Ruifeng Yao

Research Direction: The fascinating plant hormone strigolactone not only regulates plant growth and development processes such as branching, but is also secreted into the soil to attract symbiotic fungi to colonize the roots, helping plants survive and reproduce better, yet it is also exploited by parasitic weeds to detect the presence of host plants. Our team focuses on studying these important and interesting physiological processes and the scientific principles behind them, and is committed to applying relevant results to promote major national strategies such as crop yield increase, nutrient efficiency, weed control, food security, and green sustainable agricultural development.

C Xue, M Zhang#, and Ruifeng Yao#. Gapless biosynthetic pathway enables sustainable paclitaxel production. Trends in Plant Science (2024) doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.05.005. (IF5-yr = 20.100)
J Bai, X Lei, J Liu, Y Huang, L Bi, Y Wang, J Li, H Yu, S Yao, L Chen, BJ Janssen, KC Snowden#, M Zhang#, and Ruifeng Yao#. Molecular mechanism of strigolactone receptor DWARF14-regulated flowering in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell 2024 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koae248 (IF5-yr = 11.1000)