NCGR has published papers in some of the most prestigious scientific journals. You can access a full list of all our publications and some co-author publications through the links below of this page. The impact factor is referring to 2010 JCR Science Edition.
2024:
A higher-yield hybrid rice is achieved by assimilating a dominant heterotic gene in inbred parental lines
Changsheng Wang, Ziqun Wang, Yunxiao Cai, Zhou Zhu, Danheng Yu, Lei Hong, Yongchun Wang, Wei Lv, Qiang Zhao, Lizhen Si, Kun Liu, Bin Han
First published: 07 March 2024 https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.14295 PDF
High-throughput UAV-based rice panicle detection and genetic mapping of heading-date-related traits
Rulei Chen,Hengyun Lu,Yongchun Wang,Qilin Tian,Congcong Zhou,Ahong Wang,Qi Feng,Songfu Gong,Qiang Zhao,Bin Han
Front. Plant Sci., 06 March 2024 Sec. Plant Bioinformatics Volume 15 - 2024 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1327507 PDF
Dynamics of extrachromosomal circular DNA in rice
Jundong Zhuang, Yaoxin Zhang, Congcong Zhou, Danlin Fan, Tao Huang, Qi Feng, Yiqi Lu, Yan Zhao, Qiang Zhao, Bin Han & Tingting Lu
Nature Communications volume 15, Article number: 2413 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46691-0 PDF
2023:
Structure and function of rice hybrid genomes reveal genetic basis and optimal performance of heterosis
Zhoulin Gu, Junyi Gong, Zhou Zhu, Zhen Li, Qi Feng, Changsheng Wang, Yan Zhao, Qilin Zhan, Congcong Zhou, Ahong Wang, Tao Huang, Lei Zhang, Qilin Tian, Danlin Fan, Yiqi Lu, Qiang Zhao, Xuehui Huang, Shihua Yang & Bin Han
Nat Genet (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-023-01495-8 PDF
The WD40 domain-containing protein Ehd5 positively regulates flowering in rice (Oryza sativa)
Xuening Zhang, Qi Feng, Jiashun Miao, Jingjie Zhu, Congcong Zhou, Danlin Fan, Yiqi Lu, Qilin Tian, Yongchun Wang, Qilin Zhan, Zi-Qun Wang, Ahong Wang, Lei Zhang, Yingying Shangguan, Wenjun Li, Jiaying Chen, Qijun Weng, Tao Huang, Shican Tang, Lizhen Si, Xuehui Huang, Zi-Xuan Wang, Bin Han
The Plant Cell, 2023;, koad223, https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad223 PDF
Armadillo repeat only protein GS10 negatively regulates brassinosteroid signaling to control rice grain size
Erwang Chen, Qingqing Hou, Kun Liu, Zhoulin Gu, Bingxin Dai, Ahong Wang, Qi Feng, Yan Zhao, Congcong Zhou, Jingjie Zhu, Yingying Shangguan, Yongchun Wang, Danfeng Lv, Danlin Fan, Tao Huang, Zixuan Wang, Xuehui Huang, Bin Han
Plant Physiology, Volume 192, Issue 2, June 2023, Pages 967–981, https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiad117 PDF
2022:
A retrotransposon insertion in MUTL-HOMOLOG 1 affects wild rice seed set and cultivated rice crossover rate
Kun Liu , Erwang Chen , Zhoulin Gu , Bingxin Dai , Ahong Wang , Zhou Zhu , Qi Feng, Congcong Zhou , Jingjie Zhu , Yingying Shangguan , Yongchun Wang, Zhen Li , Qingqing Hou , Danfeng Lv, Changsheng Wang, Tao Huang , Zixuan Wang , Xuehui Huang, Bin Han
Plant Physiol. 2022 Oct 27;190(3):1747-1762.doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiac378. PDF
AirMeasurer: open-source software to quantify static and dynamic traits derived from multiseason aerial phenotyping to empower genetic mapping studies in rice
Gang Sun,Hengyun Lu,Yan Zhao,Jie Zhou,Robert Jackson,Yongchun Wang,Ling-xiang Xu,Ahong Wang,Joshua Colmer,Eric Ober,Qiang Zhao,Bin Han,Ji Zhou
New Phytologist. 2022 July 28; https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18314 PDF
Twenty years of rice genomics research: From sequencing and functional genomics to quantitative genomics
Changsheng Wang , Bin Han
Mol Plant. 2022 Apr 4;15(4):593-619.doi: 10.1016/j.molp.2022.03.009. PDF
2021:
Cytoplasmic and nuclear genome variations of rice hybrids and their parents inform the trajectory and strategy of hybrid rice breeding
Zhoulin Gu1,2, Zhou Zhu1,2, Zhen Li1,3, Qilin Zhan1, Qi Feng1, Congcong Zhou1, Qiang Zhao1,Yan Zhao1, Xiaojian Peng1,4, Bingxin Dai1,5,Rongrong Sun1,2, Yan Li1, Hengyun Lu1, Lei Zhang1,Tao Huang1, Junyi Gong6, Danfeng Lv1, Xuehui Huang7 and Bin Han1,*.
