1. Zuhua He, Shanice Webster, Sheng Yang He* (2022). Growth–defense trade-offs in plants. Current Biology 32, R634-R639

2. Hui Lin, Muyang Wang, Ying Chen, Kinya Nomura, Shugang Hui, Jinshan Gui, Xiawei Zhang, Yue Wu, Jiyun Liu, Qun Li, Yiwen Deng, Laigeng Li, Meng Yuan, Shiping Wang, Sheng Yang He, Zuhua He* (2022). An MKP-MAPK protein phosphorylation cascade controls vascular immunity in plants. Science Advances 8, eabg8723

3. Keran Zhai#, Di Liang#, Helin Li, Fangyuan Jiao, Bingxiao Yan, Jing Liu, Ziyao Lei, Li Huang, Xiangyu Gong, Xin Wang, Jiashun Miao, Yichuan Wang, Ji-Yun Liu, Lin Zhang, Ertao Wang, Yiwen Deng, Chi-Kuang Wen, Hongwei Guo, Bin Han and Zuhua He* (2021). NLRs guard metabolism to coordinate pattern- and effector-triggered immunity. Nature 601, 245-251

4. Mingjun Gao, Yang He, Xin Yin, Xiangbin Zhong*, Bingxiao Yan, Yue Wu, Jin Chen, Xiaoyuan Li, Keran Zhai, Yifeng Huang, Xiangyu Gong, Huizhong Chang, Shenghan Xie, Jiyun Liu, Jiaxing Yue, Jianlong Xu, Guiquan Zhang, Yiwen Deng, Ertao Wang, Didier Tharreau, Guo-Liang Wang, Weibing Yang* and Zuhua He* (2021). Ca2+ sensor-mediated ROS scavenging suppresses rice immunity and is exploited by a fungal effector. Cell 184, 5391-9404

5. Bin Ma, Lin Zhang, Qifei Gao, Junmin Wang, Xiaoyuan Li, Hu Wang, Yu Liu, Hui Lin, Jiyun Liu, Xin Wang, Qun Li, Yiwen Deng, Weihua Tang?*, Sheng Luan* and Zuhua He* (2021) A plasma membrane transporter coordinates phosphate reallocation and grain filling in cereals. Nature Genetics, 53, 906–915

6. Fudan Chen, Bingxiao Yan, Xiangyu Gong, Helin Li & Zuhua He* (2021) Genome sequencing of the bacterial blight pathogen DY89031 reveals its diverse virulence and origins of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae strains. SCIENCE CHINA Life Sciences 64, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-020-1917-x

7. Wei Li, Yiwen Deng, Yuese Ning, Zuhua He* and Guo-Liang Wang* (2020) Exploiting Broad-Spectrum Disease Resistance in Crops: From Molecular Dissection to Breeding. Annual Review of Plant Biology 71:25.1-25.29

8. Yiwen Deng, Yuese Ning, Dong-Lei Yang, Keran Zhai, Guo-Liang Wang* and Zuhua He*(2020) Molecular Basis of Disease Resistance and Perspectives on Breeding Strategies for Resistance Improvement in Crops. Molecular Plant 13, 1402-1419

9. Junzhong Liu* and Zuhua He* (2020) Small DNA Methylation, Big Player in Plant Abiotic Stress Responses and Memory. Frontiers in Plant Science doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.595603

10. Yu Peng, Yingying Zhang, Yijie Gui, Dong An, Junzhong Liu, Xun Xu, Qun Li, Junmin Wang, Wen Wang, Chunhai Shi, Longjiang Fan, Baorong Lu, Yiwen Deng*, Sheng Teng* and Zuhua He* (2019) Elimination of a Retrotransposon for Quenching Genome Instability in Modern Rice. Mol Plant 12, 1395-1407

11. Keran Zhai, Yiwen Deng, Di Liang, Jun Tang, Jing Liu, Bingxiao Yan, Xin Yin, Hui Lin, Fudan Chen, Dongyong Yang, Zhen Xie, Jiyun Liu, Qun Li, Lin Zhang, Zuhua He* (2019) RRM Transcription Factors Interact with NLRs and Regulate Broad-Spectrum Blast Resistance in Rice. Mol Cell 74, 996–1009

12. Junzhong Liu, Lili Feng, Xueting Gu, Xian Deng, Qi Qiu, Qun Li, Yingying Zhang, Muyang Wang, Yiwen Deng, Ertao Wang, Yuke He, Isabel Baurle, Jianming Li, Xiaofeng Cao* and Zuhua He* (2019) An H3K27me3 demethylase-HSFA2 regulatory loop orchestrates transgenerational thermomemory in Arabidopsis. Cell Research 29:379–390

