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  1. SoyDNGP: A Web-Accessible Deep Learning Framework for Genomic Prediction in Soybean Breeding

    Article • June 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Fanjiang Kong

  2. The AP2/ERF transcription factor TOE4b regulates photoperiodic flowering and grain yield per plant in soybean

    Article • Plant Biotechnology Journal, May 2023, Wiley

    Fanjiang Kong

  3. Origin, variation, and selection of natural alleles controlling flowering and adaptation in wild and cultivated soybean

    Article • Molecular Breeding, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Fanjiang Kong

  4. GmEID1 bridging light signals to soybean growth, flowering time and yield

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Bin Liu, Fanjiang Kong

  5. A retrotransposon insertion in the Mao1 promoter results in erect pubescence and higher yield in soybean

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Fanjiang Kong

  6. Natural variation of FKF1 controls flowering and adaptation during soybean domestication and improvement

    Article • New Phytologist, March 2023, Wiley

    Fanjiang Kong

  7. miR172: a messenger between nodulation and flowering

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, March 2023, Elsevier

    Fanjiang Kong

  8. Diverse flowering responses subjecting to ambient high temperature in soybean under short‐day conditions

    Article • Plant Biotechnology Journal, December 2022, Wiley

    Fanjiang Kong

  9. Understandings and future challenges in soybean functional genomics and molecular breeding

    Article • Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, December 2022, Wiley

    Fanjiang Kong

  10. The genetic basis of high-latitude adaptation in wild soybean

    Article • Current Biology, December 2022, Elsevier

    Fanjiang Kong

  11. Identification of two quantitative genes controlling soybean flowering using bulked-segregant analysis and genetic mapping

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, November 2022, Frontiers

    Fanjiang Kong

  12. GmTOC1b inhibits nodulation by repressing GmNIN2a and GmENOD40-1 in soybean

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, November 2022, Frontiers

    Fanjiang Kong

  13. Natural variation of Dt2 determines branching in soybean

    Article • Nature Communications, October 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Fanjiang Kong

  14. GIGANTEA orthologs, E2 members, redundantly determine photoperiodic flowering and yield in soybean

    Article • Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, October 2022, Wiley

    Fanjiang Kong

  15. Novel and multifaceted regulations of photoperiodic flowering by phytochrome A in soybean

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Fanjiang Kong

  16. Identification of ST1 reveals a selection involving hitchhiking of seed morphology and oil content during soybean domestication

    Article • Plant Biotechnology Journal, March 2022, Wiley

    Fanjiang Kong

  17. A functionally divergent SOC1 homolog improves soybean yield and latitudinal adaptation

    Article • Current Biology, March 2022, Elsevier

    Fanjiang Kong

  18. Regulation of flowering and maturation in soybean

    Article • January 2022, Elsevier

    Fanjiang Kong

  19. The control of compound inflorescences: insights from grasses and legumes

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, December 2021, Elsevier

    Fanjiang Kong

  20. Parallel selection of distinct Tof5 alleles drove the adaptation of cultivated and wild soybean to high latitudes

    Article • Molecular Plant, October 2021, Elsevier

    Fanjiang Kong

  21. Genetic basis and adaptation trajectory of soybean from its temperate origin to tropics

    Article • Nature Communications, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Fanjiang Kong

  22. Overcoming the genetic compensation response of soybean florigens to improve adaptation and yield at low latitudes

    Article • Current Biology, September 2021, Elsevier

    Fanjiang Kong

  23. Progress in soybean functional genomics over the past decade

    Article • Plant Biotechnology Journal, August 2021, Wiley

    Fanjiang Kong

  24. Multiplex CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout of soybean LNK2 advances flowering time

    Article • The Crop Journal, August 2021, Elsevier

    Fanjiang Kong

  25. MS1 is essential for male fertility by regulating the microsporocyte cell plate expansion in soybean

    Article • Science China Life Sciences, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Fanjiang Kong

  26. Rapid excavating a FLOWERING LOCUS T-regulator NF-YA using genotyping-by-sequencing

    Article • Molecular Breeding, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Fanjiang Kong

  27. Natural variation and artificial selection of photoperiodic flowering genes and their applications in crop adaptation

    Article • aBIOTECH, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Fanjiang Kong

  28. Natural variation of the Dt2 promoter controls plant height and node number in semi-determinant soybean

    Article • Molecular Breeding, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Fanjiang Kong

  29. A flowering time locus dependent on E2 in soybean

    Article • Molecular Breeding, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Fanjiang Kong

