一、主要研究方向：
1. 豆科作物器官形态发育的分子机理
2. 豆科作物重金属低积累的遗传调控解析
二、代表性研究论文：
1. Li X#*, Liu W#, Zhuang LL, Zhu Y, Wang F, Chen T, Yang J, Ambrose Me, Hu ZB, Weller JL, Luo D. BIGGER ORGANS and ELEPHANT EAR-LIKE LEAF1 control organ size and floral organ internal asymmetry in pea. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2019, 70(1): 179-191 (Cover story)
2. Jiao KY#, Li X#*, Su SH#, Guo WX, Guo YF, Guan YN, Hu ZB, Shen ZG, Luo D. Genetic control of compound leaf development in the mungbean (Vigna radiata L.). Horticulture Research, 2019, 6: 23
3. Zhuang LL, Ambrose M, Rameau C, Yang J, Hu X, Luo D and Li X*. (2012) LATHYROIDES, encoding a WUSCHEL-related homeobox1 transcriptional factor, controls organ lateral growth and regulates tendril and dorsal petal identities in garden pea (Pisum sativum L.). Molecular Plant, 2012, 5(6): 1333-1345 (Cover story)
4. Li X, Zhuang LL, Ambrose M, Rameau C, Hu XH, Yang J, Luo D*. Genetic analysis of ele mutants and comparative mapping of ele1 locus in the control of organ internal asymmetry in garden pea. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2010, 52(6): 528-535 (Cover story)
5. Wang Z#, Luo Y#, Li X#, Wang L, Xu S, Yang J, Weng L, Sato S, Tabata S, Ambrose M, Rameau C, Feng X, Hu X, Luo D*. Genetic control of floral zygomorphy in pea (Pisum sativum L.). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2008, 105(30): 10414-10419
