近年来主要研究课题：

(1) 国家自然科学基金面上项目, 32172633, 茶树CsHXK3和CsDSK2b以及二者互作在低温响应中的功能机制, 2022-2025, 主持.

(2) 国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目, 31700615, 茶树己糖激酶基因CsHXK3和CsHXK4响应低温胁迫的作用机制, 2018-2020, 主持.

(3) 第10批中国博士后科学基金特别资助, 2017T100119, 茶树己糖激酶基因CsHXK3响应低温胁迫的作用机制, 2017-2019, 主持.

(4) 第60批中国博士后科学基金面上一等资助, 2016M600150, 茶树己糖激酶基因CsHXK3在低温胁迫中的功能研究, 2016-2019, 主持.

(5) 国家自然科学基金面上项目, 31170643, 茶树耐氟生理和遗传机理研究, 2012-2015, 参加.

(6) 国家自然科学基金面上项目, 31170644, 茶园土壤Pseudomonas putida CT25菌株咖啡因降解相关基因簇克隆及功能解析, 2012-2015, 参加.

代表性论文：

(2) Li Nana; Lu Jianliang; Li Qingsheng; Zheng Xinqiang; Wang Xinchao; Wang Lu; Wang Yuchun; Ding Changqing; Liang Yuerong*; Yang Yajun*; Dissection of chemical composition and associated gene expression in the pigment-deficient tea cultivar ‘Xiaoxueya’ reveals an albino phenotype and metabolite formation, Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019, 10: 1543.

(3) Li Nana#; Yue Chuan#; Cao Hongli; Qian Wenjun; Hao Xinyuan; Wang Yuchun; Wang Lu; Ding Changqing; Wang Xinchao*; Yang Yajun*; Transcriptome sequencing dissection of the mechanisms underlying differential cold sensitivity in young and mature leaves of the tea plant (Camellia sinensis), Journal of Plant Physiology, 2018, 224: 144-155.

(4) Li Nana; Qian Wenjun; Wang Lu; Cao Hongli; Hao Xinyuan; Yang Yajun*; Wang Xinchao*; Isolation and expression features of hexose kinase genes under various abiotic stresses in the tea plant (Camellia sinensis), Journal of Plant Physiology, 2017, 209: 95-104.

(5) Li Nana; Liu Yang; Zhao Yue; Zheng Xinqiang; Lu Jianliang; Liang Yuerong*; Simultaneous HPLC determination of amino acids in tea infusion coupled to pre-column derivatization with 2,4-dinitrofluorobenzene, Food Analytical Methods, 2016, 9(5): 1307-1314.

 (6) Li Nana; Yang Yaping; Ye Jianhui; Lu Jianliang; Zheng Xinqiang; Liang Yuerong*; Effects of sunlight on gene expression and chemical composition of light-sensitive albino tea plant, Plant Growth Regulation, 2016, 78(2): 253-262.

(7) Li Nana; Deng Li; Xiang Liping; Liang Yuerong*; Photoprotective effect of tea and its extracts against ultraviolet radiation-induced skin disorders, Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 2014, 13(3): 475-483.

 (8) Wang Yuchun; Qian Wenjun; Li Nana; Hao Xinyuan; Wang Lu; Xiao Bin*; Wang Xinchao*; Yang Yajun*; Metabolic changes of caffeine in tea plant (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) as defense response to Colletotrichum fructicola, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2016, 64(35): 6685-6693.