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2. Kunlong Su^#, Yan Wang^#, Yuchen Liu, Meifeng Liu, Xiao Men, Haibo Zhang, Mo Xian, Zhenying Wu*, Chunxiang Fu*. （2023）. Screening of Bacillus altitudinis D47 from TNT red water-contaminated soil for highly dinitrotoluene sulfonate efficient biodegradation. Journal of Cleaner Production, 407. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137103

3. Chen Bai^#, Yingping Cao^#, Siyi Zhao, Zhenying Wu, Shaojun Dai, Honglun Wang, Chunxiang Fu*. (2022). Generation of CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutants in Monochasma savatieri using a hairy root system. Industrial Crops & Products, 191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2022.116008

4. Rui Li^#, Yan Zhao^#, Zhen Sun , Zhenying Wu , Honglun Wang , Chunxiang Fu , Hongbo Zhao* , Feng He *. (2022). Genome-Wide Identification of Switchgrass Laccases Involved in Lignin Biosynthesis and Heavy-Metal Responses. International journal of molecular sciences, 23(12), 6530. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23126530

5. Ruijuan Yang^#, Wenwen Liu^#, Ying Sun, Zhichao Sun, Zhenying Wu, Yamei Wang, Mengqi Wang, Honglun Wang, Shiqie Bai, Chunxiang Fu*. (2022). LATERAL BRANCHING OXIDOREDUCTASE, one novel target gene of Squamosa Promoter Binding Protein-like 2, regulates tillering in switchgrass. New phytologist, 235(2), 563-575. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18140

6. Yu Li^#, Wangdan Xiong^#, Feng He^#, Tianxiong Qi, Zhen Sun, Yuchen Liu, Shiqie Bai, Honglun Wang, Zhenying Wu^*, Chunxiang Fu^*. (2022). Downregulation of PvSAMS impairs SAM and lignin biosynthesis and improves cell wall digestibility in switchgrass. Journal of experimental botany, 73(12), 4157-4169. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac147

7. Yanmei Chen^#*, Chunxiang Fu^#, Zhenying Wu, Huimin Xu, Hongmei Liu, Harald Schneider, Jinxing Lin. (2021). Ginkgo biloba. Trends in genetics : TIG, 37(5), 488–489. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2021.01.009 

8. Kunlong Su^#, Zhenying Wu^#, Yuchen Liu^#, Shanshan Jiang , Dongmei Ma, Yan Wang , Chunxiang Fu^*. (2021). Highly efficient detoxification of dinitrotoluene by transgenic switchgrass overexpressing bacterial nitroreductase. Plant, cell & environment, 44(9), 3173–3183. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14099

9. Ruijuan Yang, Zhenying Wu, Chen Bai, Zhichao Sun, Mengqi Wang, Yuzhu Huo, Hailing Zhang, Yamei Wang, Huapeng Zhou, Shaojun Dai, Wenwen Liu^*, Chunxiang Fu^*. (2021). Overexpression of PvWOX3a in switchgrass promotes stem development and increases plant height. Horticulture research, 8(1), 252. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41438-021-00678-w

10. Siyi Zhao^#, Yanqiao Zhu^#, Wenwen Liu^#, Xiaoshan Wang, Han Wang, Yingping Cao, Fei Chen, Longxing Hu, Lixia Gong, Chunxiang Fu^*, Zhifei Zhang^*. (2021). Exogenous proanthocyanidins improve tolerance of Cu-toxicity by amelioration of oxidative damage and re-programming of gene expression in Medicago sativa. PloS one, 16(10), e0259100. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259100 

11. Yamei Wang^#, Wenwen Liu^#, Xinwei Wang, Ruijuan Yang, Zhenying Wu, Han Wang, Lei Wang, Zhubing Hu, Siyi Guo, Hailing Zhang, Jinxing Lin, Chunxiang Fu^*. (2020). MiR156 regulates anthocyanin biosynthesis through SPL targets and other microRNAs in poplar. Horticulture research, 7, 118. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41438-020-00341-w

