研究内容
- 紫花苜蓿抗逆分子育种
- 南方草田轮作理论与技术
- 林草复合系统建设与管理
- 紫花苜蓿（Medicago sativa L.）营养价值高，固氮能力强，是优良的牧草、蔬菜和保健品原料。酸性土壤占中国耕地面积的28%，其高含量的Al3+严重抑制苜蓿生长，是南方红壤土紫花苜蓿高效种植的主要限制因子。但紫花苜蓿在南方弱酸性土壤生长旺盛，四季常绿，适宜在冬春季与作物轮作栽培，既可改良农田，节约化肥，提高作物产量，又是开创南方紫花苜蓿产业，增加农田经济效益的高效栽培模式，因此，本人长期致力于紫花苜蓿响应非生物胁迫（铝、盐、低温等）的生理与分子机制、抗逆紫花苜蓿分子育种和紫花苜蓿与作物轮作栽培技术等研究。
承担项目
- 类纤维素合成酶MsCSLD2/G3对紫花苜蓿响应铝胁迫的调控作用与机制研究， 国家自然科学基金面上项目，2024-2027
- 三个紫花苜蓿WRKY转录因子的耐铝毒功能及其调控机制研究， 国家自然科学基金面上项目，2021-2024
- 紫花苜蓿细胞壁果胶解聚调控及其缓解苜蓿铝毒害的机制研究，国家自然科学基金面上项目，2019-2022
- MsMYB转录因子对紫花苜蓿耐铝毒的调控和机制研究，国家自然科学基金面上项目，2016-2019
- 紫花苜蓿耐铝有机酸作用系统及其分子调控机理研究，国家自然科学基金面上项目，2011-2013
- 科技创新-2030重大项目
- 饲料饲草化学成分迁移与种养循环关键技术，科技部重点研发项目课题，2023-2028
- 林-草-畜生态种养循环模式研究与示范，科技部重点研发项目课题，2016-2020
- 南方草田轮作技术研究与示范，科技部重点研发项目课题，2011-2015
- 紫花苜蓿冬季栽培及轮作作物双减关键技术的研究与示范，上海市农委重点项目，2020-2023
论文
- Wuwu Wen, Li Gao, Liantai Su, Aimin Lv, Nana Fan, Xiangkai You, Yuehua Zhang, Peng Zhou1, Zhaoming Wang*, Fengling Shi*, Yuan An* (2026). The MsZFP1- MsWRKY40-M sWRKY41 module efficiently regulates LHCII biogenesis via ABA- dependent manner in alfalfa. Science Advance. 12, eaeb4778
- Xiangkai You，Nana Fan，Yuehua Zhang，Linjie Sun，Liantai Su，Wuwu Wen，Aimin Lv，Xinyu Dai，Li Gao，Fengling Shi，Peng Zhou，Zhaoming Wang*，Yuan An* (2025). The MsNAC73–MsMPK3 complex modulates salt tolerance and shoot branching of alfalfa via activating MsPG2 and MsPAE12 expressions [J]. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 0:1–19
- Gao L, Wen W, Su L, Fan N,Sun L,You X,Zhou P and An Y* (2025). Pectins play a central role in enhancing Al tolerance of alfalfa via looseing fibre-microfiber arrangement of cell wall in root tips [J]. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 140256.
- Liantai Su, Aimin Lv, Wuwu Wen, Nana Fan, Xiangkai You, Li G1, Peng Zhou, Fengling Shi*, Yuan An*（2024）MsMYB206-MsMYB450-MsHY5 complex regulates alfalfa tolerance to salt stress via regulating flavonoid biosynthesis during the day and night cycles. Plant Journal, doi: 10.1111/tpj.17216
- Wuwu Wen, Liantai Sua, Li Gao, Linjie Sun, Peng Zhou, Yuan An* (2024) MsWRKY44 regulates Mg-K homeostasis of shoots and promotes alfalfa sensitivities to acid and Al stresses, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 473134610,
- Nana Fan, Liantai Su, Aimin Lv, Wuwu Wen, Li Gao, Xiangkai You, Peng Zhou and Yuan An* (2024) PECTIN ACETYLESTERASE12 regulates shoot branching via acetic acid and auxin accumulation in alfalfa shoots. Plant Physiology, 1-16
- Aimin Lv, Liantai Su, Wuwu Wen, Nana Fan, Peng Zhou and Yuan An* (2023) Chloroplast-targeted late embryogenesis abundant 1 increases alfalfa tolerance to drought and aluminum. Plant Physiology, Http://dio.org/10.1093/plphys/kind477
- Aimin Lv, Liantai Su, Wuwu Wen, Nana Fan, Peng Zhou and Yuan An* (2023) The MsDHN1-MsPIP2;1-MsmMYB module orchestrates the trade-off between growth and survival of alfalfa in response to drought stress. Plant Biotechnology Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.14251.