Mol Plant. 2021 Aug 11;S1674-2052(21)00320-8.doi: 10.1016/j.molp.2021.08.007. PDF
Subtelomeric assembly of a multi-gene pathway for antimicrobial defense compounds in cereals
Yan Li, Aymeric Leveau, Qiang Zhao, Qi Feng, Hengyun Lu, Jiashun Miao, Zheyong Xue, Azahara C. Martin, Eva Wegel, Jing Wang, Anastasia Orme, Maria-Dolores Rey, Miroslava Karafiátová, Jan Vrána, Burkhard Steuernagel, Ryan Joynson, Charlotte Owen, James Reed, Thomas Louveau, Michael J. Stephenson, Lei Zhang, Xuehui Huang, Tao Huang, Danling Fan, Congcong Zhou, Qilin Tian, Wenjun Li, Yiqi Lu, Jiaying Chen, Yan Zhao, Ying Lu, Chuanrang Zhu, Zhenhua Liu, Guy Polturak, Rebecca Casson, Lionel Hill, Graham Moore, Rachel Melton, Neil Hall, Brande B. H. Wulff, Jaroslav Doležel, Tim Langdon, Bin Han & Anne Osbourn.
Nat Commun. 2021 May 7;12(1):2563. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22920-8. PDF
Chromosome-scale assembly and analysis of biomass crop Miscanthus lutarioriparius genome
Jiashun Miao , Qi Feng , Yan Li , Qiang Zhao , Congcong Zhou , Hengyun Lu, Danlin Fan , Juan Yan, Yiqi Lu , Qilin Tian , Wenjun Li , Qijun Weng, Lei Zhang , Yan Zhao , Tao Huang , Laigeng Li, Xuehui Huang, Tao Sang , Bin Han.
Nat Commun. 2021 Apr 28;12(1):2458.doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22738-4. PDF
2020:
Designing future crops: challenges and strategies for sustainable agriculture
Zhixi Tian , Jia-Wei Wang , Jiayang Li, and Bin Han.
Plant J.2021 Mar;105(5):1165-1178.doi:10.1111/tpj.15107. PDF
2019:
The Genomics of Oryza Species Provides Insights into Rice Domestication and Heterosis
Erwang Chen, Xuehui Huang,Zhixi Tian,Rod A.Wing,and Bin Han.
Annu. Rev. Plant Biol. 2019. 70:639–65. doi: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-050718-100320. PDF
Dissecting a heterotic gene through GradedPool-Seq mapping informs a rice-improvement strategy.
Changsheng Wang, Shican Tang, Qilin Zhan, Qingqing Hou, Yan Zhao, Qiang Zhao, Qi Feng, Congcong Zhou, Danfeng Lyu, Lingling Cui, Yan Li, Jiashun Miao, Chuanrang Zhu, Yiqi Lu, Yongchun Wang, Ziqun Wang, Jingjie Zhu, Yingying Shangguan, Junyi Gong, Shihua Yang, Wuqi Wang, Jianfu Zhang, Huaan Xie, Xuehui Huang & Bin Han.
Nature Communicationsvolume 10, Article number: 2982 (2019). doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-11017-y. PDF
The PLATZ transcription factor GL6 affects grain length and number in rice.
Ahong Wang, Qingqing Hou, Lizhen Si, Xuehui Huang, Jianghong Luo, Danfeng Lu, Jingjie Zhu, Yingying Shangguan, Jiashun Miao, Yifan Xie, Yongchun Wang, Qiang Zhao, Qi Feng, Congcong Zhou, Yan Li, Danlin Fan, Yiqi Lu, Qilin Tian, Zixuan Wang, Bin Han.
Plant Physiol. 2019 May 28. pii: pp.01574.2018. doi: 10.1104/pp.18.01574. . PDF
2018:
Sequence divergence between spelt and common wheat.
Liu M, Zhao Q, Qi F, Stiller J, Tang S, Miao J, Vrána J, Holu?ová K, Liu D, Dole?el J, Manners JM, Han B, Liu C.
Theor Appl Genet. 2018 Feb 9. doi: 10.1007/s00122-018-3064-z. [Epub ahead of print] PDF
Pan-genome analysis highlights the extent of genomic variation in cultivated and wild rice.