12. Wangdan Xiong^#, Yu Li^#, Zhenying Wu, Lichao Ma, Yuchen Liu, Li Qin, Jisheng Liu, Zhubing Hu, Siyi Guo, Juan Sun, Guofeng Yang, Maofeng Chai, Chunyi Zhang, Xiaoduo Lu^*, Chunxiang Fu^*. (2020). Characterization of Two New brown midrib1 Mutations From an EMS-Mutagenic Maize Population for Lignocellulosic Biomass Utilization. Frontiers in plant science, 11, 594798. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.594798

13. Hailing Zhang^#, Yingping Cao^#, Huan Zhang, Yue Xu, Chuanen Zhou, Wenwen Liu, Ruifen Zhu, Chen Shang, Jikai Li, Zhongbao Shen, Siyi Guo, Zhubing Hu, Chunxiang Fu^*, Dequan Sun^*. (2020). Efficient Generation of CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Homozygous/Biallelic Medicago truncatula Mutants Using a Hairy Root System. Frontiers in plant science, 11, 294. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00294

14. Yuzhu Huo, Wangdan Xiong, Kunlong Su, Yu Li, Yawen Yang, Chunxiang Fu, Zhenying Wu^*, Zhen Sun^*. (2019). Genome-Wide Analysis of the TCP Gene Family in Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.). International journal of genomics, 2019, 8514928. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/8514928

15. Wangdan Xiong^#, Zhenying Wu^#, Yuchen Liu, Yu Li, Kunlong Su, Zetao Bai, Siyi Guo, Zhubing Hu, Zhiming Zhang, Yan Bao, Juan Sun, Guofeng Yang, Chunxiang Fu^*. (2019). Mutation of 4-coumarate: coenzyme A ligase 1 gene affects lignin biosynthesis and increases the cell wall digestibility in maize brown midrib5 mutants. Biotechnology for biofuels, 12, 82. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-019-1421-z

16. Zhenying Wu^#, Nengfei Wang^#, Hiroshi Hisano, Yingping Cao, Fengyan Wu, Wenwen Liu, Yan Bao, Zeng-Yu Wang, Chunxiang Fu^*. (2019). Simultaneous regulation of F5H in COMT-RNAi transgenic switchgrass alters effects of COMT suppression on syringyl lignin biosynthesis. Plant biotechnology journal, 17(4), 836–845. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.13019

17. Zhenying Wu^#, Hao Ren^#, Wangdan Xiong, Sanja Roje, Yuchen Liu, Kunlong Su, Chunxiang Fu^*. (2018). Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase modulates methyl metabolism and lignin monomer methylation in maize. Journal of experimental botany, 69(16), 3963–3973. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ery208

18. Jianli Wang^#, Zhenying Wu^#, Zhongbao Shen, Zetao Bai, Peng Zhong, Lichao Ma, Duofeng Pan, Ruibo Zhang, Daoming Li, Hailing Zhang, Chunxiang Fu, Guiqing Han^*, Changhong Guo^*. (2018). Genome-Wide Identification, Phylogeny, and Expression Analysis of ARF Genes Involved in Vegetative Organs Development in Switchgrass. International journal of genomics, 2018, 7658910. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/7658910

19. Zetao Bai^#, Tianxiong Qi^#, Yuchen Liu, Zhenying Wu, Lichao Ma, Wenwen Liu, Yingping Cao, Yan Bao, Chunxiang Fu^*. (2018). Alteration of S-adenosylhomocysteine levels affects lignin biosynthesis in switchgrass. Plant biotechnology journal, 16(12), 2016–2026. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.12935

20. Hailing Zhang, Yingping Cao, Chen Shang, Jikai Li, Jianli Wang, Zhenying Wu, Lichao Ma, Tianxiong Qi, Chunxiang Fu, Zetao Bai^*, Baozhong Hu^*. (2017). Genome-wide characterization of GRAS family genes in Medicago truncatula reveals their evolutionary dynamics and functional diversification. PloS one, 12(9), e0185439. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185439

21. Jianli Wang^#, Lichao Ma^#, Zhongbao Shen, Dequan Sun, Peng Zhong, Zetao Bai, Hailing Zhang, Yingping Cao, Yan Bao, Chunxiang Fu^*. (2017). Lignification of Sheepgrass Internodes at Different Developmental Stages and Associated Alteration of Cell Wall Saccharification Efficiency. Frontiers in plant science, 8, 414. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.00414

