在国家863计划、国家重点研发计划、国家自然科学基金及广东省高水平大学建设经费资助下，陈志强教授带领的国家植物航天育种工程技术研究中心（简称“中心”）研究团队在关注重大品种选育及产业化应用的同时，也高度重视与育种紧密关联的产量、品质、抗性等农艺性状的遗传解析工作，将理论研究与育种实践紧密结合，有效提升了水稻新品种选育效率。这些年来，中心利用航天搭载突变体材料、特异种质鉴定筛选，在品质、抗性等性状的分子机理研究工作上取得重要进展。“十三五”开局至今，中心已发表SCI论文9篇，其中在农林科学1区刊物《Rice》上发表了题为《High-resolution QTLmapping for grain appearance traits and co-localization ofchalkiness-associated differentially expressed candidate genes in rice》，该论文利用简化基因组测序和基因表达谱分析，精细定位了一批与水稻籽粒发育密切相关的QTL，并开发出相应分子标记应用于育种实践。除此以外，中心关于高通量基因分型技术、理想株型、稻瘟病抗性等相关研究工作先后发表在《Molecular Breeding》、《Biochemical andBiophysical Research Communications》、《Plos One》、《Frontiers in Plant Science》等期刊上，所取得的研究成果有力促进了中心育种理论水平的提高，对加快水稻新品种培育具有重大的推动作用。此外，也有利支撑了华南农业大学高水平大学优势学科群的建设工作。
附录：中心2016年所发表的SCI 论文清单
1. Likai Chen et al. High-resolutionQTL mapping for grain appearance traits and co-localization of chalkiness- associateddifferentially expressed candidate genes in rice.Rice.2016. 9:48
2. Likai Chen et al. A genotyping platform assembled with high-throughput DNA extraction,codominant functional markers, and automated CE system to acceleratemarker-assisted improvement of rice, Mol breeding. 2016. 36:1-12.
3. Likai Chen et al. Pastingproperties, grain-fillingcharacteristics and allelic variation linkedto thegrain quality in diverse rice. Euphytica. 2017. 213:1-16
4. Hao Liu et al. CONSTANS-Like 9 (OsCOL9) interacts with Receptor for Activated C-Kinase1(OsRACK1) to regulate blast resistance through salicylic acid and ethylenesignaling pathways.PLoS One 2016. 11(11):e0166249. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone. 0166249.
5. Hao Liu et al.CONSTANS-like 9 (COL9) delays the flowering time in Oryza sativa byrepressing the Ehd1 pathway.BiochemBiophys Res Commun.2016. 479(2):173-178.
6. Yahui Wu et al. Chromosome mapping, molecular cloning and expression analysis of a novelgene response for leaf width in rice.BiochemBiophys Res Commun.2016. 480(3):394-401.
7. Yahui Wu et al. Quantitative trait loci identification and meta-analysis for ricepanicle-related traits.Mol Genet Genomics. 2016. 291(5):1927-40.
8. Hao Liu et al. NBS-LRR protein Pik-H4 interacts with OsBIHD1to balance rice blast resistance and growth by coordinatingethylene-brassinosteroid pathway.Front. Plant Sci. 2017. 8:127. doi:10.3389/fpls.2017.00127.
9. Hao Liu et al. 4-Coumarate-CoA ligase-like gene OsAAE3 negativelymediates the rice blast resistance, floret development and ligninbiosynthesis.Front. Plant Sci. 2017. 7:2041. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.02041.
