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• 1. Chen L, Song HY, Xin J, Cheng W, Yang M, Sun H. 2025. Unraveling the floral aroma of lotus (Nelumbo nucifera): Insights from volatile metabolomics and transcriptomics. Industrial crops and products, 227: 120782
  2. Sun H, Xin J, Ullah A, Song HY, Chen L, Yang D, Deng XB, Liu J, Ming R, Zhang MH, Yang H, Dong GQ, Yang M. 2025.Unveiling the secrets of lotus seed longevity: insights into adaptive strategies for extended storage. Journal of Experimental Botany, 76:1147-1163.
  3. Song HY, Sun H, Dong GQ, Yang H, Xin J, Yang D, Deng XB, Liu J, Su YY, Yang M. 2024. NnSBE1 encodes a starch branching enzyme involved in starch biosynthesis in lotus seeds. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 279: 135104.
  4. Chen L, Dong GQ, Song HY, Xin J, Su YY, Cheng W, Yang M, Sun H. 2024. Unveiling the molecular dynamics of low temperature preservation in postharvest lotus seeds: a transcriptomic perspective. BMC Plant Biology, 24:755.
  5. Song HY, Xin J, Yang D, Dong GQ, Deng XB, Liu J, Zhang MH, Chen L, Su YY, Yang H, Yang M, Heng Sun. 2024. NnSUS1 encodes a sucrose synthase involved in sugar accumulation in lotus seed cotyledons. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 210, 108591.
  6. Song HY, Sun H, Xin J, Yang D, Deng XB, Liu J, Li JJ, Zhang MH, Wang YX, Yang M. 2024. FLOWERING LOCUS T genes control floral induction in lotus. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 207:108339.
  7. Deng XB, Huang JH, Zhang MH, Wei X, Song HY, Wang YX, Xin J, Sun H, Liu J, Yang D, Li J, Yang M. 2023. Metabolite profiling and screening of callus browning-related genes in lotus (Nelumbo nucifera). Physiologia Plantarum, 175:e14027.
  8. Liu J, Wang YX, Deng XB, Zhang MH, Sun H, Gao L, Song HY, Xin J, Ming R, Yang D, Yang M. 2023. Transcription factor NnMYB5 controls petal color by regulating GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE2 in Nelumbo nucifera. Plant Physiology, 193:1213-1226
  9. Chen L, Song HY, Xin J, Dong GQ, Xu F, Su YY, Yang M, Sun H. 2023. Comprehensive genome-wide identification and functional characterization of MAPK cascade gene families in Nelumbo. Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 233: 123543.
  10. Chen L, Xin J, Song HY, Xu F, Sun H, Yang M. 2023. Genome-wide study and functional characterization elucidates the potential association of late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) genes with lotus seed development. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 226:1-13
  11. Zheng P, Sun H, Liu J, Lin JS, Zhang XT, Qin Y, Zhang WP, Xu XM, Deng XB, Yang D, Wang M, Zhang YT, Song H, Huang YJ, Orozco-Obando W, Ming R, Yang M. 2022. Comparative analyses of American and Asian lotus genomes reveal insights into petal color, carpel thermogenesis and domestication, The Plant Journal, 110:1498-1515.
  12. Deng XB, Yang D, Sun H, Liu J, Song HY, Xiong YQ, Wang YM, Ma JY, Zhang MH, Li J, Liu YL, Yang M. 2022. Time-course analysis and transcriptomic identification of key response strategies to complete submergence in Nelumbo nucifera. Horticulture Research, 9: uhac001.
  13. Sun H, Liu YL, Ma JY, Wang YM, Song HY, Li JJ, Deng XB, Yang D, Liu J, Zhang MH, Xiong YQ, Yang M. 2021. Transcriptome analysis provides strategies for postharvest lotus seeds preservation. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 179: 111583.
  14. Sun H, Li JJ, Song HY, Yang D, Deng XB, Liu J, Wang YM, Ma JY, Xiong YQ, Liu YL, Yang M. 2020. Comprehensive analysis of AGPase genes uncovers their potential roles in starch biosynthesis in lotus seed. BMC Plant Biology, 20:457.
  15. Ming R, VanBurenR, Liu YL, Yang M, Han YP, Li LT, et al. 2013. Genome of the long-living sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.). Genome Biology, 14:R41.