Areas of Focus
- Soybean genetic breeding
- Soybean pest resistance breeding
- Enhancer mining and functional identification in soybeans
Work Experience
- 2004-2007 Assistant Teacher
- 2007-2011 Lecturer
- 2011-2018 Associate Professor
- 2018-present Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1997-2001 Bachelor of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University
- 2001-2004 Master of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Northeast Agricultural University
- 2007-2010 PhD in Pest and Environmental Safety, Shenyang Agricultural University
- Visiting Scholar at University of Wisconsin, USA (Dec 2014 - Jan 2016)
- Senior Visiting Scholar at Michigan State University, USA (Dec 2018 - Apr 2019)
Publications
- QTL underlying the resistance to soybean aphid (Aphis glycines Matsumura) through isoflavone-mediated antibiosis in soybean cultivar 'Zhongdou 27', Meng F, Han Y, Teng W, Li Y, Li W, 2011
- RNAi-mediated knockdown of a serine protease gene (Spbtry1) from SPB (soybean pod borer) affects the growth and mortality of the pest, Meng FL, Ran RX, Li Y, Li N, Li HZ, Wang ZK, Li WB, 2017
- Expression of the Double-stranded RNA of the soybean pod borer Leguminivora glycinivorella (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Ribosomal Protein P0 Gene Enhances the Resistance of Transgenic Soybean Plants, Meng F, Li Y, Zang Z, Li N, Xue R, Cao Y, Li T, Zhou Q, Li W, 2017
- Functional Analysis of RNA Interference-Related Soybean Pod Borer (Lepidoptera) Genes Based on Transcriptome Sequences, Meng F, Yang M, Li Y, Li T, Liu X, Wang G, Wang Z, Jin X, Li W, 2018
- RNA interference-mediated silencing of genes involved in the immune responses of the soybean pod borer Leguminivoraglycinivorella (Lepidoptera: Olethreutidae), Ran R, Li T, Liu X, Ni H, Li W, Meng F, 2018
- Transgenic soybean plants expressing Spb18S dsRNA exhibit enhanced resistance to the soybean pod borer Leguminivora glycinivorella (Lepidoptera: Olethreutidae), Wang Z, Li T, Ni H, Wang G, Liu X, Cao Y, Li W, Meng F, 2018
- Rapid validation of transcriptional enhancers using agrobacterium-mediated transient assay, Lin Y, Meng F, Fang C, Zhu B, Jiang J, 2019
Awards
- 2015 Approved new soybean variety Dongnong Dou 251 (Ranked 4th)
- 2018 Drafted Heilongjiang local standard for low temperature vitality test of corn seeds (Ranked 1st)
- 2018 Approved new soybean variety Dongnong 63 (Ranked 2nd)
- 2018 Approved new soybean variety Dongnong 71 (Ranked 2nd)
