主要从事水稻产量相关性状基因的克隆及分子设计育种工作。先后主持中国博士后科学基金、国家自然科学基金青年基金、江苏省自然科学青年基金、江苏省自主创新基金、省重点研发计划子课题等项目各1项。以第一作者在Nature Communications、Plant cell、The Crop Journal 、Theoretical and Applied Genetics 等志发表研究论文多篇，以主要完成人参与育成水稻新品种3个。

1、 代表作文章：(* 通讯作者；# 共同作者)

(1) Xu ZP^#, Du YY^#, Li XX^#, Wang RX, Chen ZA, Zhao XQ, Liu QQ, Tang SZ, Zhang HG*. Identification and fine mapping of a fertility restorer gene for wild abortive cytoplasmic male sterility in the elite indica rice non-restorer line 9311. The Crop Journal, 2023, 11(3):887-894  (IF=6.6)

(2) Xu, Zuopeng^#; Gao, Yihong^#; Gao, Chengxu^#; Mei, Jiasong; Wang, Shaogan; Ma, Jiaxin; Yang, Hanlei; Cao, Shaoxue; Wang, Yan; Zhang, Fengxia; Liu, Xiangling; Liu, Qiaoquan; Zhou, Yihua*; Zhang, Baocai*; Glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor lipid remodeling directs proteins to the plasma membrane and governs cell wall mechanics. Plant Cell, 2022, 34(12):4778-4794. (IF=12.08)

(3) Xu, Zuopeng^#; Li, Meng^#; Du, Yuanyue; Li, Xixu; Wang, Ruixuan; Chen, Zhiai; Tang, Shuzhu; Liu, Qiaoquan*; Zhang, Honggen*; Characterization of qPL5: a novel quantitative trait locus (QTL) that controls panicle length in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Molecular Breeding, 2022, 42: 70. (IF=3.30)

(4) Zhang, Honggen*^#; Li, Xixu^#; Xu, Zuopeng^#; Zhao, Xiangqiang; Wan, Zihao; Cheng, Xiaojun; Liu, Qiaoquan; Gu, Minghong; Tang, Shuzhu*; The effects of Rf4 and the genetic mechanism behind fertility restoration of wild abortive cytoplasmic male sterility (WA‑CMS) in Japonica rice (Oryza sativa ssp. Japonica). Rice, 2022, 15:59. (IF=5.563)

(5) Zhang, Honggen*^#; Li, Xixu^#; Xu, Zuopeng^#; Wan, Zihao; Wang, Ruixuan; Zhao, Xiangqiang; Tu, Geliang; Liang, Guohua; Gu, Minghong; Tang, Shuzhu*; Precise genetic mapping of Rf18(t), a new fertility restorer gene from ‘Nipponbare’ for wild abortive cytoplasmic male sterility in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2022, 135:2687-2698. (IF=5.57)

(6) Zhang, Honggen^#; Wang, Ruixuan^#; Xu, Zuopeng^#; Zhao, Xiangqiang; Gao, Hailin; Liu, Qiaoquan; Tang, Shuzhu; The effects of Rf5 and Rf6 on fertility restoration in Honglian-type cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) lines of japonica rice (Oryza sativa L. ssp. japonica). Molecular Breeding, 2021, 41: 64. (IF=3.30)

(7) Zhang, Honggen*^#; Wang, Ruixuan^#; Xu, Zuopeng^#; Liu, Jiangning; Lan, Guofang; Chen, Zhiai; Liu, Qiaoquan; Gu, Minghong; Tang, Shuzhu*; Mapping and validation of quantitative trait loci that confer resistance to rice black-streaked dwarf virus disease in rice (Oryza sativa). Euphytica, 2021, 217:156. (IF=2.18)

(8) Gao, Yihong^#; Xu, Zuopeng^#; Zhang, Lanjun^#; Li, Shance; Wang, Shaogan; Yang, Hanlei; Liu, Xiangling; Zeng, Dali; Liu, Qiaoquan; Qian Qian; Zhang, Baocai*, Zhou, Yihua*; MYB61 is regulated by GRF4 and promotes nitrogen utilization and biomass production in rice. Nature Communications, 2020, 11(1): 5219. (IF=17.69)

(9) Xu, Zuopeng^#; Chen, Zhiai ^#; Wang, Ruixuan; Miao, Yixu; Gao, Hailin; Tang, Shuzhu; Zhang, Honggen*; Liu, Qiaoquan*; Characterization and fine-mapping of qHd2-1, a minor quantitative locus that affects heading date under long-day conditions in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Molecular Breeding, 2020, 40(3): 27. (IF=3.30)

(10) Xu, Zuopeng^#; Miao, Yixu^#; Chen, Zhiai; Gao, Hailin; Wang, Ruixuan; Zhao, Dongsheng; Zhang, Baochai; Zhou, Yihua; Tang, Shuzhu; Zhang, Honggen*; Liu, Qiaoquan*; Identification and fine mapping of qGN1c, a QTL for grain number per panicle, in rice (Oryza sativa). Molecular Breeding, 2019, 39(9): 129. (IF=3.30)

 (11) 许作鹏, 仲崇元, 张丽佳, 刘巧泉*, 水稻脆秆突变体bc1-wu3的鉴定与基因克隆,中国水稻科学, 2017, 31 (2): 157-165.

2、水稻新品种

陵风优6号（国审稻20200273）；扬农粳稻1030 (苏审稻20200037)；广陵优粳  (苏审稻20210066)。

招生专业：作物遗传育种、农艺与种业。

研究方向：水稻产量相关性状基因的挖掘及分子设计育种。