Chunhui Li

Chunhui Li

Head of the Research Group of Maize Germplasm Resources

Center for Crop Germplasm Resources

Institute of Crop Sciences

No.12 Zhongguancun South Street

Beijing, 100081, China

Tel:86-010-62186652

Fax:86-010-62186652

Email: lichunhui@caas.cn

Educations

l  2011-2015, PhD in Crop Germplasm Resources, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

l  2009-2011, MS in Crop Germplasm Resources, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

l  2005-2009, BS in Agronomy, Agricultural University of the Inner Mongol

Working Experience

l  2023.01-now, Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

l  2018.01-2022.12, Associate Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

l  2015.07-2017.12, Assistant Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Research Interests

l  Accurate evaluation of maize germplasm resources

l  Identification of gene resources for important traits such as yield, drought tolerance, etc.

l  Enhancement and utilization based on maize landrace and teosinte

Academic Qualifications

l  Vice President of the Crop Science Society of China (Maize Committee)

l  Editorial Board Members of the New Crops Journal

Selected Publications

(1) Chunhui Li; Honghui Guan; Xin Jing, et al. Genomic insights into historical improvement of heterotic groups during modern hybrid maize breeding, Nature Plants, 2022, 8(7): 750-763 (co-first author)

(2) Peng Yu; Chunhui Li; Meng Li, et al. Seedling root system adaptation to water availability during maize domestication and global expansion, Nature Genetics, 2024, 56: 1245-1256 (co-first author)

(3) Chunhui Li; Jian Guo; Dongmei Wang, et al. Genomic insight into changes of root

architecture under drought stress in maize, Plant, Cell & Environment, 2023 (co-first author)

(4) Yikun Zhao; Hongli Tian; Chunhui Li,et al. HTPdb and HTPtools: Exploiting maize

haplotype-tag polymorphisms for germplasm resource analyses and genomics-informed breeding, Plant Communications, 2022, 3(4): 100331 (co-first author)

(5) Honghui Guan; Yaxuan Lu; Xinchun Li, et al. Development of a MaizeGerm50K array and application to maize genetic studies and breeding, The Crop Journal, 2024, 12(6): 1686-1696 (corresponding author)

(6) Qian Lan; Guanhua He; Dongmei Wang, et al. Overexpression of ZmEULD1b enhances maize seminal root elongation and drought tolerance, Plant Science, 2024, 352: 112355 (corresponding author)

(7) Xiaoqian Sha; Honghui Guan; Yuqian Zhou, et al. Genetic dissection of crown root traits and their relationships with aboveground agronomic traits in maize, Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2023, 22(11): 3394-3407 (corresponding author)

(8) Jian Guo; Chunhui Li; Xiaoqiong Zhang,et al. Transcriptome and GWAS analyses reveal candidate gene for seminal root length of maize seedlings under drought stress, Plant Science, 2020, 292: 110380 (corresponding author)