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• 1. Feng Q., Cao S., Liao S., Wassie M., Sun X., Chen L^*., Xie Y^*. 2023. Fusarium equiseti-inoculation altered rhizosphere soil microbial community, potentially driving perennial ryegrass growth and salt tolerance. Science of the Total Environment, 871:162153.
  2. Zhang L., Chen J., Wassie M., Lü S^*., 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.
  3. Wassie M., Song S., Cao L^*., Chen L^*. 2023. A Medicago truncatula Calcineurin B-like protein, MtCBL13 confers drought sensitivity in Arabidopsis through ABA-dependent pathway. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 206:105141.
  4. Ma G^#., Shen J.#., Yu H., Huang X., Deng X., Hu Z., Amee M., Chen L^*., Cao L^*. 2022. Genome-wide identification and functional analyses of heat shock transcription factors involved in heat and drought stresses in ryegrass. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 201:104968.
  5. Huang X^#., Cao L^#., Fan J., Ma G., Chen L^*. 2022. CdWRKY2-mediated sucrose biosynthesis and CBF-signalling pathways coordinately contribute to cold tolerance in bermudagrass. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 20(4):660-675.
  6. Shi H^#*., Cao L^#., Xu Y^#., Yang X., Liu S., Liang Z., Li G., Yang Y., Zhang Y., Chen L^*. 2021. Transcriptional profiles underlying the effects of salicylic acid on fruit ripening and senescence in pear (Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai). Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 20(9): 2424-2437.
  7. Bi A^#., Wang T^#., Wang G., Zhang L., Wassie M., Amee M., Xu H., Hu Z., Liu A., Fu J., Chen L^{？ (Senior author)}. , Hu T^*. 2021.Stress memory gene FaHSP17.8-CII controls thermotolerance via remodeling PSII and ROS signaling in tall fescue. Plant Physiology, 87(3):1163-1176.
  8. Hu T., Wang T., Wang G., Bi A., Wassie M., Xie Y., Chen L^*. 2021. Overexpression of FaHSP17. 8-CII improves cadmium accumulation and tolerance in tall fescue shoots by promoting chloroplast stability and photosynthetic electron transfer of PSII. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 417:125932.
  9. Zhang L., Wu P., Li W., Feng T., Shockey J., Chen L., Zhang L^*., Lü S^*. 2021. Triacylglycerol biosynthesis in shaded seeds of tung tree (Vernicia fordii) is regulated in part by Homeodomain Leucine Zipper 21. Plant Journal, 108(6):1735-1753.
  10. Zhang L^#., Wang T^#., Wang G., Bi A., Wassie M., Xie Y., Cao L., Xu H., Fu J., Chen L^*., Zhao Y^*., Hu T*. 2021. Simultaneous gene editing of three homoeoalleles in self-incompatible allohexaploid grasses. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 63(8):1410-1415.
  11. Xie Y^#., Bu H^#., Feng Q., Wassie M., Amee M., Jiang Y., Chen L^*. 2021. Identification of Cd-resistant microorganisms from heavy metal-contaminated soil and its potential in promoting the growth and Cd accumulation of bermudagrass. Environmental Research, 200:111730.
  12. Huang X., Amee M., Chen L^*. 2021. Bermudagrass CdWRKY50 gene negatively regulates plants’response to salt stress. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 188:104513.
  13. Feng Q., Song S., Yang Y., Amee M., Chen L^*., Xie Y^*. 2021. Comparative physiological and metabolic analyzes of two Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) cultivars with contrasting salinity tolerance. Physiologia Plantarum, 172(3):1688-1699.
  14. Huang Y., Wang W., Yu H., Peng J., Hu Z., Chen L^*. 2021. The role of 14-3-3 proteins in plant growth and response to abiotic stress. Plant Cell Reports, 44:833-852.
  15. Zhang J., Qian Y., Chen Z., Amee M., Niu H., Du D., Yao J., Chen K^*., Chen L^*., Sun J^*. 2020. Lead-induced oxidative stress triggers root cell wall remodeling and increases lead absorption through esterification of cell wall polysaccharide. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 38:121524.
  16. Zhu H., Ai H., Hu Z., Du D., Sun J., Chen K^*., Chen L^*. 2020. Comparative transcriptome combined with metabolome analyses revealed key factors involved in nitric oxide (NO)-regulated cadmium stress adaptation in tall fescue. BMC Genomics, 21:601.