Qiang Zhao, Qi Feng, Hengyun Lu, Yan Li, Ahong Wang, Qilin Tian, Qilin Zhan, Yiqi Lu, Lei Zhang, Tao Huang, Yongchun Wang, Danlin Fan, Yan Zhao, Ziqun Wang, Congcong Zhou, Jiaying Chen, Chuanrang Zhu, Wenjun Li, Qijun Weng, Qun Xu, Zi-Xuan Wang, Xinghua Wei, Bin Han & Xuehui Huang
Nature Genetics (2018); doi:10.1038/s41588-018-0041-z. PDF
2017:
Dissecting the Genetic Basis of Grain Shape and Chalkiness Traits in Hybrid Rice Using Multiple Collaborative Populations
Junyi Gong, Jiashun Miao, Yan Zhao, Qiang Zhao, Qi Feng, Qilin Zhan, Benyi Cheng, Junhui Xia, Xuehui Huang4, Shihua Yang, and Bin Han.
Molecular Plant. 2017; 10(10):1353-1356; DOI 10.1016/j.molp.2017.07.014. PDF
Genomic insights into divergence and dual domestication of cultivated allotetraploid cottonse.
Lei Fang†, Hao Gong†, Yan Hu†, Chunxiao Liu†, Baoliang Zhou, Tao Huang, Yangkun Wang, Shuqi Chen, David D. Fang, Xiongming Du, Hong Chen, Jiedan Chen, Sen Wang, Qiong Wang, Qun Wan, Bingliang Liu, Mengqiao Pan, Lijing Chang, Huaitong Wu, Gaofu Mei, Dan Xiang, Xinghe Li, Caiping Cai, Xiefei Zhu, Z. Jeffrey Chen, Bin Han, Xiaoya Chen, Wangzhen Guo, Tianzhen Zhang and Xuehui Huang
Genome Biology. 2017; DOI 10.1186/s13059-017-1167-5. PDF
How can rice genetics benefit from rice- domestication study?
Erwang Chen, Xuehui Huang, Bin Han
National Science Review. 2016; DOI 10.1093/nsr/nww039. PDF
Genomics: Decoding the ancestors of peanut
Bin Han
Nat Plants. 2016; DOI 10.1038/nplants.2016.42. PDF
Genomic architecture of heterosis for yield traits in rice.
Xuehui Huang, Shihua Yang, Junyi Gong, Qiang Zhao, Qi Feng, Qilin Zhan, Yan Zhao, Wenjun Li, Benyi Cheng, Junhui Xia, Neng Chen, Tao Huang, Lei Zhang, Danlin Fan, Jiaying Chen, Congcong Zhou, Yiqi Lu, Qijun Weng & Bin Han.
Nature 2016; doi:10.1038/nature19760. LINK
OsSPL13 controls grain size in cultivated rice.
Si LZ, Chen JY, Huang XH, Gong H, Luo JH, Hou QQ, Zhou TY, Lu TT, Zhu JJ, Shangguan YY, Chen EW, Gong CX, Zhao Q, Jing YF, Zhao Y, Li Y, Cui LL, Fan DL, Lu YQ, Weng QJ, Wang YC, Zhan QL, Liu KY, Wei XH, An K, An G, Han B.
Nature Genet 2016; 48:447-456. LINK
Transcriptome-wide investigation of circular RNAs in rice.
Lu TT, Cui LL, Zhou Y, Zhu CR, Fan DL, Gong H, Zhao Q, Zhou CC, Zhao Y, Lu DF, Luo JH, Wang YC, Tian QL, Feng Q, Huang T, Han B.
RNA 2015; 21:2076-2087. LINK
An-2 encodes a cytokinin synthesis enzyme that regulates awn length and grain production in rice.
Gu BG, Zhou TY, Luo JH, Liu H, Wang YC, Shangguan YY, Zhu JJ, Li Y, Sang T, Wang ZX, Han B.
Molecular Plant 2015; 8:1635-1650. LINK
The draft genome of the grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) provides insights into its evolution and vegetarian adaptation.
Wang YP, Lu Y, Zhang Y, Ning ZM, Li Y, Zhao Q, Lu HY, Huang R, Xia XQ, Feng Q, Liang XF, Liu KY, Zhang L, Lu TT, Huang T, Fan DL, Weng QJ, Zhu CR, Lu YQ, Li WJ, Wen ZR, Zhou CC, Tian QL, Kang XJ, Shi MJ, Zhang WT, Jang SH, Fu FK, He S, Liao LJ, Li YM, Gui B, He HH, Ning Z, Yang C, He LB, Luo LF, Yang R, Luo Q, Liu XC, Li SS, Huang W, Xiao L, Lin HR, Han B, Zhu ZY.
