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• • Wheatley RM^#, Ford BL^#, Li L^#, Aroney STN, Knights HE, Ledermann R, East AK, Ramachandran VK*, Poole PS*. 2020. Lifestyle adaptations of Rhizobium from rhizosphere to symbiosis. PNAS,117 (38):23823-23834.
  • Wang ZP^#, Sun ZT^#, Pan H, Li WY, Huang LL, Wang FM, Zhang Q, Yu XF, Li DW, Li L^*, Zhong CH^*. 2025. AcJAZ2L2 confers resistance to kiwifruit bacterial canker via regulation of JA signaling and stomatal immunity. Horticulture Research, 12:uhaf215.
  • Wang ZP, Sun ZT, Pan H, Zhong CH^*, Li L^*. 2025. Haploid-specific variations of kiwifruit WAKL genes modulate immune-related responses in Nicotiana benthamiana. Plant Stress, 16:100849.
  • Deng L^#, Qiu XF^#, Su QY, Pan H, Wang ZP, Qian GL, Liu P, Liu DJ, Zhang XJ, Zhong CH^*, Li L^*. 2024. Complete genome sequence analysis of Pestalotiopsis microspora, a fungal pathogen causing kiwifruit postharvest rots. BMC Genomics, 25:839.
  • Cao YY, Zhang CX, Liu F, Li DW, Zhang AD, Li L^*, Zhang XJ^*. 2024. Genome-Wide Identification and expression analysis of kiwifruit leucine-rich repeat receptor-like proteins reveal their roles in biotic and abiotic stress responses. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25, 8: 4497.
  • Lin L^#, Li L^#, Tao M, Wu QH, Zhou LT, Wang BZ, Wang LM, Shao XL, Zhong CH^*, Qian GL^*. 2023. Assembly of an active microbial consortium by engineering compatible combinations containing foreign and native biocontrol bacteria of kiwifruit. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 21:3672-3679.
  • Li L^#, Pan H^#, Deng L, Qian GL, Wang ZP, Li WY, Zhong CH*. 2022. The antifungal activity and mechanism of silver nanoparticles against four pathogens causing kiwifruit post-harvest rot. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13: 988633.
  • Pan H, Zhong CH, Wang ZP, Deng L, Li WY, Zhao J, Long CA^*, Li L^*. 2022. Biocontrol ability and action mechanism of Meyerozyma guilliermondii 37 on soft rot control of postharvest kiwifruit. Microorganisms, 10: 2143.
  • Wang BZ^#, Li L^#, Li YH^#, Shen DY, Shao XL, Zhong CH^*, Qian GL^*. 2022. Targeted isolation of biocontrol agents from plants through phytopathogen co-culture and pathogen enrichment. Phytopathology Research, 4:19.
  • Pan H, Zhong CH, Xia LG, Li WY, Wang ZP, Deng L, Li L^*, Long CA^*. 2022. Antifungal activity of natamycin against kiwifruit soft rot caused by Botryosphaeria dothidea and potential mechanisms. Scientia Horticulturae, 305:111344.
  • Pan H, Deng L, Zhang YH, Feng DD, Zhong CH^*, Li L^*. 2020. First report of anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides on Akebia trifoliata in China. Plant Disease, 105(2): 499.
  • McCann HC^#, Li L^#, Liu YF, Li DW, Pan H, Zhong CH, Rikkerink EHA, Templeton MD, Straub C, Colombi E, Rainey PB*, Huang HW*. 2017. Origin and evolution of the kiwifruit canker pandemic. Genome Biology and Evolution, 9: 932-944.