  30. Molecular mechanisms for the photoperiodic regulation of flowering in soybean

    Article • Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, April 2021, Wiley

    Fanjiang Kong

  31. From genes to networks: The genetic control of leaf development

    Article • Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, April 2021, Wiley

    Fanjiang Kong

  32. A recent retrotransposon insertion of J caused E6 locus facilitating soybean adaptation into low latitude

    Article • Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, April 2021, Wiley

    Fanjiang Kong

  33. Cotranscriptional and Posttranscriptional Features of the Transcriptome in Soybean Shoot Apex and Leaf

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, April 2021, Frontiers

    Fanjiang Kong

  34. Ancient relaxation of an obligate short-day requirement in common bean through loss of CONSTANS-like gene function

    Article • Current Biology, April 2021, Elsevier

    Fanjiang Kong

  35. FT5a interferes with the Dt1‐AP1 feedback loop to control flowering time and shoot determinacy in soybean

    Article • Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, March 2021, Wiley

    Fanjiang Kong

  36. Modulation of nitrate-induced phosphate response by the MYB transcription factor RLI1/HINGE1 in the nucleus

    Article • Molecular Plant, March 2021, Elsevier

    Fanjiang Kong

  37. A critical role of the soybean evening complex in the control of photoperiod sensitivity and adaptation

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Fanjiang Kong

  38. Brassinosteroid homeostasis is critical for the functionality of the Medicago truncatula pulvinus

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, January 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Fanjiang Kong

  39. The gibberellin signaling negative regulator RGA-LIKE3 promotes seed storage protein accumulation

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, January 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Fanjiang Kong

  40. Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Analysis of Soybean Curled-Cotyledons Mutant and Functional Evaluation of a Homeodomain-Leucine Zipper (HD-Zip) I Gene GmHDZ20

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, January 2021, Frontiers

    Fanjiang Kong

  41. Two homologous LHY pairs negatively control soybean drought tolerance by repressing the abscisic acid responses

    Article • New Phytologist, November 2020, Wiley

    Fanjiang Kong

  42. EDS1-interacting J protein 1 is an essential negative regulator of plant innate immunity in Arabidopsis

    Article • The Plant Cell, November 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Fanjiang Kong

  43. Identification of major QTLs for flowering and maturity in soybean by genotyping-by-sequencing analysis

    Article • Molecular Breeding, October 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Fanjiang Kong

  44. Systematic Analysis of Gibberellin Pathway Components in Medicago truncatula Reveals the Potential Application of Gibberellin in Biomass Improvement

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, September 2020, MDPI AG

    Fanjiang Kong

  45. The nodulation and nyctinastic leaf movement is orchestrated by clock gene LHY in Medicago truncatula

    Article • Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, September 2020, Wiley

    Fanjiang Kong

  46. Molecular breeding of a high oleic acid soybean line by integrating natural variations

    Article • Molecular Breeding, August 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Fanjiang Kong

  47. Soybean AP1 homologs control flowering time and plant height

    Article • Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, July 2020, Wiley

    Fanjiang Kong

  48. Stepwise selection on homeologous PRR genes controlling flowering and maturity during soybean domestication

    Article • Nature Genetics, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Fanjiang Kong

  49. The Soybean Gene J Contributes to Salt Stress Tolerance by Up-Regulating Salt-Responsive Genes

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, March 2020, Frontiers

    Fanjiang Kong

  50. Overexpression of a TIFY family gene, GsJAZ2, exhibits enhanced tolerance to alkaline stress in soybean

    Article • Molecular Breeding, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Fanjiang Kong

  51. Characterization and quantitative trait locus mapping of late-flowering from a Thai soybean cultivar introduced into a photoperiod-insensitive genetic background

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2019, PLOS

    Fanjiang Kong

  52. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated targeted mutagenesis of GmLHY genes alters plant height and internode length in soybean

    Article • BMC Plant Biology, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Fanjiang Kong

  53. Light‐ and temperature‐entrainable circadian clock in soybean development

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, December 2019, Wiley

    Fanjiang Kong

  54. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated targeted mutagenesis of GmLHY genes alters plant height and internode length in soybean

    Article • November 2019, Research Square

    Fanjiang Kong

  55. DELLA and EDS1 Form a Feedback Regulatory Module to Fine-Tune Plant Growth–Defense Tradeoff in Arabidopsis

    Article • Molecular Plant, November 2019, Elsevier

    Fanjiang Kong

  56. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated targeted mutagenesis of GmLCL genes alters plant height and internode length in soybean

