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• 1. Feng H, Lin C, Liu W, Xiao L, Zhao XH, Kang LF, Liu X, Sang T, Yi ZL, Yan J^*, Huang HM^*. 2022. Transcriptome-wide variation of a candidate progenitor of Miscanthus energy crops reveal patterns of adaptation from native habitats to transplanted fields. Plants, 11, 1568.
  2. Zhao XH, Kang LF, Wang Q, Lin C, Liu W, Chen WL, Sang T, Yan J^*. 2021. Water use efficiency and stress tolerance of the potential energy crop Miscanthus lutarioriparius grown on the Loess Plateau of China. Plants, 10, 544.
  3. Miao JS, Feng Q, Li Y, Zhao Q, Zhou CC, Lu HY, Fan DL, Yan J, Lu YQ, Tian QL, Li WJ, Weng QJ, Zhang L, Zhao Y, Huang T, Li LG, Huang XH, Sang T, Han B. 2021.Chromosome-scale assembly and analysis of biomass crop Miscanthus lutarioriparius genome. Nature Communications, 12: 2458.
  4. Wang Q, Kang Lifang, Lin C, Song Z, Tao CC, Liu W, Sang T^*, Yan J^*. 2019. Transcriptomic evaluation of Miscanthus photosynthetic traits to salinity stress. Biomass and Bioenergy, 125: 123-130.
  5. Liu W, Kang L, Xu Q, Tao C, Yan J and Sang T^*. 2019. Increased expression diversity buffers the loss of adaptive potential caused by reduction of genetic diversity in new unfavourable environments. Biology Letters, 15: 20180583.
  6. Xing S, Tao C, Song Z, Liu W, Yan J, Kang L, Lin C, Sang T^*. 2018. Coexpression network revealing the plasticity and robustness of population transcriptome during the initial stage of domesticating energy crop Miscanthus lutarioriparius. Plant Molecular Biology, 97: 489-506.
  7. Yan J, Song ZH, Xu Q, Kang LF, Zhu CY, Xing SL, Liu W, Greimler J, Züst T, Li JQ*, Sang T^*. 2017. Population transcriptomic characterization of the genetic and expression variation of a candidate progenitor of Miscanthus energy crops. Molecular Ecology, 26: 5911-5922.
  8. Zhu CY, Liu W, Kang LF, Xu Q, Xing SL, Fan YY, Song ZH, Yan J^*, Li JQ, Sang T^*. 2017 Haplotypes phased from population transcriptomes detecting selection in the initial adaptation of Miscanthus Lutarioriparius to stressful environment. Plant Genome, 10:1-12.
  9. Song ZH, Xu Q, Lin C, Tao CC, Zhu CY, Xing SL, Fan YY, Liu W, Yan J, Li JQ, Sang T^*. 2017 Transcriptomic characterization of candidate genes responsive to salt tolerance of Miscanthus energy crops. Global Change Biology Bioenergy, 9: 1222-1237.
  10. Xu Q, Song ZH, Zhu CY, Tao CC, Kang LF, Liu W, He F, Yan J, Sang T^*. 2017 Systematic comparison of lncRNAs with protein coding mRNAs in population expression and their response to environmental change. BMC Plant Biology, 17:42.
  11. Yan J, Zhu MD, Liu W, Xu Q, Zhu CY, Li JQ^*, Sang T^*, 2016. Genetic variation and bidirectional gene flow in the riparian plant Miscanthus lutarioriparius, across its endemic range: Implications for adaptive potential. Global Change Biology Bioenergy, 8, 764-776.
  12. Fan YY, Wang Q, Kang LF, Liu W, Xu Q, Xing SL, Tao CC, Song ZH, Zhu CY, Lin C, Yan J^*, Li JQ, Sang T^*. 2016. Transcriptome-wide characterization of candidate genes for improving water use efficiency of energy crops grown on semiarid land. Journal of Experimental Botany, 66:6415-6429.
  13. Liu W, Peng C, Chen ZF, Liu Y, Yan J, Li JQ, Sang T*. 2016 Sustainable bioenergy production with little carbon debt in the Loess Plateau of China. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 9:161.
  14. Xu Q, Zhu CY, Fan YY, Song ZH, Xing SL, Liu W, Yan J, Sang T^*, 2016. Population transcriptomics uncovers the regulation of gene expression variation in adaptation to changing environment. Scientific Reports, 6:25536.
  15. Xing SL, Kang LF, Xu Q, Fan YY, Liu W, Zhu CY, Song ZH, Lin C, Shang F, Yan J^*, Li JQ, and Sang T*. 2016. The coordination of gene expression within photosynthesis pathway for acclimation of C4 energy crop Miscanthus lutarioriparius. Frontiers in plant science, 7: 109.
  16. Xu Q, Xing SL, Zhu CY, Liu W, Fan YY, Wang Q, Song ZH, Yang WH, Luo F, Shang F, Kang LF, Chen WL, Yan J, Li JQ, Sang T^*, 2015. Population transcriptomics reveals a potentially positive role of expression diversity in adaptation. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 57: 284-299.
  17. Yan J, Zhu C, Liu W, Luo F, Mi J, Ren Y, Li JQ*, Sang T*. 2015. High photosynthetic rate and water use efficiency of Miscanthus lutarioriparius characterize an energy crop in the semiarid temperate region. Global Change Biology Bioenergy, 7:207-218.
  18. Hu D, Li FF, Liu J, Sun YX, Li XW, Yan J^*, Li JQ^*. 2014. Systematic positions of Medicago edgeworthii and M. archiducis-nicolai (Leguminosae) inferred from plastid trnK/matK, nuclear GA30X1 and ITS sequences. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 46: 775-778.
  19. Mi J, Liu W, Yang WH, Yan J, Li JQ, Sang T. 2014. Carbon sequestration by Miscanthus energy crops plantations in a broad range semi-arid marginal land in China. Science of the Total Environment, 496, 373-380.
  20. Liu W, Mi J, Song ZH, Yan J, Li JQ, Sang T. 2014. Long-term water balance and sustainable production of Miscanthus energy crops in the Loess Plateau of China. Biomass and Bioenergy, 62, 47-57.
  21. Li X, Hu D, Luo MM, Zhu M, Li XW, Luo F, Li JQ^*, Yan J^*. 2013. Nuclear DNA content variation of three Miscanthus species in China. Genes & Genomes, 35: 13-20.
  22. Yan J, Chen W, Luo F, Ma H, Meng A, Li XW, Zhu M, Li S, Zhou H, Zhu WX, Han B, Ge S, Li JQ^*, Sang T^*. 2012. Variability and adaptability of Miscanthus species evaluated for energy crop domestication. Global Change Biology Bioenergy, 4, 49-60.
  23. Chu H^#, Yan J^#, Wang H, Li JQ^*.Cross-species amplification of 92 microsatellites of Medicagotruncatula.Molecular Ecology Resource , 2010, 10, 150-155. (#Co-first author)
  24. Yan J, Chu H, Wang H, Li JQ^*, Sang T. Population genetic structure of two Medicago species shaped by distinct life form, mating system and seed dispersal. Annals of Botany, 2009, 103, 825-834.