Liu J, Liao W, Nie B, Zhang J, Xu WF*. OsUEV1B, an UBC enzyme variant protein, is required for phosphate homeostasis in rice. The Plant Journal, 2021, 106(3): 706-719.

Miao R, Yuan W, Wang Y, Garcia-Maquilon I, Dang X, Li Y, Zhang J, Zhu Y, Pedro LR, Xu WF*. Low ABA concentration promotes root growth and hydrotropism through relief of ABA-insensitive 1-mediated inhibition of plasma membrane H⁺-ATPase 2. Science Advances, 2021, 7(12): eabd4113.

Zhang Y, Xu F, Ding Y, Du H, Zhang Q, Dang X, Cao Y, Dodd I, Xu WF*. Abscisic acid mediates barley rhizosheath formation under mild soil drying by promoting root hair growth and auxin response. Plant Cell and Environment, 2021, 44(6): 1935-1945.

Aslam M, Karanja J, Yuan W, Zhang Q, Zhang J, Xu WF*. Phosphorus uptake is associated with the rhizosheath formation of mature cluster roots in white lupin under soil drying and phosphorus deficiency. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2021, 166: 531-539.

 Wang K, Xu F, Yuan W, Zhang D, Liu J, Sun L, Cui L, Zhang J, Xu WF*. Rice G protein γ subunit qPE9-1 modulates root elongation for phosphorus uptake by involving 14-3-3 protein OsGF14b and plasma membrane H⁺-ATPase. The Plant Journal, 2021, 107(6): 1603-1615.

Wang K, Xu F, Yuan W, Sun L, Wang S, Aslam M, Zhang J, Xu WF*. G protein γ subunit qPE9-1 is involved in rice adaptation under elevated CO₂ concentration by regulating leaf photosynthesis. Rice, 2021, 14(1): 67.

Karanja J, Aslam M, Zhang Q, Yankey R, Dodd I, Xu WF*. Abscisic acid mediates drought-enhanced rhizosheath formation in tomato. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021, 12: 658787.

Aslam M, Waseem M, Zhang Q, Wang K, Zhang J, Xu WF*. Identification of ABC transporter G subfamily in white lupin and functional characterization of L.albABGC29 in phosphorus use. BMC Genomics, 2021, 22(1): 723.