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• 1. Zhang LL, Chen JJ, Wassie M, Lü SY, Chen L. 2023. Molecular mechanism of differential development and lipid accumulation between two components in the seed of tung tree (Vernicia fordii Hemsl.). Industrial Crops and Products, 194: 116316.
  2. Jia H, Chen JJ, Zhang L, Zhang LL. 2022. The first Report on Transgenic Hairy Root Induction from the Stem of Tung Tree (Vernicia fordii). Plants, 11: 1315.
  3. Zhang LL, Wu P, Li WY, Feng T, Shockey J, Chen L, Zhang L, Lü SY. 2021. Triacylglycerol biosynthsis in shaded seeds of tung tree (Vernicia fordii) is regulated in part by Homeodomain Leucine Zipper 21. Plant Journal, 108: 1735-1753.
  4. Zhang LL, Liu XL, Peng JH. 2019. Genetic diversity and geographic differentiation of Tung tree, Vernicia fordii (Euphorbiaceae), a potential biodiesel plant species with low invasion risk. Agronomy, 9: 402.
  5. Zhang LL, Lü SY, Yang BM, Parsons EP. 2019. An efficient callus-based in vitro regeneration protocol for Warburgia ugandensis, an important medicinal plant in Africa. In Vitro Cellular and Development Biology-Plant, 55: 3-8.
  6. Zhang LL, Wu P, Lu WY, Lü SY. 2018. Molecular mechanism of the extended oil accumulation phase contributing to the high seed oil content for the genotype of tung tree. BMC Plant Biology, 18: 248.
  7. Wu P, Zhang LL, Feng T, Lu WY, Zhao HY, Li JZ, Lü SY. 2018. A conserved glycine is identified to be essential for desaturase activity of IpFAD2s by analyzing natural variants from Idesia polycarpa. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 219: 3932.
  8. Cui P, Lin Q, Fang DM, Zhang LL, Li RJ, Cheng JY, Gao F, Shockey J, Hu SN, Lü SY. 2018. Tree (Vernicia fordii, Hemsl.) Genome and transcriptome sequencing reveals co-ordinate up-regulation of fatty acid β-oxidation and triacylglycerol biosynthesis pathways during eleostearic acid accumulation in seeds. Plant and cell Physiology, 59: 1990-2003.
  9. Zhang LL, Lü SY, Sun DF, Peng JH. 2015. Genetic variation and geographic differentiation revealed using ISSR markers in tung tree, Vernicia fordii. Journal of Genetics, 94: e5-e9.
  10. Zhang LL, Luo MC, You MF, Nevo E, Lü SY, Sun DF, Peng JH. 2015. Development of microsatellite markers in tung tree (Vernicia fordii) using cassava genomic sequences. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 33: 893-904.
  11. Zhang LL, Wang B, Pan L, Peng JH. 2013. Recycling isolation of plant DNA, a novel method. Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 40: 45-54.
  12. Zhang LL, Dai LJ, Gou JB, Peng JH. 2013. An effective protocol to solve the problem in genomic DNA isolation of tung tree. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 22: 492-497.
  13. Pan Y, Pan L, Chen L, Zhang LL, Nevo E, Peng JH. 2013. Development of microsatellite markers in the oil-producing species Vernicia fordii (Euphorbiaceae), a potential biodiesel feedstock. Applications in Plant Sciences, 1: 1-4.
  14. Zhang LL, Pan Y, Fu JM, Peng JH. 2012. Season, Environment stress and refrigerated storage affect genomic DNA isolation of tung tree. American Journal of Plant Science, 3: 1562-1567.