Main publications about sesame genomics, functional genomics and biological research are as below:

  1. Wei L, Zhang H, Duan Y, Li C, Chang S, Miao H*. Transcriptome comparison of resistant andsusceptible sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) varieties inoculated with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. sesami. Plant Breeding. 2016 (In print)

  2. Miao H, Zhang H*. XXIV International Plant and Animal Genome Conference (San Diego, USA). The genome ofSesamum indicum L. 2016, January, 9-13 (Conference abstract)

  3. Miao H, Zhang H*. XXII International Plant and Animal Genome Conference (San Diego, USA). The sesame genome project and genome sequencing. 2014, January, 10-15 (Conference abstract)

  4. Wei L, Miao H, Li C, Duan Y, Niu J, Zhang T, Zhao Q, Zhang H*. Development of SNP and InDel markers via de novo transcriptome assembly in Sesamum indicum L., Molecular Breeding. 2014, 34:2205-2217

  5. Li C, Miao H, Wei L, Zhang T, Han X, Zhang H*. Association mapping of seed oil and protein content in Sesamum indicum using SSR markers. PLoS ONE. 2014, 9(8)

  6. Zhao H., Liu H.Y.*, Yang X.S. Liu,Y.X., Ni Y.X.and Wang F.. First Report of Nigrospo a Leaf Blight on Sesame Caused by Nigrospora sphaerica in China. Plant Disease. 2014, 98(6):842.

  7. Zhang H*, Miao H, Qu L, Liu H, Wang Q, Yue M. Genome sequencing of the important oilseed crop Sesamum indicum L. Genome Biology. 2013, 14:401.

  8. Zhang H*, Li C, Miao H, Xiong S. Insights from the complete chloroplast genome into the evolution of Sesamum indicum L. PLoS ONE. 2013, 11(8).

  9. Zhang H*, Miao H, Wei L, Li C, Zhao R, Wang C. Genetic analysis and QTL mapping of seed coat color in sesame (Sesamum incium L.). PLoS ONE. 2013, 5(8).

  10. Zhang H*, Miao H, Li C, Wei L, Ma Q: Analysis of sesame karyotype and resemblance near coefficient. Chinese Plant Bullet, 2012, 47:602-614

  11. Zhang H*, Wei L, Miao H, Zhang T, Wang C. Development and validation of genic-SSR markers by RNA-seq in sesame. BMC Genomics. 2012,13:316

  12. Wei L, Miao H, Zhao R, Han X, Zhang T, Zhang H*. Identification and testing of reference genes for sesame gene expression analysis by quantitative real time PCR. Planta.2012, 10.

  13. Wei L, Zhang H, Zheng Y, Miao H, Zhang T, Guo W. A genetic linkage map construction for sesame (Sesamum indicum L.). Genes & genomics. 2009, 31(2):199-208.

  14. Wei L, Zhang H, Zheng Y, Guo W, Zhang T. Developing EST-derived microsatellites in sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) Acta Agronomica. 2008, 34(12):2077–2084.