13. Zhen Xie, Bingxiao Yan, Jianrao Shou, Ju Tang, Meizhong Luo, Yiwen Deng*, Zuhua He* (2019) An NBS-LRR receptor pair confers broad-spectrum disease resistance through coordinating association in rice. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 374, 20180308

14. Xin Yin, Baohong Zou, Xuexue Hong, Mingjun Gao, Weibing Yang, Xiangbin Zhong, Yang He, Peng Kuai, Yonggen Lou, Jirong Huang, Jian Hua*, Zuhua He* (2018) Rice copine genes OsBON1 and OsBON3 function assuppressors of broad-spectrum disease resistance. Plant Biotechnology Journal 16(8):1476-1487

15. Mingjun Gao, Xin Yin, Weibing Yang, Sin Man Lam, Xiaohong Tong, Jiyun Liu, Xin Wang, Qun Li, Guanghou Shui, Zuhua He* (2017) GDSL Lipases modulate immunity through lipid homeostasis in rice. PLOS Pathogens 13(11), 1006724

16. Lin Zhang, Hong Yu, Bin Ma, Guifu Liu, Jianjun Wang, Junmin Wang, Rongcun Gao, Jinjun Li, Jiyun Liu, Jing Xu, Yingying Zhang, Qun Li, Xuehui Huang, Jianlong Xu, Jianming Li, Qian Qian, Bin Han, Zuhua He* & Jiayang Li* (2017) A natural tandem array alleviates epigenetic repression of IPA1 and leads to superior yielding rice. Nat Commun 8, 14789, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14789

17. Yiwen Deng, Keran Zhai, Zhen Xie, Dongyong Yang, Xudong Zhu, Junzhong Liu, Xin Wang, Peng Qin, Yuanzhu Yang, Guomin Zhang, Qun Li, Jianfu Zhang, Shuangqing Wu, Jo?lle Milazzo, Bizeng Mao, Ertao Wang, Huaan Xie, Didier Tharreau, Zuhua He*(2017) Epigenetic regulation of antagonistic receptors confers rice blast resistance with yield balance. Science 355, 962-965

18. Quanyuan You, Keran Zhai, Donglei Yang, Weibing Yang, Jingni Wu, Junzhong Liu, Wenbo Pan, Jianjun Wang, Xudong Zhu, Yikun Jian, Jiyun Liu, Yingying Zhang, Yiwen Deng, Qun Li, Yonggen Lou, Qi Xie, Zuhua He* (2016) An E3 Ubiquitin Ligase-BAG Protein Module Controls Plant Innate Immunity and Broad-Spectrum Disease Resistance. Cell Host & Microbe 20, 758-769

19. Xiaozun Li, Donglei Yang, Li Sun, Qun Li, Bizeng Mao, and Zuhua He*(2016) The Systemic Acquired Resistance Regulator OsNPR1 Attenuates Growth by Repressing Auxin Signaling through Promoting IAA-Amido Synthase Expression. Plant Physiology 172: 546-555

20. Hui Shen, Xiangbin Zhong, Fangfang Zhao, Yanmei Wang, Bingxiao Yan, Qun Li, Genyun Chen, Bizeng Mao, Jianjun Wang, Yangsheng Li, Guoying Xiao, Yuke He, Han Xiao, Jianming Li, Zuhua He* (2015) Overexpression of receptor-like kinase ERECTA improves thermotolerance in rice and tomato. Nature Biotechnology 33, 996-1003

21. Jing Xu, Lin Zhang, Donglei Yang, Qun Li, Zuhua He* (2015) Thymidine kinases share conserved function for nucleotide salvage and play essential role for arabidopsis thaliana growth and development. New Phytologist 208: 1089-1103

22. Dawei Yan, Xiaoming Zhang, Lin Zhang, Shenghai Ye, Longjun Zeng, Jiyun Liu, Qun Li, Zuhua He* (2015) CURVED CHIMERIC PALEA 1 encoding an EMF1-like protein maintains epigenetic repression of OsMADS58 in rice palea development. Plant J 82: 12-24

23. Li Sun, Yu Kong, Donglei Yang, Ying Chen, Xiao-Zun Li, Long-Jun Zeng, Qun Li, Er-Tao Wang, Zu-Hua He* (2014) Sugar homeostasis mediated by cell wall invertase GIF1 plays a role in preexisted and induced defense in rice. Mol Plant Pathol. 15: 161-173

24. Xiaodong Liu, Hong Zhang, Yang Zhao, Zhengyan Feng, Qun Li, Hong-Quan Yang, Sheng Luan, Jianming Li, Zu-Hua He* (2013) Auxin controls seed dormancy through stimulation of abscisic acid signaling by inducing ARF-mediated ABI3 activation in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 110(38):15485-90