    Article • September 2019, Research Square

    Fanjiang Kong

  57. HEADLESS Regulates Auxin Response and Compound Leaf Morphogenesis in Medicago truncatula

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, August 2019, Frontiers

    Fanjiang Kong

  58. Perspectives on the Application of Genome-Editing Technologies in Crop Breeding

    Article • Molecular Plant, August 2019, Elsevier

    Fanjiang Kong

  59. Rapid identification of consistent novel QTLs underlying long-juvenile trait in soybean by multiple genetic populations and genotyping-by-sequencing

    Article • Molecular Breeding, May 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Fanjiang Kong

  60. A new dominant locus, E11, controls early flowering time and maturity in soybean

    Article • Molecular Breeding, May 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Fanjiang Kong

  61. Functional divergence between soybean FLOWERING LOCUS T orthologues FT2a and FT5a in post-flowering stem growth

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, April 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Fanjiang Kong

  62. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated targeted mutagenesis of GmSPL9 genes alters plant architecture in soybean

    Article • BMC Plant Biology, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Fanjiang Kong

  63. The RCC 1 family protein SAB 1 negatively regulates ABI 5 through multidimensional mechanisms during postgermination in Arabidopsis

    Article • New Phytologist, January 2019, Wiley

    Fanjiang Kong

  64. Loss of Function of the E1-Like-b Gene Associates With Early Flowering Under Long-Day Conditions in Soybean

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, January 2019, Frontiers

    Fanjiang Kong

  65. Parallel selection on a dormancy gene during domestication of crops from multiple families

    Article • Nature Genetics, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Fanjiang Kong

  66. Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping of Flowering Time and Maturity in Soybean Using Next-Generation Sequencing-Based Analysis

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, July 2018, Frontiers

    Fanjiang Kong

  67. Genetic improvement of the shoot architecture and yield in soya bean plants via the manipulation of GmmiR156b

    Article • Plant Biotechnology Journal, May 2018, Wiley

    Fanjiang Kong

  68. Development and validation of InDel markers for identification of QTL underlying flowering time in soybean

    Article • The Crop Journal, April 2018, Tsinghua University Press

    Fanjiang Kong

  69. Quantitative trait loci mapping of Meloidogyne incognita and M. hapla resistance in a recombinant inbred line population of soybean

    Article • Nematology, January 2018, Brill

    Congli Wang, Fanjiang Kong

  70. Genome-wide association studies dissect the genetic networks underlying agronomical traits in soybean

    Article • August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Fanjiang Kong

  71. Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping of Soybean Maturity Gene E6

    Article • Crop Science, July 2017, Wiley

    Fanjiang Kong

  72. Adaptive Mechanisms of Soybean Grown on Salt-Affected Soils

    Article • Land Degradation and Development, July 2017, Wiley

    Fanjiang Kong

  73. Overexpression of GmFDL19 enhances tolerance to drought and salt stresses in soybean

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2017, PLOS

    Fanjiang Kong

  74. Natural variation at the soybean J locus improves adaptation to the tropics and enhances yield

    Article • Nature Genetics, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Fanjiang Kong

  75. Molecular mechanisms of flowering under long days and stem growth habit in soybean

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, October 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Fanjiang Kong

  76. A Global Analysis of the Polygalacturonase Gene Family in Soybean (Glycine max)

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2016, PLOS

    Fanjiang Kong

  77. A soybean quantitative trait locus that promotes flowering under long days is identified asFT5a, aFLOWERING LOCUS Tortholog

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, July 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Fanjiang Kong

  78. A recessive allele for delayed flowering at the soybean maturity locus E9 is a leaky allele of FT2a, a FLOWERING LOCUS T ortholog

    Article • BMC Plant Biology, January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Fanjiang Kong

  79. Identification of additional QTLs for flowering time by removing the effect of the maturity gene E1 in soybean

    Article • Journal of Integrative Agriculture, January 2016, Elsevier

    Fanjiang Kong

  80. GmCOL1aandGmCOL1bFunction as Flowering Repressors in Soybean Under Long-Day Conditions

    Article • Plant and Cell Physiology, October 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Fanjiang Kong

  81. GmmiR156b overexpression delays flowering time in soybean

    Article • Plant Molecular Biology, September 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Fanjiang Kong

  82. QTL mapping for flowering time in different latitude in soybean

    Article • Euphytica, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Fanjiang Kong

