1)     H. Wang, S. Sun, W. Ge, L. Zhao, B. Hou, W. Kai, Z. Lyu, L. Chen, S. Xu, J. Guo, M. Li, P. Su, X. Li, G. Wang, C. Bo, X. Fang, W. Zhuang, X. Cheng, J. Wu, L. Dong, W. Chen, W. Li, G. Xiao, J. Zhao, Y. Hao, Y. Xu, Y. Gao, W. Liu, Y. Liu, H. Yin, J. Li, X. Li, Y. Zhao, X. Wang, F. Ni, X. Ma, A. Li, S. Xu, G. Bai, E. Nevo, C. Gao, H. Ohm, L. Kong*. 2020. Horizontal gene transfer of Fhb7 from fungus underlies Fusarium head blight resistance in wheat. Science. 368, 844 (2020).

2)     H. Wang, H. Yin, C. Jiao, X. Fang, G. Wang, G. Li, F. Ni, P. Li, P. Su, W. Ge, Z. Lyu, S. Xu, Y. Yang, Y. Hao, X. Cheng, J. Zhao, C. Liu, F. Xu, X. Ma, S. Sun, Y. Zhao, Y. Bao, C.Liu, J. Zhang, T. Pavlicek, A. Li, Z. Yang, E. Nevo, and L. Kong*. 2020. Sympatric speciation of wild emmer wheat driven by ecology and chromosomal rearrangements. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117(11): 5955-5963.

3)     J. Hu, X. Wang, G. Zhang, P. Jiang, W. Chen, Y. Hao, X. Ma, S. Xu, J. Jia, L. Kong*, H. Wang. 2020. QTL mapping for yield‑related traits in wheat based on four RIL populations. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. doi.org/10.1007/s00122-019-03515-w

4)     P. Jiang, X. Zhang, L. Wu, Y. He, W. Zhuang, X. Cheng, W. Ge, H. Ma, and L. Kong*. 2020. A novel QTL on chromosome 5AL of Yangmai 158 increases resistance to Fusarium head blight in wheat. Plant Pathology. 69: 249–258.

5)     X. Wang, L. Dong, J. Hu, Y. Pang, L. Hu, G. Xiao, X. Ma, X. Kong, J. Jia, H. Wang, L. Kong*. 2019. Dissecting genetic loci afecting grain morphological traits to improve grain weight via nested association mapping. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 132: 3115–3128.

6)     B. Wang, X. Li, W. Chen, L. Kong*. 2019. Isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantification-based proteomic analysis of defense responses triggered by the fungal pathogen Fusarium graminearum in wheat. Journal of Proteomics. 207: 103442.

7)     J. Yan, P. Su, W. Li, G. Xiao, Y. Zhao, X. Ma, H. Wang, E. Nevo, and L. Kong*. 2019. Genome-wide and evolutionary analysis of the class III peroxidase gene family in wheat and Aegilops tauschii reveals that some members are involved in stress responses. BMC Genomics. 20: 666.

8)     X. Du, J. Hu, X. Ma, J. He, W. Hou, J. Guo, C. Bo, H. Wang, A. Li, L. Kong*. 2019. Molecular characterization and marker development for high molecular weight glutenin subunit 1Dy12** from Yunnan hulled wheat. Mol Breeding. 39: 4.

9)     H. Tang, X. Du, H. Wang, X. Ma, C. Bo, A. Li, and L. Kong*. 2018. Cloning and characterization of a novel low-molecular-weight glutenin subunit gene with an unusual molecular structure of Aegilops uniaristata. Journal of Genetics. 97(5): 1463-1468.

10)   D. Ren, X. Fang, P. Jang, G. Zhang, J. Hu, X. Wang, Q. Meng, W. Cui, S. Lan, X. Ma, H. Wang, and L. Kong*. 2018. Genetic Architecture of Nitrogen-Deficiency Tolerance in Wheat Seedlings Based on a Nested Association Mapping (NAM) Population. Frontiers in Plant Science. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00845.

