Yuanwen Duan
Editors, Plant Diversity
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
Area of expertise: pollination ecology of alpine plants, forage germplasm and utilization
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
Area of expertise: pollination ecology of alpine plants, forage germplasm and utilization
Title: Dr.
Email: duanyw@mail.kib.ac.cn
Selected publications:
Li C, Meng C, Wang X, Yuan C, Chen Q, Yang Y, Zhang Z, Duan Y*, Dong Q*, Sun X*. 2025. CRISPR/Cas9-targeted mutagenesis of the PpTCP4 gene increased tiller number in Poa pratensis. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 229: 110588.
Li C, Peng X, Zhang Z, Liu Y, Pedro GC, Fu C, Yang Y, Dong Q*, Duan Y*, Sun X*. 2025. Establishment of Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation and CRISPR/Cas9-guided gene editing in Elymus nutans. Journal of Plant Physiology, 310: 154513
Li H, Li C, Pedro GC, Zhang Q, Jiang H, Yang Y, Duan Y*, Sun X*. 2025. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing of MsCLE3a confers compact alfalfa architecture. Plant Science, 357: 112532.
Wu JF, Wang XL, Tu YL, Wang LL, Yang YP, Meng LH*, Duan YW*. 2024. From a bee’s eye: Effects of UV bullseye size on reproductive success in a dioecious vine Herpetospermum pedunculosum (Cucurbitaceae). Plant Diversity, 46: 766-773.
Wang L-L., Huang ZY, Dai W-F Yang Y-P*, Duan Y-W*. 2024. Mixed effects of honey bees on pollination function in the Tibetan alpine grasslands. Nature Communications, 15: 8164.
Li C, Du J, Xu H, Feng Z, Chater CCC, Duan Y*, Yang Y*, Sun X*. 2024. UVR8-TCP4-LOX2 module regulates UV-B tolerance in Arabidopsis. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 66: 897-908.
Wu JF, Jia DR, Liu RJ, Zhou ZL, Wang LL, Chen MY, Meng LH*, Duan YW*. 2022. Multiple lines of evidence supports the two varieties of Halenia elliptica (Gentianaceae) as two species. Plant Diversity, 44: 290–299.
Duan YW*, Ren HB, Li T, Wang LL, Zhang ZQ, Tu YL, Yang YP*. 2019. A century of pollination success revealed by herbarium specimens of seed pods. New Phytologist, 224: 1512–1517.
Zhang C, Irwin RE, Wang Y, He YP, Yang YP*, Duan YW*. 2011. Selective seed abortion induced by nectar robbing in the selfing plant Comastoma pulmonarium. New Phytologist 192, 249–255.
Duan YW, Amots Dafni, Hou QZ, He YP, Liu JQ*. 2010. Delayed selfing in an alpine biennial, Gentianopsis paludosa (Gentianaceae), in the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 52: 593–599.