1. Yan Zheng#; Danni Yang#; Landi Luo; Xin Yin; Xingyu Yang; Yunqiang Yang*; Xiangxiang Kong*; Yongping Yang*. A functional FRIa variant drives turnip adaptation to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. Molecular Horticulture, 2026, 6(1): 6. (5-Year IF = 11.0; JCR 4.44%, Q1)
2. Yan Zheng#, Danni Yang#, Xin Yin, Xingyu Yang, Mingyue Chen, Xieshengyang Li, Tianyu Yang, Joeri Sergej Strijk, Damien Daniel Hinsinger, Yunqiang Yang*, Xiangxiang Kong*, Yongping Yang*. The chromosome-level genome assembly of Cananga odorata provides insights into its evolution and terpenoid biosynthesis. New Phytologist, 2024, 243:2279–2294. (5-Year IF = 10.20; JCR 4.39%, Q1)
3. Landi Luo, Yan Zheng, Xieshengyang Li, Qian Chen, Danni Yang, Zhijia Gu, Ya Yang, Yunqiang Yang*, Xiangxiang Kong*, Yongping Yang*. ICE1 interacts with IDD14 to transcriptionally activate QQS to increase pollen germination and viability. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2024, 66:1801–1819. (Second Author; 5-Year IF = 10.8; JCR 3.297%, Q1)
4. Xieshengyang Li#, Yan Zheng#, Landi Luo, Qian Chen, Tianyu Yang, Ya Yang, Qin Qiao, Xiangxiang Kong*, Yongping Yang*. The evolution and functional divergence of FT-related genes in controlling flowering time in Brassica rapa ssp. rapa. Plant Cell Reports, 2024, 43:86. (Co-first Author; 5-Year IF = 6.1; JCR 13.919%, Q1)
5. Yan Zheng, Landi Luo, Xieshengyang Li, Qian Chen, Ya Yang, Yuanwen Duan, Xiangxiang Kong*, Yongping Yang*. Human agricultural activities influence the flowering time of turnip in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Plant Diversity, 2023, 47(6): 899-907. (5-Year IF = 5.4; JCR 7.326%, Q1)
6. Yan Zheng#, Landi Luo#, Qian Chen, Danni Yang, Yuqiang Gong, Ya Yang, Xiangshi Qin, Yuhua Wang, Xiangxiang Kong*, Yongping Yang*. Cold response transcriptome analysis of the alternative splicing events induced by the cold stress in D. catenatum. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022, 23(2):981. (5-Year IF = 5.7; JCR Q1)
7. Yan Zheng#, Zean Gao#, Landi Luo, Yonggang Wang, Qian Chen, Xiangxiang Kong*, Yongping Yang*. Divergence of the genetic contribution of FRIGIDA homologues in regulating the flowering time in Brassica rapa ssp. rapa. Gene, 2021, 796–797:145790. (5-Year IF = 2.8; JCR Q3)
8. Landi Luo#, Yan Zheng#, Zean Gao, Qian Chen, Xiangxiang Kong*, Yongping Yang*. Grafting improves drought stress memory by increasing the P5CS1 gene expression in Brassica rapa. Plant and Soil, 2020, 452:61–72. (Co-first Author; 5-Year IF = 4.7; JCR Q1)
9. Yan Zheng#, Landi Luo#, Zean Gao, Yuanyuan Liu, Qian Chen, Xiangxiang Kong*, Yongping Yang*. Grafting induces flowering time and tuber formation changes in Brassica species involving FT signalling. Plant Biology, 2019, 21(6):1031–1038. (5-Year IF = 4.4; JCR 15.849%, Q1)
10. Yan Zheng#, Landi Luo#, Yuanyuan Liu, Yunqiang Yang, Chuntao Wang, Xiangxiang Kong*, Yongping Yang*. Effect of vernalization on tuberization and flowering in the Tibetan turnip is associated with changes in the expression of FLC homologues. Plant Diversity, 2018, 40(2):50–56. (5-Year IF = 5.4; JCR 7.326%, Q1)