  83. PopGeV: a web-based large-scale population genome browser: Fig. 1.

    Article • Bioinformatics, May 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Fanjiang Kong

  84. Dual functions of GmTOE4a in the regulation of photoperiod-mediated flowering and plant morphology in soybean

    Article • Plant Molecular Biology, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Fanjiang Kong

  85. Overexpression of GmERF5, a new member of the soybean EAR motif-containing ERF transcription factor, enhances resistance to Phytophthora sojae in soybean

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, March 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Fanjiang Kong

  86. QTLMiner: QTL database curation by mining tables in literature

    Article • Bioinformatics, January 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Fanjiang Kong

  87. A New Dominant Gene E9 Conditions Early Flowering and Maturity in Soybean

    Article • Crop Science, November 2014, Wiley

    Fanjiang Kong

  88. Allelic Combinations of Soybean Maturity Loci E1, E2, E3 and E4 Result in Diversity of Maturity and Adaptation to Different Latitudes

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2014, PLOS

    Fanjiang Kong

  89. GmFT2a and GmFT5a Redundantly and Differentially Regulate Flowering through Interaction with and Upregulation of the bZIP Transcription Factor GmFDL19 in Soybean

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2014, PLOS

    Fanjiang Kong

  90. GmFT4, a Homolog of FLOWERING LOCUS T, Is Positively Regulated by E1 and Functions as a Flowering Repressor in Soybean

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2014, PLOS

    Fanjiang Kong

  91. Influence Factors Analysis of Transgenic Shoot Regeneration Frequency for Sugar Beet Explants

    Article • Advanced Materials Research, September 2013, Trans Tech Publications

    Fanjiang Kong

  92. Genetic variation in four maturity genes affects photoperiod insensitivity and PHYA-regulated post-flowering responses of soybean

    Article • BMC Plant Biology, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Fanjiang Kong

  93. Molecular identification of genes controlling flowering time, maturity, and photoperiod response in soybean

    Article • Plant Systematics and Evolution, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Fanjiang Kong

  94. Root secreting proteins

    Article • Phytochemistry, April 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Takuro Shinano, Fanjiang Kong

  95. Establishment of an efficient in vitro culture and particle bombardment-mediated transformation systems in Miscanthus sinensis Anderss., a potential bioenergy crop

    Article • GCB Bioenergy, January 2011, Wiley

    Fanjiang Kong

  96. Two Coordinately Regulated Homologs of FLOWERING LOCUS T Are Involved in the Control of Photoperiodic Flowering in Soybean

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, September 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Fanjiang Kong

  97. The Soybean Stem Growth Habit Gene Dt1 Is an Ortholog of Arabidopsis TERMINAL FLOWER1

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, March 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Fanjiang Kong

  98. Cell wall proteome of wheat roots under flooding stress using gel-based and LC MS/MS-based proteomics approaches

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics, January 2010, Elsevier

    Fanjiang Kong

  99. Adaptive Evolution Involving Gene Duplication and Insertion of a Novel Ty1/copia-Like Retrotransposon in Soybean

    Article • Journal of Molecular Evolution, July 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Fanjiang Kong

  100. Expression of Allene Oxide Cyclase fromPharbitis nilupon Theobroxide Treatment

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, May 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Fanjiang Kong

  101. Temperature regulates tuber-inducing lipoxygenase-derived metabolites in potato (Solanum tuberosum)

    Article • Journal of Plant Physiology, February 2008, Elsevier

    Fanjiang Kong

  102. Inhibition of stem elongation in spinach by theobroxide

    Article • Journal of Plant Physiology, March 2006, Elsevier

    Fanjiang Kong

  103. Inhibitory role of gibberellins in theobroxide-induced flowering of Pharbitis nil

    Article • Journal of Plant Physiology, March 2006, Elsevier

    Fanjiang Kong

  104. Allene oxide cyclase is essential for theobroxide-induced jasmonic acid biosynthesis in Pharbitis nil

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, November 2005, Elsevier

    Fanjiang Kong

  105. Theobroxide inhibits stem elongation in Pharbitis nil by regulating jasmonic acid and gibberellin biosynthesis

    Article • Plant Science, October 2005, Elsevier

    Fanjiang Kong

  106. Relation Between Environmental Factors and the LOX Activities Upon Potato Tuber Formation and Flower-bud Formation in Morning Glory

    Article • Plant Growth Regulation, July 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Fanjiang Kong