22. Zhenying Wu, Yingping Cao, Ruijuan Yang, Tianxiong Qi, Yuqing Hang, Hao Lin, Gongke Zhou, Zeng-Yu Wang, Chunxiang Fu^*. (2016). Switchgrass SBP-box transcription factors PvSPL1 and 2 function redundantly to initiate side tillers and affect biomass yield of energy crop. Biotechnology for biofuels, 9, 101. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-016-0516-z

23. Lifang Niu^#, Chunxiang Fu^#, Hao Lin^#, Tezera W Wolabu, Yanqi Wu, Zeng-Yu Wang, Million Tadege^*. (2016). Control of floral transition in the bioenergy crop switchgrass. Plant, cell & environment, 39(10), 2158–2171. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.12769

24. Chunxiang Fu, Timothy Hernandez, Chuanen Zhou, Zeng-Yu Wang^*. (2015). Alfalfa (medicago sativa l.). Methods Mol Biol, 1223(2), 213-221.

25. Guang Qi, Dian Wang, Li Yu, Xianfeng Tang, Guohua Chai, Guo He, Wenxuan Ma, Shengying Li, Yingzhen Kong, Chunxiang Fu^*, Gongke Zhou^*. (2015). Metabolic engineering of 2-phenylethanol pathway producing fragrance chemical and reducing lignin in Arabidopsis. Plant cell reports, 34(8), 1331–1342. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-015-1790-0

26. Yingping Cao, Junling Li, Li Yu, Guohua Chai, Guo He, Ruibo Hu, Guang Qi, Yingzhen Kong, Chunxiang Fu^*, Gongke Zhou^*. (2014). Cell wall polysaccharide distribution in Miscanthus lutarioriparius stem using immuno-detection. Plant cell reports, 33(4), 643–653. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-014-1574-y

27. Yanchong Yu, Ruibo Hu, Huamei Wang, Yingping Cao, Guo He, Chunxiang Fu^*, Gongke Zhou^*. (2013). MlWRKY12, a novel Miscanthus transcription factor, participates in pith secondary cell wall formation and promotes flowering. Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology, 212, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2013.07.010

28. Chunxiang Fu, Ramanjulu Sunkar, Chuanen Zhou, Hui Shen, Ji-Yi Zhang, Jessica Matts, Jennifer Wolf, David G J Mann, C Neal Stewart Jr, Yuhong Tang, Zeng-Yu Wang^*. (2012). Overexpression of miR156 in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) results in various morphological alterations and leads to improved biomass production. Plant biotechnology journal, 10(4), 443–452. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7652.2011.00677.x

29. Chunxiang Fu^#, Jonathan R Mielenz^#, Xirong Xiao, Yaxin Ge, Choo Y Hamilton, Miguel Rodriguez Jr, Fang Chen, Marcus Foston, Arthur Ragauskas, Joseph Bouton, Richard A Dixon^*, Zeng-Yu Wang^*. (2011). Genetic manipulation of lignin reduces recalcitrance and improves ethanol production from switchgrass. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108(9), 3803–3808. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1100310108

30. Chunxiang Fu, Xirong Xiao, Yajun Xi, Yaxin Ge, Fang Chen, Joseph Bouton, Richard A. Dixon, Zeng-Yu Wang^*. (2011). Downregulation of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (cad) leads to improved saccharification efficiency in switchgrass. Bioenergy Research, 4(3), 153-164. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12155-010-9109-z

31. Hui Shen, Chunxiang Fu, Xirong Xiao, Tui Ray, Yuhong Tang, Zengyu Wang, Fang Chen^*. (2009). Developmental control of lignification in stems of lowland switchgrass variety alamo and the effects on saccharification efficiency. BioEnergy Research, 2(4), 233-245. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12155-009-9058-6

32. Yajun Xi^#*, Chunxiang Fu^#, Yaxin Ge, Rangaraj Nandakumar, Hiroshi Hisano, Joseph Bouton and Zeng-Yu Wang^*. (2009). Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of switchgrass and inheritance of the transgenes. BioEnergy Research, 2(4), 275-283. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12155-009-9049-7

