主要研究工作：

研究植物在自然和农业环境中的适应机制，从而有效利用植物资源促进生物经济增长和生态环境改善。发现了水稻从野草被驯化为粮食作物过程中起关键作用的不落粒基因，开启对粮食作物起源和农业兴起的新认识。在边际土地开展近十年的种植试验和推广示范，培育新型生物质作物——芒草，筛选培育了一系列耐干旱、寒冷、贫瘠和盐碱的芒草新品系，建立了相关种植技术，阐明了适应性机制、产量模型和生态效益。通过基因编辑，为生物炼制产业发展创制优质工程菌株，促进芒草、秸秆等废弃物生物质资源的高效转化利用。

在研项目：

[1] 高固碳芒草的遗传基础研究及品种创制，主持人。

[2] 新材料生物炼制合作项目，主持人。

研究组成员：

康丽芳 高级工程师  

林冲  工程师

相金悦 工程师

研究论文（注*为通讯作者）：

2023

Zhao XH, Xiao L. Mi J, Kang LF, Lin C, Chen WL, Huang HM, Yan J, Yi ZL, Sang T, Liu W*. 2023. Development of energy plants from hybrids between Miscanthus sacchariflorus and M. lutarioriparius grown on reclaimed mine land in the Loess Plateau of China. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13:1017712.

2022

Feng H, Lin C, Liu W, Xiao L, Zhao XH, Kang LF. Liu Xia, Sang T, Yi ZL, Yan J*, Huang HM*. 2022. Transcriptomic Characterization of Miscanthus sacchariflorus × M. lutarioriparius and Its Implications for Energy Crop Development in the Semiarid Mine Area. Plants, 11(12), 1568.

2021

Miao JS, Feng Q, Li Y, Zhao Q, Zhou CC, Lu HY, Fan DL, Yan J, Lu YQ, Tian QL, Li WJ, Weng QJ, Zhang L, Zhao Y, Huang T, Li LG, Huang XH, Sang T*, Han B*. 2021. Chromosome-scale assembly and analysis of biomass crop Miscanthus lutarioriparius genome. Nature Communications, 12:2458.

Zhao XH, Kang LF, Wang Q, Lin C, Liu W, Chen WL, Sang T, Yan J*. 2021. Water Use Efficiency and Stress Tolerance of the Potential Energy Crop Miscanthus lutarioriparius Grown on the Loess Plateau of China. Plants. 10(3), 544.

Xiang JY, Wang XQ, Sang T*. 2021, Cellulase production from Trichoderma reesei RUT C30 induced by continuous feeding of steam-exploded Miscanthus lutarioriparius. Industrial Crops and Products,160: 113129.

2019

Liu W, Kang LF, Xu Q, Tao CC, Yan J, Sang T*. 2019. Increased expression diversity buffers the loss of adaptive potential caused by reduction of genetic diversity in new unfavourable environments. Biology Letters, 15: 20180583.

Wang Q, Kang LF, Lin C, Song ZH, Tao CC, Liu W, Sang T*,Yan J*. 2019. Transcriptomic evaluation of Miscanthus photosynthetic traits to salinity stress. Biomass and Bioenergy, 125(2019): 123-130.

2018

Mi J, Liu W*, Zhao XH, Kang LF, Lin C, Yan J, Sang T*. 2018. N2O and CH4 emission from Miscanthus energy crop fields in the infertile Loess Plateau of China. Biotechnol. Biofuels, 11: 321

Xing SL, Tao CC, Song ZH, Liu W, Yan J, Kang LF, Lin C, Sang T*. 2018. Coexpression network revealing the plasticity and robustness of population transcriptome during the initial stage of domesticating energy crop Miscanthus lutarioriparius. Plant Mol. Biol., 97: 489-506.

