1.Zhang Liping, Chen Ligang* and Yu Diqiu*. Transcription factor WRKY75 interacts with DELLA proteins to affect flowering. Plant Physiology. 2018, 176:1-14. (IF=6.456).

2.Chen Ligang, Xiang Shengyuan, Chen Yanli, Li Daibo, and Yu Diqiu. ArabidopsisWRKY45 interacts with the DELLA protein RGL1 to positively regulate age-triggered leaf senescence. Molecular Plant. 2017, 10, 1174–1189. (IF=8.827).

3.Chen Ligang, Zhang Liping, Li Daibo, Wang Fang and Yu Diqiu*. WRKY8 transcription factor functions in the TMV-cg defense response by mediating both abscisic acid and ethylene signaling in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2013, 110(21):E1963-1971. (IF=10.563).

4.Wang Qijuan, Chen Ligang*, and Yu Diqiu*. Overexpression of AtWRKY71 affects plant’s defense response to Pseudomonas syringae. Acta Botanica Yunnanica, 2015, 37(5):577-585.

5.Chen Ligang and Yu Diqiu*. ABA regulation of plant response to Biotic Stresses. 2014. Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London, Abscisic acid: Metabolism, Transport and Signaling, pp.409-429.

6.Chen Ligang, Song Yu, Li Shujia, Zhang Liping, Zou Changsong, and Yu Diqiu*. The role of WRKY transcription factors in plant abiotic stresses. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms. 2012, 1819:120-128. (IF=6.33)

7.Chen Ligang, Zhang Liping and Yu Diqiu*. Wounding-induced WRKY8 is involved in basal defense in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 2010, 23:558-565. (IF=4.414)

8.Song Yu #, Chen Ligang #, Zhang Liping, and Yu Diqiu*. Overexpression of OsWRKY72 gene interferes in the ABA signal and auxin transport pathway of Arabidopsis. Journal of Biosciences, 2010, 35: 459-471 .（# co-first author）. (IF=2.064)

9.Hu Yanru, Chen Ligang, Wang Houping, Zhang Liping, Wang Fang, and Yu Diqiu*. Arabidopsis transcription factor WRKY8 functions antagonistically with it’s interacting partner VQ9 to modulate salinity stress tolerance. Plant Journal. 2013, 74(5):730-745. (IF=6.963)

10.Jiang Guofeng, Jiang Bole, Chen Ligang, and Yu Diqiu* et al. The T3S effector XopXccN of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris is involved in plant defense through interference with photosystems, ROS generation, and callose deposition. African Journal of Microbiology Research, 2012, 6:3673-3683. (IF=0.539)

11.Li Shujia, Fu Qiantang, Chen Ligang, Huang Weidong, and Yu Diqiu*. Arabidopsis thaliana WRKY25, WRKY26, and WRKY33 coordinate induction of plant thermotolerance. Planta, 2011, 233:1237-1252. (IF=3.632)

12.Li Shujia, Zhou Xiang, Chen Ligang, Huang Weidong and Yu Diqiu*. Functional characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana WRKY39 in heat stress. Molecules and Cells, 2010, 29:475-483. (IF=2.274)

13.Yu Diqiu, Chen Ligang and Zhang Liping. Transcription Factor WRKY Superfamily: Origin, Structure and Function. Acta Botanica Yunnanica, 2006, 28(1):69-77.