1)Li Daibo, Zhang Haiyan, Mou Minghui, Chen Yanli, Xiang Shengyuan, Ligang Chen*, and Diqiu Yu*. Arabidopsis class II TCP transcription factors integrate with the FT–FD module to control flowering. Plant Physiology. 2019, 181:97-111. .
2)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.
3)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.
4)Zhang Liping, Chen Ligang* and Yu Diqiu*. Transcription factor WRKY75 interacts with DELLA proteins to affect flowering. Plant Physiology. 2018, 176:790-803.
5)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.
6)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.
7)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).
8)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.
9)王其娟,陈利钢*, 余迪求*.过表达AtWRKY71影响植物对病原菌Pseudomonas syringae的抗性, 植物分类与资源学报, 2015, 37(5):577-585.
10)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.
11)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.
12)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)
13)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.
14)Yu Diqiu, Chen Ligang and Zhang Liping. Transcription Factor WRKY Superfamily: Origin, Structure and Function. Acta Botanica Yunnanica, 2006, 28(1):69-77.