Nature Genet 2015; 47:625-631. LINK
Comparative Population Genomics Reveals Strong Divergence and Infrequent Introgression between Asian and African Rice.
Huang XH, Zhao Q, Han B.
Molecular Plant 2015; 8:958-960. LINK
Genomic analysis of hybrid rice varieties reveals numerous superior alleles that contribute to heterosis.
Huang XH, Yang SH, Gong JY, Zhao Y, Feng Q, Gong H, Li WJ, Zhan QL, Cheng BY, Xia JH, Chen N, Hao ZN, Liu HY, Zhu CR, Huang T, Zhao Q, Zhang L, Fan DL, Zhou CC, Lu YQ, Weng QJ, Wang Z-X, Li JY, Han B.
Nature Communications 2015; 6:6258. LINK Comments from Nature Plants PDF
2014:
Research institutes spearhead rice study in China.
Li JY, Wan JM, Han B, Chong K, Qian Q, Fu XD, Wang YH, Mao L.
Nature Outlook 2014; Vol. 514 No. 7524_supp ppS49-S74. LINK< /FONT>
Natural variation and genome-wide association studies in crop plants.
Huang X, Han B.
Annu. Rev. Plant Biol. 2014; 65:4.1 -4.21. PDF< /FONT>
An-1 encodes a basic Helix-Loop-Helix protein that regulates awn development, grain size, and grain number in rice.
Luo J, Liu H, Zhou T, Gu B, Huang X, Shangguan Y, Zhu J, Li Y, Zhao Y, Wang Y, Zhao Q, Wang AH, Wang ZQ, Sang T, Wang ZX, Han B.
Plant Cell 2013; 25:3360-3376. PDF< /P>
The rice OsLTP6 gene promoter directs anther?specific expression by a combination of positive and negative regulatory elements.
Liu X, Shangguan Y, Zhu J, Lu Y, Han B.
Planta 2013; 238:845-857. PDF< /P>
A haplotype map of genomic variations and genome-wide association studies of agronomic traits in foxtail millet (Setaria italica)
Jia G, Huang X, Zhi H, Zhao Y, Zhao Q, Li W, Chai Y, Yang L, Liu K, Lu H, Zhu C, Lu Y, Zhou C, Fan D, Weng Q, Guo Y, Huang T, Zhang L, Feng Q, Hao H, Liu H, Lu P, Zhang N, Li Y, Guo E, Wang S, Wang S, Liu J, Zhang W, Chen G, Zhang B, Li W, Wang Y, Li H, Zhao B, Li J, Diao X, Han B.
Nature Genet. 2013; 45: 957-961. LINK< /P>
Sequencing-based genome-wide association study in rice.
Han B, Huang X.
Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2013; 16: 133- 138. LINK
The draft genome of the fast-growing non-timber forest species moso bamboo (Phyllostachys heterocycla).
Peng ZH,Lu Y,Li L,Zhao Q,Feng Q,Gao ZM,Lu HY,Hu T,Yao N,Liu KY,Li Y,Fan DL,Guo GL,Li WJ,Lu YQ,Weng QJ,Zhou CC, Zhang L,Huang T,Zhao Y,Zhu CR,Liu X,Yang XW,Wang T,Miao k,Zhuang ZY,Cao XL,Tang WL,Li GS,Liu YL,Chen J,Liu ZJ,Yuan LC,Liu ZH,Huang XH,Lu TT,Fei BH,Ning ZM,Han B,Jiang ZH.
Nature Genet. 2013; 45: 456-461. [36.377] LINK
Resequencing rice genomes: an emerging new era of rice genomics.
Huang X, Lu T, Han B.
Trends Genet. 2013; 29: 225-232. [10.064] LINK
2012:
Strand-specific RNA-seq reveals widespread occurrence of novel cis-natural antisense transcripts in rice.
Lu T, Zhu C, Lv G, Guo Y, Zhou Y, Zhang Z, Zhao Y, Li W, Lu Y, Tang W, Feng Q, Han B.
BMC Genomics 2012; 13: 721. [IF: 4.07] LINK
A map of rice genome variation reveals the origin of cultivated rice.
Huang X, Kurata N, Wei X, Wang Z-X, Wang A, Zhao Q, Zhao Y, Liu K, Lu H, Li W, Guo Y, Lu Y, Zhou C, Fan D, Weng Q, Zhu C, Huang T, Zhang L, Wang Y, Feng L, Furuumi H, Kubo T, Miyabayashi T, Yuan X, Xu Q, Dong G, Zhan Q, Li C, Fujiyama A, Toyoda A, Lu T, Feng Q, Qian Q, Li J, Han B.
