Bailian Li
Senior Vice Provost for Global Engagement
Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources
Primrose Hall 106
Area(s) of Expertise
Forest Genetics, Tree Breeding
Education
B.S. Beijing Forestry University (1982)
M.S. North Carolina State University (1985)
Ph.D. North Carolina State University (1989)
Research Interests
Forest genetics and breeding; Quantitative and population genetics; Breeding strategy development; Genetic data analysis and interpretation;
Genetic studies of tree physiology and molecular biology
Office of International Affairs
Publications
- Evolutionary Origins of Pseudogenes and Their Association with Regulatory Sequences in Plants (2019)
- Ploidy and hybridity effects on leaf size, cell size and related genes expression in triploids, diploids and their parents in Populus (2019)
- Time-specific and pleiotropic quantitative trait loci coordinately modulate stem growth in Populus (2019)
- Factors influencing direct shoot regeneration from leaves, petioles, and plantlet roots of triploid hybrid Populus sect. Tacamahaca (2018)
- In vitro tetraploid induction from leaf and petiole explants of hybrid sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua x Liquidambar formosana) (2017)
- Association genetics and transcriptome analysis reveal a gibberellin-responsive pathway involved in regulating photosynthesis (2016)
- Association genetics in Populus reveals the interactions between Pto-miR160a and its target Pto-ARF16 (2016)
- Dissection of allelic interactions among Pto-miR257 and its targets and their effects on growth and wood properties in Populus (2016)
- Genetic architecture of growth traits in Populus revealed by integrated quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis and association studies (2016)
- Genetic variations and miRNA-target interactions contribute to natural phenotypic variations in Populus (2016)