水稻产业技术体系，首席科学家，主持，在研，执行期2016-；

1.浙江省科学技术重大贡献奖，2015年

2.两系法杂交水稻技术研究与应用，2013年度国家科技进步特等奖（第20完成人）

3.后期功能型超级杂交稻育种技术及应用，2011年度国家技术发明二等奖（第1完成人）

4..水稻重要种质创新及其应用，2010年度国家科技进步二等奖（第3完成人）

5.超级稻协优9308选育、超高产生理基础研究及生产集成技术示范推广，2004年度国家科学技术进步二等奖，（第1完成人）

近期代表性论文：

[1] Qunen Liu+, Yuese Ning+, Yingxin Zhang+, Ning Yu, Chunde Zhao, Xiaodeng Zhan, Weixun Wu, Daibo Chen, Xiangjin Wei, Guo-Liang Wang*, Shihua Cheng*, Liyong Cao*. OsCUL3a Negatively Regulates Cell Death and Immunity by Degrading OsNPR1 in Rice. The Plant Cell, 2017, 29(2):345-359. SCI影响因子：8.228

[2] Zhengfu Yang+, Lianping Sun+, Peipei Zhang, Yingxin Zhang, Ping Yu, Ling Liu, Adil Abbas, Xiaojiao Xiang, Weixun Wu, Xiaodeng Zhan, Liyong Cao*, Shihua Cheng*. TDR INTERACTING PROTEIN 3, encoding a PHD-finger transcription factor, regulates Ubisch bodies and pollen wall formation in rice. plant journal, 2019, 99:844-861. SCI影响因子：6.141

[3]Yongbo Hong+, Yingxin Zhang+, Sittipun Sinumporn+, Ning Yu, Xiaodeng Zhan, Xihong Shen, Daibo Chen, Ping Yu, Weixun Wu, Qunen Liu, Zhaoyun Cao, Chunde Zhao, Shihua Cheng*, Liyong Cao*. Premature leaf senescence 3, encoding a methyltransferase,is required for melatonin biosynthesis in rice. plant journal, 2018, 95(5):877-891. SCI影响因子：5.726

[4]Yue Zhang+, Qunen Liu+, Yingxin Zhang+, Yuyu Chen, Ning Yu, Yongrun Cao, Xiaodeng Zhan, Shihua Cheng*, Liyong Cao*. LMM24 Encodes Receptor-Like Cytoplasmic Kinase 109, Which Regulates Cell Death and Defense Responses in Rice. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 2019, 20:3243. SCI影响因子：4.556

[5] Beifang Wang+, Yingxin Zhang+, Zhenzhen Bi+, Qunen Liu, Tingting Xu, Ning Yu, Yongrun Cao, Aike Zhu, Weixun Wu, Xiaodeng Zhan, Galal Bakr Anis, Ping Yu, Daibo Chen, Shihua Cheng*, Liyong Cao*. Impaired Function of the Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase, OsCPK12, Leads to Early Senescence in Rice (Oryza sativa L.). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE, 2019, 10:52. SCI影响因子：4.402

[6] Galal Bakr Anis, Yingxin Zhang, Huimin Wang, Zihe Li, Weixun Wu, Lianping Sun, Aamir Riaz, Liyong Cao*, Shihua Cheng*. Genomic regions analysis of seedling root traits and their regulation in responses to phosphorus deficiency tolerance in CSSL population of elite super hybrid rice. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 2018, 19(5):1460. SCI影响因子：4.183

[7] Yingxin Zhang+, Liyuan Zhou+, Xihong Shen, Daibo Chen, Weixun Wu, Xiaodeng Zhan, Qunen Liu, Aike Zhu, Xiangyang Lou, Haiming Xu, Shihua Cheng*, Liyong Cao*. Genetic dissection of yield traits in super hybrid rice Xieyou9308 using both unconditional and conditional genome-wide association mapping. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7:824. SCI影响因子：4.122

[8] Xiaojiao Xiang, Peipei Zhang, Ping Yu, Yingxin Zhang, Zhengfu Yang, Lianping Sun, Weixun Wu, Riaz Muhammad Khan, Adil Abbas, Shihua Cheng*, Liyong Cao*. LSSR1 facilitates seed setting rate by promoting fertilization in rice. Rice, 2019, 12:31. SCI影响因子：3.912

[9]Ning Yu+, Qunen Liu+, Yingxin Zhang+, Bo Zeng, Yuyu Chen, Yongrun Cao, Yue Zhang, Mohammad Hasanuzzaman Rani, Shihua Cheng*, Liyong Cao*. CS3, a Ycf54 domain-containing protein, affects chlorophyll biosynthesis in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Plant Science, 2019, 283:11-22. SCI影响因子：3.591

[10] Zhiqiang Gao, Qunen Liu, Yingxin Zhang, Daibo Chen, Xiaodeng Zhan, Chenwei Deng, Shihua Cheng*, Liyong Cao*. OsCUL3a-Associated Molecular Switches Have Functions in Cell 2 Metabolism, Cell Death, and Disease Resistance. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY, 2020, 68(19):5471-5482.   SCI影响因子：4.192