11)   P. Su, X. Guo, Y. Fan. L. Wang, G. Yu, W. Ge, L. Zhao, X. Ma, J. Wu, A. Li, H. Wang, and L. Kong*. 2018.Application of Brachypodium genotypes to the analysis of type II resistance to Fusarium head blight (FHB). Plant Science. 272: 255–266.

12)   X. Yu, S. Ren, L. Zhao, J. Guo, Y. Bao, Y. Ma, H. Wang, W. Ohm, D. Yu, H. Li, and L. Kong*. 2018. Molecular mapping of a novel wheat powdery mildew resistance gene Ml92145E8-9 and its application in wheat breeding by marker-assisted selection. The Crop Journals. 6: 621-627.

13)   L. Zhao, X. Ma, P. Su, W. Ge, H. Wu, X. Guo, A. Li, H. Wang, and L. Kong*. 2018. Cloning and characterization of a specific UDP-glycosyltransferase gene induced by DON and Fusarium graminearum. Plant Cell Reports. 37: 641–652.

14)   L. Hu， J. Mu，P. Su, H. Wu, G. Yu, G. Wang, L. Wang, X. Ma, A. Li, H. Wang, L. Zhao, and L. Kong*. 2018. Multi-functional roles of TaSSI2 involved in Fusarium head blight and powdery mildew resistance and drought tolerance. Journal of Integrative Agriculture. 17(2): 368–380.

15)   J. Yan, P, Su, Z. Wei, E. Nevo, and L. Kong*.2017. Genome-wide identification, classification, evolutionary analysis and gene expression patterns of the protein kinase gene family in wheat and Aegilops tauschii. Plant Mol Biol. 95: 227–242.

16)   H. Yin, X. Du, B. Wang, X. Ma, C. Bo, A. Li, X. Zhang, and L. Kong*. 2017. Detection of high-molecular-weight glutenin subunit genes for 1Dx2 and 1Dx5 using loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay. Mol Breeding. 37: 97.

17)   M. Li, X. Du, X. Ma, and L. Kong*. 2017. Cloning and characterization of novel γ-gliadin genes from Aegilops markgrafii in relation to evolution and wheat breeding. The Crop Journals. 5: 290-295.

18)   J. Guo, X. Yu, H. Yin, G. Liu, A. Li, H. Wang, and L. Kong*. 2016. Phylogenetic relationships of Thinopyrum and Triticum species revealed by SCoT and CDDP markers. Plant Syst Evol. 302: 1301-1309.

19)   X. Du, H, Tang, M. Li, X. Ma, H. Yin, H. Wang, X. Zhang, X. Qiao, A. Li, and L. Kong*.2016. Molecular characterization of the IgE-binding epitopes in the fast ω-gliadins of Triticeae in relation to wheat-dependent, exercise-induced anaphylaxis. Gene. 591: 27–33.

20)   G. Wang, W. Hou, L. Zhang, H. Wu, L. Zhao, X. Du, X. Ma, A. Li, H. Wang, and L. Kong*. 2016. Functional analysis of a wheat pleiotropic drug resistance geneinvolved in Fusarium head blight resistance.Journal of Integrative Agriculture. 15: 2215-2227.

21)   X. Xiao, H. W. Ohm, G. J. Hunt, J. A. Poland, L. Kong, J. A. Nemacheck, C. E. Williams. 2016. Genotyping-by-sequencing to remap QTL for type IIFusarium head blight and leaf rust resistance in a wheat–tall wheatgrass introgression recombinant inbred population. Mol Breed. DOI 10.1007/s11032-016-0472-0.

22)   J. Guo, F. He, J. Cai, H. Wang, A. Li, H. Wang, and L. Kong*. 2015. Molecular and Cytological comparisons of chromosomes 7el₁, 7el₂, 7E^e and 7Eⁱderived from Thinopyrum. Cytogenet Genome Res. 145: 68-74.

23)   J. Guo, X. Zhang, Y. Hou, J. Cai, X. Shen, T. Zhou, H. Xu, W. Ohm, H. Wang, A. Li, F. Han, H. Wang, and L. Kong*. 2015. High-density mapping of the major FHB resistance gene Fhb7 derived from Thinopyrum ponticum and its pyramiding with Fhb1 by marker-assisted selection. Theor. Appl. Genet. 128: 2301-2316.