25. Weibing Yang, Mingjun Gao, Xin Yin, Jiyun Liu, Yonghan Xu, Longjun Zeng, Qun Li, Shubiao Zhang, Junmin Wang, Xiaoming Zhang, Zuhua He* (2013) Control of Rice Embryo Development, Shoot Apical Meristem Maintenance, and Grain Yield by a Novel Cytochrome P450 Mol Plant 6(6): 1945-960

26. Si-Hui Zhong, Jun-Zhong Liu, Hua Jin, Lin Lin, Qun Li, Ying Chen, Yue-Xing Yuan, Zhi-Yong Wang,Hai Huang, Yi-Jun Qi, Xiao-Ya Chen, Hervé Vaucheret, Joanne Chory, Jianming Li*, and Zu-Hua He* (2013) Warm temperatures induce transgenerational epigenetic release of RNA silencing by inhibiting siRNA biogenesis in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 110(22): 9171-9176

27. Lin Lin, Si-Hui Zhong, Xiao-Feng Cui, Jianming Li, Zu-Hua He* (2012) Characterization of temperature sensitive mutants reveals a role for receptor-like kinase SCRAMBLED/STRUBBELIG in coordinating cell proliferation and differentiation during Arabidopsis leaf development. Plant J 72(5): 707-720

28. Xiaohong Tong, Jinfeng Qi, Xudong Zhu, Bizeng Mao, Longjun Zeng, Baohui Wang, Qun Li, Guoxin Zhou, Xiaojing Xu, Yonggen Lou*, Zuhua He* (2012) The rice hydroperoxide lyase OsHPL3 functions in defense responses by modulating the oxylipin pathway. Plant J 71, 763-775]

29. Dong-Lei Yang, Jian Yao, Chuan-Sheng Mei, Xiao-Hong Tong, Long-Jun Zeng, Qun Li, Lang-Tao Xiao, Tai-ping Sun, Jigang Li, Xing-Wang Deng, Chin Mei Lee, Michael F. Thomashow,Yinong Yang*, Zu-Hua He*, Sheng Yang He* (2012) Plant hormone jasmonate prioritizes defense over growth by interfering with gibberellin signaling cascade. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 109: E1192-E1200

30. Yingying Zhang, Baichen Zhang, Dawei Yan, Weixin Dong, Weibing Yang, Qun Li, Longjun Zeng, Jianjun Wang, Linyou Wang, Leslie M. Hicks, Zuhua He* (2011) Two Arabidopsis cytochrome P450 monooxygenases CYP714A1 and CYP714A2 function redundantly in plant development through gibberellin deactivation. Plant J. 67: 342-353

31. Weibing Yang, Sulin Ren, Xiaoming Zhang, Mingjun Gao, Shenghai Ye, Yongbin Qi, Yiyan Zheng, Juan Wang, Longjun Zeng, Qun Li, Shanjin Huang, Zuhua He* (2011) BENT UPPERMOST INTERNODE1 encodes a class II formin FH5 crucial for actin organization and rice development. Plant Cell 23: 661-680.

32. Wei Li, Sihui Zhong, Guojun Li, Qun Li, Bizeng Mao, Yiwen Deng, Huijuan Zhang, Longjun Zeng, Fengming Song*, Zuhua He* (2011) Rice RING protein OsBBI1 with E3 ligase activity confers broad-spectrum resistance against Magnaporthe oryzae by modifying the cell wall defence. Cell Res 21: 835-848.

33. Ertao Wang, Jianjun Wang, Xudong Zhu, Wei Hao, Linyou Wang, Qun Li, Lixia Zhang, Wei He, Baorong Lu, Hongxuan Lin, Hong Ma, Guiquan Zhang and Zuhua He* (2008) Control of rice grain-filling and yield by a gene with a potential signature of domestication. Nature Genetics 40, 1370-1374

34. Yingying Zhang, Yongyou Zhu, Yu Peng, Dawei Yan, Qun Li, Jianjun Wang, Linyou Wang, Zuhua He* (2008) Gibberellin homeostasis and plant height control by EUI and a role for gibberellin in root gravity responses in rice. Cell Research 18, 412-421

35. Zhu YY, Takahito Nomura, Xu YH, Zhang YY, Peng Y, Mao BZ, Atsushi Hanada, Zhou HC Wang RX, Li PJ, Zhu XD, Lewis Mander, Yuji Kamiya, Shinjiro Yamaguchi, and He ZH* (2006) ELONGATED UPPERMOST INTERNODE encodes a cytochrome P450 monooxygenase that epoxidizes gibberellins in a novel deactivation reaction in rice. Plant Cell 18, 442-456