Nature 2012; 490: 497-501. [IF: 36.28] LINK
Identification of QTLs for eight agronomically important traits using an ultra- high-density map based on SNPs generatd from high-throughput sequencing in sorghum under contrasting photoperiods.
Zou G, Zhai G, Feng Q, Yan S, Wang A, Zhao Q, Shao J, Zhang Z, Zou J, Han B*, Tao Y*.
J. EXP. BOT. 2012; 63: 5451-5462. [IF: 5.364] PDF
Nature Genetics | News and Views
A crop of maize variants.
Huang XH, Han B.
Nature Genet. 2012; 44: 734-735. PDF
Genetic control of seed shattering in rice by the APETALA2 transcription factor SHATTERING ABORTION1.
Zhou Y, Lu D, Li C, Luo J, Zhu B, Zhu J, Shangguan Y, Wang Z, Sang T, Zhou B, Han B.
Plant Cell 2012; 24: 1034-1048. [IF: 9.396] PDF Comments from The Plant Cell
Genome-wide association study of flowering time and grain yield traits in a worldwide collection of rice germplasm.
Huang X, Zhao Y, Wei X, Li C, Wang A, Zhao Q, Li W, Guo Y, Deng L, Zhu C, Fan D, Lu Y, Weng Q, Liu K, Zhou T, Jing Y, Si L, Dong G, Huang T, Lu T, Feng Q, Qian Q, Li J, Han B.
Nature Genet. 2012; 44: 32-39. [IF: 36.377] PDF
2003
Genome- wide intraspecific DNA-sequence variations in rice.
Han B*, Xue Y.
Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 2003, 6, 134-138. PMID:12667869 PDF
Characterization of the copy number of RIRE 10 retrotransposon and transcriptional activity of its LTR in rice genome.
Wang R, Hong G*, Han B*.
Acta Bioch Bioph Sin. 2003, 135, 768-773. PMID:12897975
2002
Sequence and analysis of rice chromosome 4.
Feng Q, Zhang Y, Hao P, Wang S, Fu G, Huang Y, Li Y, Zhu J, Liu Y, Hu X, Jia P, Zhang Y, Zhao Q, Ying K, Yu S, Tang Y, Weng Q, Zhang L, Lu Y, Mu J, Lu Y, Zhang LS, Yu Z, Fan D, Liu X, Lu T, Li C, Wu Y, Sun T, Lei H, Li T, Hu H, Guan J, Wu M, Zhang R, Zhou B, Chen Z, Chen L, Jin Z, Wang R, Yin H, Cai Z, Ren S, Lv G, Gu W, Zhu G, Tu Y, Jia J, Zhang Y, Chen J, Kang H, Chen X, Shao C, Sun Y, Hu Q, Zhang X, Zhang W, Wang L, Ding C, Sheng H, Gu J, Chen S, Ni L, Zhu F, Chen W, Lan L, Lai Y, Cheng Z, Gu M, Jiang J, Li J, Hong G, Xue Y, Han B*.
Nature 2002, 420, 336-340. PMID:12447439&nb, sp; PDF
A fine physical map of the rice chromosome 4.
Zhao Q, Zhang Y, Cheng Z, Chen M, Wang S, Feng Q, Huang Y, Li Y, Tang Y, Zhou B, Chen Z, Yu S, Zhu J, Hu X, Mu J, Ying K, Hao P, Zhang L, Lu Y, Zhang LS, Liu Y, Yu Z, Fan D, Weng Q, Chen L, Lu T, Liu X, Jia P, Sun T, Wu Y, Zhang Y, Lu Y, Li C, Wang R, Lei H, Li T, Hu H, Wu M, Zhang R, Guan J, Zhu J, Fu G, Gu M, Hong G, Xue Y, Wing R, Jiang J, Han B*.
Genome Res. 2002, 12, 817-823. PMID:11997348 PDF
Structural Analysis of a Gene Cluster Encoding DFR-like Proteins from Rice Chromosome 4.
Lei H, Zhou B, Zhang Y, Hong G*, Han B*.
Acta Bioch Bioph Sin. 2002, 34, 685-689. PMID:12417907
1997
Spontaneous duplication of a 661 bp element within a two-component sensor regulator gene causes phenotypic switching in colonies of Pseudomonas tolaasii, cause of brown blotch disease of mushrooms.
Han B, Pain A, Johnstone K.
Mol. Microbiol. 1997, 25, 211-218. PMID:9282733 PDF