24)   H. Yin, Y. Ben-Abu, H. Wang, A. Li, E. Nevo, and L. Kong*. 2015. Natural selection causes adaptive genetic resistance in wild emmer wheat against powdery mildew at “Evolution Canyon” microsite, Mt. Carmel, Israel. PLOS ONE. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0122344.

25)   F. Xue, J. Guo, C. Guan, H. Wang, A. Li, and L. Kong*. 2015. Molecular mapping of the hybrid necrosis gene NetJingY176 in Aegilops tauschii using microsatellite markers.The Crop J. 3(4): 298-304.

26)   X. Du, J. Zhao, X. Ma, H. Yin, H. Wang, A. Li, and L. Kong*. 2015. Cloning and characterization of novel fast w-gliadin genes in Triticum monococcum. J. Genet. 94: 323-327.

27)   W. Hou, J. Mu, A. Li, H. Wang, and L. Kong*. 2015. Functional analysis of a wheat polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein involved in Fusaruim head blight resistance. Eur J Plant pathol. 141: 731-745.

28)   X. Ma, X. Du, G. Liu, Z. Yang, W. Hou, H. Wang, D. Feng, A. Li, and L. Kong*. 2015. Cloning and characterization of a novel UDP-glycosyltransferase gene induced by DON from wheat. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 14(5): 830-835.

29)   G. Yu, W. Hou, X. Du, L. Wu, H. Wu, L. Zhao, L. Kong*, H. Wang. 2014. Identification of wheat non-specific lipid transfer proteins involved in chilling tolerance. Plan Cell Rep. DOI 10.1007/s00299-014-1655-y.

30)   N. Li, N. Yin, Z. Niu, W. Hui, J. Song, C. Huang, H. Wang, L. Kong, D. Feng. 2014. Isolation and characterization of three TaYUC10 genes from wheat. GeneDOI: 10. 1016/j.gene.2014.06.020.

31)   H. Wang, Q. Lang, L. Li, B. Liang, X. Tang, L. Kong*, M. Mascini, A. Liu, 2014. Yeast surface displaying glucose oxidase as whole-cell biocatalyst: Construction, characterization and its electrochemical glucose sensing application, Analytical Chemistry, DOI:10.1021/ac400979r.

32)   H. Wang, G. Yu, and L. Kong*. 2014. Evolutionary History of Trihelix Family and their Functional Diversification. DNA Research. doi: 10.1093/dnares/dsu016.

33)   S. Wu, H. Wang, Z. Yang, and L. Kong*. 2014. Expression comparisons of pathogenesis-related (PR) genes in wheat in response to infection/infestation by Fusarium, Yellow Dwarf Virus (YDV) Aphid-transmitted and Hessian fly. Journal of Integrative Agriculture. 13: 926-936.

34)   X. Zhang, F. Kong, F. Xue, J. Zhao, A. Li and L. Kong*. 2013. Genetic variation of nitrogen-use efficiency in Aegilops tauschii and amphidiploid. J ournal of Food, Agriculture & Enviroment. 11: 1291-1300.

35)   F. Li ,L. Kong, Y. Liu , H. Wang ,L. Chen ,J. Peng . 2013. Response of wheat germplasm to infestation of English grain aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae).Journal of Economic Entomology. 106(3): 1473-1478.

36)   X. Ji, M. Yan, Z. Yang, A. Li, and L. Kong*. 2013. Shotgun Analysis of the Secretome of Fusarium graminearum. Indian J. Microb. 53: 400-409.

37)   N. Ma, X. Ma, A. Li, X. Cao, and L. Kong*. 2012. Cloning and expression analysis of wheat pheophorbide α Oxygenase gene TaPaO. Plant Mol Biol Rep. 30: 1237-1245.

38)   N. Yin, X. Ma, W. Zhang, D. Feng, H. Wang, L. Kong, and J. Tian. 2012. Analysis of differential proteins induced by Forchlorfenuron in wheat. Plant Mol Biol Rep. 30: 949-956.