  17. Qian Y#., Cao L#., Zhang Q., Amee M., Chen K^*., Chen L^*. 2020. SMRT and Illumina RNA sequencing reveal novel insights into the heat stress response and crosstalk with leaf senescence in tall fescue. BMC Plant Biology, 20:366.
  18. Zhu H^#., Chen L^#., Xing W., Ran S., Wei Z., Amee M., Wassie M., Niu H., Tang D., Sun J, Du D., Yao J., Hou H., Chen K*., Sun J*. 2020. Phytohormones-induced senescence efficiently promotes the transport of cadmium from roots into shoots of plants: A novel strategy for strengthening of phytoremediation. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 388:122080.
  19. Hu Z., Huang X., Amombo E., Liu A., Fan J., Bi A., Ji K., Xin H., Chen L^*., Fu J^*. 2020. The ethylene responsive factor CdERF1 from bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) positively regulates cold tolerance. Plant Science, 294 (2020):110432.
  20. Fan J^#., Zhang W^#., Amombo E., Hu L^*., Kjorven J., Chen L^*. 2020. Mechanisms of environmental stress tolerance in turfgrass. Agronomy, 10:522.
  21. Wassie M., Zhang W., Zhang Q., Ji K., Cao L^*., Chen L^*. 2020. Exogenous salicylic acid ameliorates heat stress-induced damages and improves growth and photosynthetic efficiency in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 191:110206.
  22. Fan J., Xie Y., Hu Z., Liu A., Amombo E., Chen L^*., Fu J^*. 2020. Association of SSR Markers with Cold Tolerance Traits in Diverse Bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.] Accessions. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 39:172-182.
  23. Zeng N., Yang Z., Zhang Z., Hu L^*., Chen L^*. 2019. Comparative transcriptome combined with proteome analyses revealed key factors involved in Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) response to waterlogging stress. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20:1359.
  24. Xie Y., Sun X., Feng Q., Luo H., Wassie M., Amee M., Amombo E., Chen L^*. 2019. Comparative physiological and metabolomic analyses reveal mechanisms of Aspergillus aculeatus-mediated abiotic stress tolerance in tall fescue. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 142:342-350.
  25. Zhu H^#., Ai H^#., Cao L., Sui R., Ye H., Du D., Sun J., Yao J., Chen K^*., Chen L^*. 2018. Transcriptome analysis providing novel insights for Cd-resistant tall fescue responses to Cd stress. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 160:349-356.
  26. Fan J^#., Xie Y^#., Zhang Z., Chen L.^* 2018. Melatonin: A Multifunctional Factor in Plants. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 19:1528.
  27. Hu Z^#., Liu A^#., Gitau M., Huang X., Chen L^*., Fu J^*. 2018. Insights into the MicroRNA-regulated response of bermudagrass to cold and salt stress. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 145:64-74.
  28. Hu Z., Liu A., Bi A., Amombo E., Mukami Gitau M., Huang X., Chen L^*., Fu J^*. 2017. Identification of differentially expressed proteins in bermudagrass response to cold stress in the presence of ethylene. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 139:67-78.
  29. Chen L^#*., Fan J^#., Hu Z., Huang X., Amombo E., Liu A., Bi A., Chen K., Xie Y., Fu J. 2017. Melatonin is involved in regulation of bermudagrass growth and development and response to low K+ stress. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8:2038.
  30. Huang X., Shi H., Hu Z., Liu A., Amombo E., Chen L^*., Fu J^*. 2017. ABA is involved in regulation of cold stress response in Bermudagrass. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8:1613.
  31. Xie Y., Li X., Liu X., Amombo E., Chen L^*., Fu J^*. 2017. Application of Aspergillus aculeatus to rice roots reduces Cd concentration in grain. Plant and Soil, 422:409-422.
  32. Ma L., Hu L., Fan J., Amombo E., Khaldun A., Zheng Y^*., Chen L^*. 2017. Cotton GhERF38 gene is involved in plant response to salt/drought and ABA. Ecotoxicology, 26:841-854.
  33. Hu Z., Amombo E., Gitau M., Bi A., Zhu H., Zhang L., Chen L^*., Fu J^*. 2017. Changes of antioxidant defense system and fatty acid composition in Bermudagrass under Chilling Stress. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, 142:101-109.