33. Chunxiang Fu, Yanjun Xu, Dexiu Zhao^*, Fengshan Ma. (2006). A comparison between hairy root cultures and wild plants of Saussurea involucrata in phenylpropanoids production. Plant cell reports, 24(12), 750–754. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-005-0049-6

34. Chunxiang Fu, Liqin Cheng, Xiaofen Lv, Dexiu Zhao^*, Fengshan Ma. (2006). Methyl jasmonate stimulates jaceosidin and hispidulin production in cell cultures of Saussurea medusa. Applied biochemistry and biotechnology, 134(1), 89–96. https://doi.org/10.1385/abab:134:1:89

35. Chunxiang Fu, Dexiu Zhao^*, Xiaofeng Xue, Zhiping Jin, Fengshan Ma. (2005). Transformation of saussurea involucrata by agrobacterium rhizogenes: hairy root induction and syringin production. Process Biochemistry, 40(12), 3789-3794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2005.03.063

36. Chunxiang Fu, Dexiu Zhao^*, Yan Huang, Fengshan Ma. (2005). Cellular aggregate size as the critical factor for flavonoid production by suspension cultures of Saussurea medusa. Biotechnology letters, 27(2), 91–95. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-004-6934-1

37. Maofeng Chai, Chuanen Zhou, Isabel Molina, Chunxiang Fu, Jin Nakashima, Guifen Li, Wenzheng Zhang, Jongjin Park, Yuhong Tang, Qingzhen Jiang, Zeng-Yu Wang^*. (2016). A class II KNOX gene, KNOX4, controls seed physical dormancy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(25), 6997–7002. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1601256113

38. Chuanen Zhou, Lu Han, Chunxiang Fu, Jiangqi Wen, Xiaofei Cheng, Jin Nakashima, Junying Ma, Yuhong Tang, Yang Tan, Million Tadege, Kirankumar S Mysore, Guangmin Xia, Zeng-Yu Wang^*. (2013). The trans-acting short interfering RNA3 pathway and no apical meristem antagonistically regulate leaf margin development and lateral organ separation, as revealed by analysis of an argonaute7/lobed leaflet1 mutant in Medicago truncatula. The Plant cell, 25(12), 4845–4862. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.113.117788

39. Qiao Zhao, Jin Nakashima, Fang Chen, Yanbin Yin, Chunxiang Fu, Jianfei Yun, Hui Shao, Xiaoqiang Wang, Zeng-Yu Wang, Richard A Dixon^*. (2013). Laccase is necessary and nonredundant with peroxidase for lignin polymerization during vascular development in Arabidopsis. The Plant cell, 25(10), 3976–3987. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.113.117770

40. Hui Shen, Mitra Mazarei, Hiroshi Hisano, Luis Escamilla-Trevino, Chunxiang Fu, Yunqiao Pu, Mary R Rudis, Yuhong Tang, Xirong Xiao, Lisa Jackson, Guifen Li, Tim Hernandez, Fang Chen, Arthur J Ragauskas, C Neal Stewart Jr, Zeng-Yu Wang, Richard A Dixon^*. (2013). A genomics approach to deciphering lignin biosynthesis in switchgrass. The Plant cell, 25(11), 4342–4361. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.113.118828

41. Qiao Zhao, Yuki Tobimatsu, Rui Zhou, Sivakumar Pattathil, Lina Gallego-Giraldo, Chunxiang Fu, Lisa A Jackson, Michael G Hahn, Hoon Kim, Fang Chen, John Ralph, Richard A Dixon^*. (2013). Loss of function of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase 1 leads to unconventional lignin and a temperature-sensitive growth defect in Medicago truncatula. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(33), 13660–13665. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1312234110

42. Yaxin Ge, Chunxiang Fu, Hem Bhandari, Joseph Bouton,E. Charles Brummer, Zeng-Yu Wang^*. (2011). Pollen viability and longevity of switchgrass (panicum virgatum l.). Crop Science, 51(6), 2698-2705. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2011.01.0057