39)   X. Zhang, X. Shen, J. Cai, Y, Hao, H.W. Ohm, and L. Kong*. 2011. A Genetic map     of Lophopyrum ponticum chromosome 7E, harboring resistance genes to Fusarium head blight and leaf rust. Theor. Appl. Genet. 122: 263-270.

40)   J. Cai, X. Zhang, B. Wang, M. Yan, Y. Qi, and L. Kong*. 2011. A genetic analysis of    segregation distortion revealed by molecular markers in the Lophopyrum ponticum chromosome 7E. Journal of Genetics. 90: 373-376.

41)   F. Cui, J. Li, A. Ding, C. Zhao, L. Wang, X. Wang, S. Li, Y. Bao, X. Li, D. Feng, L. Kong, and H. Wang. 2011. Conditional QTL mapping for plant height with respect to the length of the spike and internode in two mapping populations of wheat. Theor. Appl. Genet., 122:1517-1536.

42)   X. Ma, D. Feng, H. Wang, X. Li, and L. Kong*. 2011. Cloning and Expression Analysis of Wheat Cytokinin Oxidase/Dehydrogenase Gene TaCKX3. Plant Mol Biol Rep. 29: 98-105.

43)   X. Ji, G. Lu, Y. Gai, H. Gao, B. Lu, L. Kong, and Z. Mu. 2010. Colonization of Morus alba L. by the plant-growth-promoting and antagonistic bacterium Burkholderia cepacia strain Lu10-1, BMC Microbiology, 10: 243-255.

44)   L. Kong, J. M. Anderson, and H. W. Ohm. 2009. Segregation distortion in bread wheat of Thinopyrum intermedium 7E segment carrying Bdv3. Plant Breeding. 128: 591-597.

45)   D. Feng, H. Wang, L. Kong, J. Tian, and X. Li. 2008. Using an Inverse PCR method to clone the wheat cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase gene TaCKX1. Plant Mol. Biol. Rep. 2011, 26: 143-153.

46)   L. Kong, S. E. Cambron, and H. W. Ohm. 2008. Molecular mapping determines that Hessian fly resistance gene H16 and H17 is located on chromosome 1AS of wheat. Mol. Breeding. 21: 183-194.

47)   L. Kong, H. W. Ohm, and J. M. Anderson. 2007. Expression analysis of defense-related genes in wheat in response to infection by Fusarium graminearum. Genome. 50: 1038-1048.

48)   M. Bonafede, L. Kong (Two first authors contributed equally to this research), G. Tranquilli, H. Ohm, and J. Dubcovsky. 2007. Reduction of a Triticum monococcum chromosome segment carrying the softness genes Pina and Pinb translocated to bread wheat. Crop Science. 47: 821-828.

49)   L. Kong, J. M., and H. W. Ohm. 2005. Induction of wheat defense and stress-related genes in response to Fusarium graminearum. Genome. 48: 29-40.

50)   L. Kong, H. Ohm, S. Cambron, and C. Williams. 2005. Molecular mapping determines that Hessian fly resistance gene H9 is located on chromosome 1AS of wheat. Plant Breeding. 124: 525-531.

51)   J. Gilsinger, L. Kong, X. Shen, and H. Ohm. 2004. DNA markers associated with low Fusarium head blight incidence and narrow flower opening in wheat. Theor. Appl. Genet. 110: 1218-1225.

52)   O. Boukar, L. Kong, B.B. Singh, L. Murdock, and H. Ohm. 2004. AFLP markers and AFLP-derived SCAR marker associated with Striga gesnerioides resistance in cowpea. (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp). Crop Science. 44: 1259-1264.

53)   X. Shen, L. Kong, and Herbert Ohm. 2004. Fusarium Head Blight resistance in hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum)-Lophopyrum genetic lines and tagging of alien chromatin by PCR markers. Theor. Appl. Genet. 108: 808-813.

54)   F.J. Zeller, L. Kong, L. Hartl, V. Mohler and S.L.K. Hsam. 2002. Chromosomal location of genes for resistance to powdery mildew in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L. em Thell.) 7. Gene Pm29 in line Pova. Euphytica 123: 187-194.