2017

Yan J, Song ZH, Xu Q, Kang LF, Zhu CY, Xing SL, Liu W, Greimler J, Zust T, Li JQ, Sang T*. 2017. Population transcriptomic characterization of the genetic and expression variation of a candidate progenitor of Miscanthus energy crops. Molecular Ecology 26: 5911-5922

Xu Q, Song ZH, Zhu CY, Tao CC, Kang LF, Liu W, He F, Yan J, Sang T*. 2017. Systematic comparison of lncRNAs with protein coding mRNAs in population expression and their response to environmental change. BMC Plant Biology 17:42

Song ZH, Xu Q, Lin C, Tao CC, Zhu CY, Xing SL, Fan YY, Liu W, Yan J, Li JQ, Sang T*. 2017. Transcriptomic characterization of candidate genes responsive to salt tolerance of Miscanthus energy crops. Global Change Biology Bioenergy 9, 1222-1237

Zhu CY, Liu W, Kang LF, Xu Q, Xing SL, Fan YY, Song ZH, Yan J*, Li JQ, Sang T*. 2017. Haplotypes phased from population transcriptomes detecting selection in the initial adaptation of Miscanthus lutarioriparius to stressful environment. The Plant Genome 10:2

2016

Xing SL, Kang LF, Xu Q, Fan YY, Liu W, Zhu CY, Song ZH, Wang Q, Yan J*, Li JQ, Sang T*. 2016. The coordination of gene expression within photosynthesis pathway for acclimation of C4 energy crop Miscanthus lutarioriparius. Frontiers in Plant Science 7:109

Yan J, Zhu MD, Liu W, Xu Q, Zhu CY, Li JQ*, Sang T*. 2016. Genetic variation and bidirectional gene flow in the riparian plant Miscanthus lutarioriparius, across its endemic range: implications for adaptive potential. Global Change Biology Bioenergy 8: 764-776

Xu Q, Zhu CY, Fan YY, Song ZH, Xing SL, Liu W, Yan J, Sang T*. 2016. Population transcriptomics uncovers the regulation of gene expression variation in adaptation to changing environment. Scientific Reports 6:25536

Liu W, Peng C, Chen ZF, Liu Y, Yan J, Li JQ, Sang T*. 2016. Sustainable bioenergy production with little carbon debt in the Loess Plateau of China. Biotechnology for Biofuels 9:161

2015

Fan YY, Wang Q, Kang LF, Liu W, Xu Q, Xing SL, Tao CC, Song ZH, Zhu CY, Lin C, Yan J, Li JQ, Sang T*. 2015. Transcriptome-wide characterization of candidate genes for improving the water use efficiency of energy crops grown on semiarid land. Journal of Experimental Botany 66:6415-6429

Yan J, Zhu CY, Liu W, Luo F, Mi J, Ren YJ, Li JQ, Sang T*. 2015. High photosynthetic rate and water use efficiency of Miscanthus lutarioriparius characterize an energy crop in the semiarid temperate region. Global Change Biology Bioenergy 7:207-218

Xu Q, Xing SL, Zhu CY, Liu W, Fan YY, Wang Q, Song ZH, Yang WH, Luo F, Shang F, Kang LF, Chen WL, Yan J, Li JQ, Sang T*. 2015. Population transcriptomics reveals a potentially positive role of expression diversity in adaptation. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 57:284-299

2014

Liu W, Mi J, Song ZH, Yan J, Li JQ, Sang T*. 2014. Long-term water balance and sustainable production of Miscanthus energy crops in the Loess Plateau of China. Biomass & Bioenergy 62: 47-57

Mi J, Liu W, Yang WH, Yan J, Li JQ, Sang T*. 2014. Carbon sequestration by Miscanthus energy crops plantations in a broad range semi-arid marginal land in China. Science of The Total Environment 496: 373-380

2013

Li HQ, Li CL, Sang T, Xu J. 2013. Pretreatment on Miscanthus lutarioriparious by liquid hot water for efficient ethanol production. Biotechnology for Biofuels 6:76.

Sang T, Ge S. 2013. Understanding rice domestication and implications for cultivar improvement. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 16:139-146.

2012

Liu W, Yan J, Li J, Sang T. 2012. Yield potential of Miscanthus energy crops in the Loess Plateau of China. Global Change Biology Bioenergy 4: 545-554.

Yan J, Chen WL, Luo F, Ma HZ, Meng A, Li X, Zhu M, Li SS, Zhou HF, Zhu W, Han B, Li J, T. Sang*. 2012. Variability and adaptability of Miscanthus species evaluated for energy crop domestication. Global Change Biology Bioenergy 4: 49-60.

2011

Ge S, Sang T. 2011. Inappropriate model rejects independent domestications of indica and japonica rice. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, USA, 108, E755.

Sang T. 2011. Toward the domestication of lignocellulosic energy crops: Leaning from food crop domestication. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 53: 96-104.

Sang T, Zhu WX. 2011. China's bioenergy potential. Global Change Biology Bioenergy 3:79-90.