- Liantai Su , Aimin Lv , Wuwu Wen , Nana Fan, Jiaojiao Li, Li Gao, Peng Zhou and Yuan An*（2022）MsMYB741 is involved in alfalfa resistance to aluminum stress by regulating flavonoid biosynthesis. Plant Journal, doi: 10.1111/tpj.15977
- Nana Fan, Wuwu Wen, Li Gao, Aimin Lv, Liantai Su, Peng Zhou, Yuan An* (2022) MsPG4-mediated hydrolysis of pectins increases the cell wall extensibility and aluminum resistance of alfalfa, Plant and Soil, Http://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-022
- Aimin Lv, Wuwu Wen, Nana Fan, Liantai Su, Peng Zhou and Yuan An* (2021) Dehydrin MsDHN1 improves aluminum tolerance of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) by affecting oxalate exudation from root tips. Plant Journal, 108: 441-45
- Wen Wuwu, Wang Ruyue, Su Liantai, Lv Aimin, Zhou Peng, An Yuan* (2021) MsWRKY11, activated by MsWRKY22, functions in drought tolerance and modulates lignin biosynthesis in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Environmental and Experimental Botany, 184(2), 104373.
- Li Jiaojiao, Su Liantai, Lv Aimin, Li Yanbang, Zhou Peng, An Yuan* (2020) MsPG1 alleviated aluminum-induced inhibition of root growth by decreasing aluminum accumulation and increasing porosity and extensibility of cell walls in alfalfa (Medicago sativa). Environmental and Experimental Botany, 175, 104045.
- Lv Aimin, Su Liantai, WenWuwu, Fan Nana, Zhou Peng, An Yuan* (2020) Analysis of the function of the alfalfa MsLEA-D34 gene in abiotic stress responses and flowering time. Plant and Cell Physiology, 62:968.
- Cheng Xiaoqing, Fang Tingyu, Zhao Eenhua, Zheng Baogang, An Yuan*, Zhou Peng* (2020) Protective roles of salicylic acid in maintaining integrity and functions of photosynthetic photosystems for alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) tolerance to aluminum toxicity. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 155,570-578.
- Shengyin Wang, Shili Yuan, Liantai Su, Aimin Lv, Peng Zhou, Yuan An * (2017) Aluminum toxicity in alfalfa (Medicago sativa) is alleviated by exogenous foliar IAA inducing reduction of Al accumulation in cell wall. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 139: 1-13
- Xiaoye Gao, Dongyan Shi, Aimin Lv, Shengyin Wang, ShiliYuan, Peng Zhou*, Yuan An*(2016) Increases in phosphorus availability and N use efficiency from the use of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L) green manure in rice cultivation. Scientific Reports, 6:36981|DOI: 10.1038/srep36981
- Xiaoye Gao, Yuan An* (2015) Effect of green manure on rice growth and plant nutrients under convetional and no-till system, Agronomy Journal,107(6): 2335-2346
- He Qiang, Cui Baoshan, Mark D. Bertness, An Yuan* (2012) Testing the importance of plant strategies on facilitation using congeners in a coastal community. Ecology, 93(9), 2023–2029
- Yuan An, Shiqiang Wan, Xuhui Zhou, Yiqi Luo (2005) Plant nitrogen concentration, use efficiency, and contents in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem under experimental warming. Global Change Biology,11: 1733–1744