主持的科研项目：

1. 内蒙古科技计划揭榜挂帅项目专题，适宜高标准生产的高产优质苜蓿新品种选育，2022年7月-2027年6月，120万。在研、主持。

2. 国家自然科学基金地区基金项目“扁蓿豆高密度分子遗传连锁图谱构建及抗裂荚性状QTL定位”（32160325)，2022年1月至2025年12月，35万。在研、主持。

3. 内蒙古自治区自然科学基金面上项目“扁蓿豆裂荚生物学研究”（2021MS03033），2021年1月至2023年12月，7万。在研、主持。

4. 国家林业和草原科技创新青年拔尖人才项目“林草青拔-生态用扁蓿豆种质资源与育种研究”（2019132603），2019年11月-2023年11月，30万。在研、主持。

5. 国家自然科学基金青年基金项目“东方山羊豆赤霉素受体基因GoGID对紫花苜蓿株高的调控作用分析”（31601998)，2017年1月至2019年12月，20万。结题、主持。

发表的主要论文：

1. Mao W. Guo#, Lin Zhu#, Hong Y. Li, Wan P. Liu, Zi N. Wu, Cheng H. Wang, Lei Liu, Zhi Y. Li*, Jun Li*. Mechanism of pod shattering in the forage legume Medicago ruthenica [J]. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2022, 185: 260-267. (通讯作者，Q1, IF=5.4)

2. Mao-Wei Guo, Lin Zhu, Hong-Yan Li, Zi-Nian Wu, Zhi-Yong Li*, Jun Li*. Evaluation of reference genes for normalization of mRNA and microRNA expression by RT-qPCR under different experimental conditions in Medicago ruthenica (L.) Ledeb [J]. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2022,69(2):587-600. (通讯作者，Q3, IF=1.5)

3. Maowei Guo#, Hongyan Li#, Lin Zhu, Zinian Wu, Jun Li*, Zhiyong Li*. Genome-wide identification of microRNAs associated with osmotic stress and elucidation of the role of miR319 in Medicago ruthenica seedlings [J].Plant physiology and biochemistry, 2021, 168: 53-61.(通讯作者，Q1, IF=4.2)

4. Jun Li, Hongyan Li, Enhui Chi, Fan Huang, Lei Liu, Zhenyan Ding, Wengui Shi, Fugui Mi, Zhiyong Li*. Development of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers in Medicago ruthenica and their application for evaluating outcrossing fertility under open-pollination conditions [J]. Molecular Breeding, 2018, 38: 143.(第1作者，Q1, IF=1.8)

5. Xuemin Wang#, Jun Li#, Liping Ban, Yudi Wu, Xinming Wu, Yunqi Wang, Hongyu Wen, Vladimir Chapurin, Nikolay Dzyubenko, Zhiyong Li, Zan Wang*, Hongwen Gao*. Functional characterization of a gibberellin receptor and its application in alfalfa biomass improvement [J]. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7, 41296.(共同第1作者，Q1, IF=4.0)

6. Jun Li, Liping Ban, Hongyu Wen, Zan Wang, Nikolay Dzyubenko, Vladimir Chapurin, Hongwen Gao, Xuemin Wang*. An aquaporin protein is associated with drought stress tolerance [J]. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 2015, 459(2):208-213.(第1作者，Q2, IF=2.7)

7. Jun Li, Hongwen Gao, Zan Wang, Jishan Jiang, Nikolay Dzyubenko, Vladimir Chapurin, Xuemin Wang*. Overexpression of the Galega orientalis gibberellin receptor improves biomass production in transgenic tobacco [J]. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2013, 73:1-6.(第1作者，Q1, IF=3.4)

8. Fan Huang, Jun Li, Hongyan Li, Lei Liu, Wengui Shi, Zhiyong Li*. Assessment of genetic integrity of Siberian wild rye (Elymus sibiricus L.) germplasm conserved ex situ and under accelerated aging using microsatellite markers[J]. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2020,67:367-379.(第2作者，Q3, IF=1.2)

9. Li Y，Liu GB，Li J，You YL，Zhao HM, Liang H, Mao PS*. Acid detergent lignin, lodging resistance index, and expression of the caffeic acid O-methyltransferase gene in brown midrib-12 sudangrass [J]. Breeding Science, 2015, 65(4):291-297.(第3作者，Q2, IF=1.5)

10. Xuemin Wang, Hongwen Gao, Zan Wang and Jun Li (2011). Molecular and Genetic Analysis of Abiotic Stress Resistance of Forage Crops. Plants and Environment(ed. Hemanth Vasanthaiah ) 2011: Academic Press: InTech. P. 207-226.