  34. Xie Y., Fan J., Zhu W., Amombo E., Lou Y., Chen L^*., Fu J^*. 2016. Effect of heavy metals pollution on soil microbial diversity and bermudagrass genetic variation. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7:755.
  35. Hu Z., Fan J., Chen K., Amombo E., Chen L^*., Fu J^*. 2016. Effects of ethylene on photosystem II and antioxidant enzyme activity in Bermuda grass under low temperature. Photosynthesis Research, 128:59-72.
  36. Liu A., Fan J., Gitau M., Chen L^*., Fu J^*. 2016. Nitric Oxide involvement in Bermudagrass response to salt stress. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, 141:425-433.
  37. Liu A., Hu Z., Bi A., Fan J., Gitau M., Amombo E., Chen L^*., Fu J^*. 2016. Photosynthesis, antioxidant system and gene expression of bermudagrass in response to low temperature and salt stress. Ecotoxicology, 25:1445-1457.
  38. Chen L^#., Fan J^#., Hu L., Hu Z., Xie Y., Zhang Y., Lou Y., Nevo E*., Fu J^*. 2015. A transcriptomic analysis of bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) provides novel insights into the basis of low temperature tolerance. BMC Plant Biology, 15:216.
  39. Xie Y., Sun X., Ren J., Fan J., Lou Y., Fu J^*., Chen L^*. 2015. Genetic diversity and association mapping of cadmium tolerance in bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.]. Plant and Soil, 390:307-321.
  40. Chen L., Ren J., Shi H., You Y., Fan J., Chen K., Liu S, Nevo E., Sun D., Fu J^*., Peng J^*. 2015. TdCBL6, a calcineurin B-like gene from wild emmer wheat (Triticum dicoccoides), is involved in response to stresses of salt and low-K⁺. Molecular Breeding, 35:50.
  41. Fan J^#., Hu Z^#., Xie Y., Chan Z., Chen K., Amombo E., Chen L^*., Fu J^*. 2015. Alleviation of cold damage to photosystem II and metabolisms by melatonin in Bermudagrass. Frontiers in Plant Science, 6:925.
  42. Fan J., Chen K., Amombo E., Hu Z., Chen L^*., Fu J^*. 2015. Physiological and molecular mechani42. sm of Nitric Oxide (NO) involved in Bermudagrass response to cold stress. PLoS One, 10(7):e0132991.
  43. Shi H., Li Z., Zhang Y^*., Chen L^*., Xiang D., Zhang Y. 2014. Two pear glutathione s-transferases genes are regulated during fruit development and involved in response to salicylic acid, auxin and glucose signaling. PLoS One, 9(2):e89926.
  44. Fan J., Ren J., Zhu W., Amombo E., Fu J^*., Chen L^*. 2014. Antioxidant responses and gene expression in bermudagrass under cold stress. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, 139(6):1-7.
  45. Chen L., Wang Q., Zhou L., Ren F., Li D., Li X.^* 2013. Arabidopsis CBL-interacting protein kinase (CIPK6) is involved in plant response to salt/osmotic stress and ABA. Molecular Biology Reports, 40:4759-4767.
  46. Chen L., Ren J., Shi H., Chen X., Zhang M., Pan Y., Fan J., Nevo E., Sun D., Fu J^*., Peng J^*. 2013. Physiological and molecular responses to salt stress in wild emmer and cultivated wheat. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 31:1212-1219.
  47. Ren J^#., Chen L^#., Sun D., You F., Wang J., Peng Y., Nevo E., Beiles A., Sun D., Luo M., Peng J*. 2013. SNP-revealed genetic diversity in wild emmer wheat correlates with ecological factors. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 13:169.
  48. Chen L., Ren F., Zhou L., Wang Q., Zhong H., Li X^*. 2012. The Brassica napus Calcineurin B-Like1/CBL-interacting protein kinase 6 (CBL1/CIPK6) component is involved in the plant response to abiotic stress and ABA signaling. Journal of Experimental Botany, 63(17):6211-6222.
  49. Chen L., Zhong H., Ren F., Guo Q., Hu X., Li X^*. 2011. A novel cold-regulated gene, COR25, of Brassica napus is involved in plant response and tolerance to cold stress. Plant Cell Reports, 30(4):463-471.
  50. Chen L^#., Ren F^#., Zhong H., Jiang W., Li X^*. 2010. Identification and expression analysis of genes induced by high-salinity and drought stresses in Brassica napus. Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica, 42(2):154-164.