Kai Lü

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Kai Lü is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Lü has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Plant Science, 23 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Kai Lü's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (19 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (17 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (13 papers). Kai Lü is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (19 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (17 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (13 papers). Kai Lü collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and India. Kai Lü's co-authors include Zhen Wu, Shan Liang, Xingming Lian, Jie Wang, Dapeng Zhang, Xiaofang Wang, Bowen Wu, Yongtao Yu, Zhongming Fang and Weibo Xie and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, PLoS ONE and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

Kai Lü

48 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Genome-wide association analyses provide genetic and biochemical insights into natural variation in rice metabolism

2014 537 citations Weibo Xie, Kai Lü et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai Lü China	25	2.3k	1.1k	427	158	89	50	2.7k
Ludivine Taconnat France	28	3.3k 1.5×	2.4k 2.2×	109 0.3×	172 1.1×	61 0.7×	35	4.3k
Pascal Gantet France	35	2.9k 1.3×	1.9k 1.8×	345 0.8×	25 0.2×	45 0.5×	87	3.7k
Toshisada Suzuki Japan	20	1.2k 0.5×	507 0.5×	79 0.2×	93 0.6×	85 1.0×	50	1.7k
Ertuğrul Filiz Türkiye	22	1.4k 0.6×	691 0.6×	88 0.2×	132 0.8×	137 1.5×	100	1.8k
Chunhai Shi China	23	1.2k 0.5×	541 0.5×	254 0.6×	32 0.2×	184 2.1×	81	1.6k
Wen Jing China	23	1.5k 0.7×	661 0.6×	131 0.3×	50 0.3×	25 0.3×	74	1.8k
Liang Xu China	33	2.1k 0.9×	1.4k 1.3×	101 0.2×	179 1.1×	64 0.7×	105	2.7k
Francesco Sunseri Italy	28	1.6k 0.7×	528 0.5×	201 0.5×	41 0.3×	28 0.3×	91	1.9k
Neil S. Graham United Kingdom	28	3.4k 1.5×	2.4k 2.2×	134 0.3×	53 0.3×	87 1.0×	55	4.2k
Chenliang Yu China	23	1.1k 0.5×	563 0.5×	108 0.3×	84 0.5×	49 0.6×	43	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Lü

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Chen, Lei, Yaxin Zhang, Letian Xu, et al.. (2025). The TRAPPIII complex regulates development and virulence of Fusarium graminearum by coordinating autophagy and intracellular transport. PLoS Pathogens. 21(10). e1013627–e1013627. 1 indexed citations

Lü, Kai, Yadong Zhang, Lei He, et al.. (2024). Adjusting the amylose content of semi-glutinous japonica rice by genome editing of uORF6 in the Wx gene. The Crop Journal. 12(6). 1806–1811. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Liyuan, et al.. (2024). AtPIP1;4 and AtPIP2;4 Cooperatively Mediate H2O2 Transport to Regulate Plant Growth and Disease Resistance. Plants. 13(7). 1018–1018. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Zuodong, Xiaoxu Li, Jinbiao Ma, et al.. (2023). MYB44 regulates PTI by promoting the expression of EIN2 and MPK3/6 in Arabidopsis. Plant Communications. 4(6). 100628–100628. 34 indexed citations

Lü, Kai, Xiaochen Chen, Yuyan An, et al.. (2022). Phosphorylation of a wheat aquaporin at two sites enhances both plant growth and defense. Molecular Plant. 15(11). 1772–1789. 38 indexed citations

Lü, Kai, Cheng Li, Ju Guan, et al.. (2022). The PPR-Domain Protein SOAR1 Regulates Salt Tolerance in Rice. Rice. 15(1). 62–62. 10 indexed citations

Zhao, Ling, Qingyong Zhao, Zhen Zhu, et al.. (2020). Physicochemical properties and sequence analysis of Wx and OsSSIIa genes in japonica rice cultivars from Jiangsu province and northeast of China. ACTA AGRONOMICA SINICA. 46(6). 878–888. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Liyuan, Yan Liu, Xuan Wang, et al.. (2020). Three Proteins (Hpa2, HrpF and XopN) Are Concomitant Type III Translocators in Bacterial Blight Pathogen of Rice. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 1601–1601. 2 indexed citations

Zhao, Ling, Qingyong Zhao, Tao Chen, et al.. (2020). Genetic dissection of eating and cooking qualities in different subpopulations of cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) through association mapping. BMC Genetics. 21(1). 119–119. 10 indexed citations

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Lü, Kai, Zhaoshi Li, Leibo Liu, et al.. (2019). ReDESK: A Reconfigurable Dataflow Engine for Sparse Kernels on Heterogeneous Platforms. 1–8. 11 indexed citations

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Lü, Kai, Yadong Zhang, Chunfang Zhao, et al.. (2019). The Arabidopsis kinase-associated protein phosphatase KAPP, interacting with protein kinases SnRK2.2/2.3/2.6, negatively regulates abscisic acid signaling. Plant Molecular Biology. 102(1-2). 199–212. 22 indexed citations

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Huang, Weiting, et al.. (2019). Altered expression of OsNPF7.1 and OsNPF7.4 differentially regulates tillering and grain yield in rice. Plant Science. 283. 23–31. 43 indexed citations

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Huang, Weiting, Jie Wang, Wei Zhu, et al.. (2018). Two Splicing Variants of OsNPF7.7 Regulate Shoot Branching and Nitrogen Utilization Efficiency in Rice. Frontiers in Plant Science. 9. 300–300. 64 indexed citations

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Bi, Chao, Ma Yu, Zhen Wu, et al.. (2017). Arabidopsis ABI5 plays a role in regulating ROS homeostasis by activating CATALASE 1 transcription in seed germination. Plant Molecular Biology. 94(1-2). 197–213. 73 indexed citations

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Dong, Haijiao, Hu Zhao, Weibo Xie, et al.. (2016). A Novel Tiller Angle Gene, TAC3, together with TAC1 and D2 Largely Determine the Natural Variation of Tiller Angle in Rice Cultivars. PLoS Genetics. 12(11). e1006412–e1006412. 107 indexed citations

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Lü, Kai, Shan Liang, Zhen Wu, et al.. (2016). Overexpression of an Arabidopsis cysteine-rich receptor-like protein kinase, CRK5, enhances abscisic acid sensitivity and confers drought tolerance. Journal of Experimental Botany. 67(17). 5009–5027. 89 indexed citations

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Yu, Yongtao, Zhen Wu, Kai Lü, et al.. (2015). Overexpression of the MYB37 transcription factor enhances abscisic acid sensitivity, and improves both drought tolerance and seed productivity in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Molecular Biology. 90(3). 267–279. 52 indexed citations

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Jiang, Shang‐Chuan, Chao Mei, Shan Liang, et al.. (2015). Crucial roles of the pentatricopeptide repeat protein SOAR1 in Arabidopsis response to drought, salt and cold stresses. Plant Molecular Biology. 88(4-5). 369–385. 107 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaofeng, Tao Jiang, Yongtao Yu, et al.. (2013). Arabidopsis co-chaperonin CPN20 antagonizes Mg-chelatase H subunit to derepress ABA-responsive WRKY40 transcription repressor. Science China Life Sciences. 57(1). 11–21. 26 indexed citations

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Du, Shao Ting, et al.. (2012). Iron uptake system mediates nitrate-facilitated cadmium accumulation in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) plants. Journal of Experimental Botany. 63(8). 3127–3136. 118 indexed citations

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