plant Growth Regul. 103(2), 369-388.

4. Xu L, Zhao C, Pang J, Niu Y, Liu H, Zhang W and Zhou M. (2022). Genome-wide association study reveals quantitative trait loci for waterlogging-triggered adventitious roots and aerenchyma formation in common wheat. Front. Plant Sci. 13:1066752. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1066752

5. Xu L, Wu J, Zhao Y, Zhang W, Xu Y. (2022). Salicylic acid-mediated diacylglycerol/triacylglycerol conversion affects the freezing tolerance of Arabidopsis. Plant Growth Regulation. 98, 249–258. doi: 10.1007/s10725-022-00850-9

6. Li B, Yang C, An B, Wang H, Albaqami M, Abou-Elwafa SF, Xu L*, Xu Y*. (2022). Comparative transcriptomic, and epigenetic analyses reveal conserved and divergent regulatory pathways in barley response to temperature stresses. Physiologia Plantarum. 174:e13727. doi: 10.1111/ppl.13727

7. Wu J, Kamanga BM, Zhang W, Xu Y, Xu L*(2022). Research progress of aldehyde oxidases in plants. PeerJ. 10:e13119. doi:10.7717/peerj.13119（通讯作者）

8. Zhao Y, Zhang W, Abou-Elwafa SF, Shabala S*, Xu L* (2021). Understanding a mechanistic basis of aba involvement in plant adaptation to soil flooding: the current standing. Plants. 10, 1982. doi:10.3390/plants10101982.

9. Xu L, Pan R, Zhang W. (2020). Membrane lipids are involved in plant response to oxygen deprivation. Plant Signal Behav. 15:7. doi: 10.1080/15592324.2020.1771938.

10. Xu L, Pan R, Zhou M, Xu Y, Zhang W. (2019). Lipid remodelling plays an important role in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) hypoxia stress. Funct Plant Biol. 47(1):58-66. doi: 10.1071/FP19150.

11. Xu L#, Li S#, Shabala S, Jian T, Zhang W. (2019). Plants grown in parafilm-wrapped Petri dishes are stressed and possess altered gene expression profile. Front Plant Sci. doi:10.3389/fpls.2019.00637.

12. Xu L, Pan R, Shabala L, Shabala S, Zhang W. (2019). Temperature influences waterlogging stress-induced damage in Arabidopsis through the regulation of photosynthesis and hypoxia-related genes. Plant growth regulation. 89, 143–152. doi:10.1007/s10725-019-00518-x

13. Xu L, Wu C, Oelmüller R and Zhang W. (2018). Role of phytohormones in piriformospora indica-induced growth promotion and stress tolerance in plants: More Questions than Answers. Front Microbiol. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.01646.

14. Xu L, Wang A, Wang J, Wei Q, Zhang W. (2016). Piriformospora indica confers drought tolerance on Zea mays L. through enhancement of antioxidant activity and expression of drought-related genes. Crop Journal. doi:10.1016/j.cj.2016.10.002 (2018高引论文)

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16. Liu L, Xu L, Jia Q, Pan R, Ralf O, Zhang W, Wu C. (2019). Arms race: diverse effector proteins with conserved motifs, Plant Signal Behav. 14:2, 1557008, doi: 10.1080/15592324.2018.1557008.

17. Yun P#, Xu L#, Wang S, Shabala L, Shabala S, Zhang W*. (2018). Piriformospora indica improves salinity stress tolerance in Zea mays L. plants by regulating Na+ and K+ loading in root and allocating K+ in shoot. Plant Growth Regulation. 86, 323–331. doi:10.1007/s10725-018-0431-3

18. Pan R#, Xu L#, Wei Q, Wu C, Tang W, Zhang W. (2017). Piriformospora indica promotes early flowering in Arabidopsis through regulation of the photoperiod and gibberellin pathways. PloS One. 12(12):e0189791. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189791

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20. Zhang, W#, Wang, J#, Xu, L#, Wang, A, Huang, L, Du, H. (2017). Drought stress responses in maize are diminished by Piriformospora indica. Plant Signal Behav. doi: 10.1080/15592324.2017.1414121.

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1. 湖北省支持种业高质量发展资金项目，“旱粮作物优异种质资源挖掘创制及新品种培育”，2023.08-2025.08，15万元，主持，在研。

2. 国防科工局核能开发项目，“核辐射作物品种与害虫改良”协作课题“小麦重离子束辐射诱变效应及育种利用”，2021.1-2025.1，20万，主持，在研。

3. 湿地生态与农业利用教育部工程研究中心2023年开放基金项目，KF202303，小麦耐渍生理机制解析及耐渍品种选育，2023/08-2026/08，5万元，主持，在研。

4. 国家自然科学基金青年项目，HvDGAT1基因调控大麦生殖期低温耐受性的分子机制，2020.1-2023.1，23万，主持，结题。

5. 长江大学教学改革项目，双创背景下地方高校农科专业本科毕业论文（设计）分类改革与实践，2022.01-2024.01，0.5万元，主持，在研。

6. 广东省植物发育生物工程重点实验室2018开放基金项目，大麦HvDGAT1基因适应低温环境的进化机制研究，2019.1-2020.1，2万元，主持，结题。

7. 湿地生态与农业利用教育部工程研究中心2016年开放基金项目，KF201605，硫化氢耐受水稻品系初步筛选与鉴定，2016/05-2017/05，2万元，主持，结题。

8. 主要粮食作物产业化湖北省协同创新中心开放基金面上项目，LXT-16-10，水稻萌发期低氧耐受相关基因的克隆与分析，2016/01-2017/12，3万元，主持，结题。

9. 甜荞FeDREB1基因功能及其参与干旱应答的分子调控机制国家自然科学基金面上项目2016-2018，参与，结题。