林枫，植物科学技术学院“后利”特聘教授，博士生导师，大豆遗传学家、育种家。本科和硕士毕业于南开大学，2013年博士毕业于美国普渡大学植物遗传育种专业，师从马渐新教授，并由Scott Jackson教授担任博士指导委员会成员。博士毕业后加入杜邦先锋(现“科迪华”)中国独立子公司“铁岭先锋种子研究有限公司”长春研发中心担任首席玉米育种家。2016年至2023年间师从美国密歇根州立大学大豆育种家王德春教授从事大豆抗病遗传育种博士后研究。2024年至2026年担任美国密苏里大学Fisher-Delta研究中心大豆遗传育种团队首席育种家、博士生导师、终身制助理教授。2026年回国并全身心致力于中国大豆育种与产业振兴，立足于华中农业大学打造世界一流的大豆育种研发中心。

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已发表研究论文49篇，其中以第一作者或共同一作身份在Theor Appl Genet, BMC Genomics, G3, Mol Breeding等杂志发表论文10篇(包括一篇综述)，以通讯作者或者共同通讯的身份在Theor Appl Genet, The Plant Genome, G3, Journal of Plant Registrations等杂志发表论文9篇，所发文章累计引用次数达1272，Web of Science检索H-指数18。曾担任Plant Disease，Scientia Agricola等杂志编委，并多次担任Theor Appl Genet, Plant Disease, The Crop Journal, G3, Crop Science等杂志的审稿人。此外，与国外同行专家合作出版专著一部，合作授权专利一项，合作释放和审定玉米杂交种1个，培育和释放大豆高产品种8个，包括高产，高油，高蛋白，高油酸等品种。

代表论文(*为通讯作者或者共同通讯)

(在投) Gamage VA, Owuocha LF, Lin F, Li Z, Beamer L*, Mitchum MG*(2026) Functional divergence of two soybean cytosolic serine hydroxymethyltransferases in development and defense against soybean cyst nematode. 

(在投) Wu Y, Han G, Niang IN, Ravelombola F, Oliveira M, Davis J, Chen D, Lin F* and Huang X* (2026) From UAV imagery to agronomic resoning: a multimodal LLM benchmark for plant phenotyping.

1)   Ravelombola F, Singh-Bakala H, Adeva C, de Oliveira M, Hunt D, Fallen B, Shannon G, Lin F* (2026) Genotype selection in soybean using WAASB and MTSI for seed yield, composition, and fatty acid profiles under irrigated and rainfed conditions. Agrosystems, Genosciences & Environment (in press).

2）Haafke A, Argenta J, Simon J, Zhang L, Tian P, Lin F, Bish M* (2026) First report of Neocosmospora stem rot of soybean caused by Furasium neocomospriellum in Missouri. Plant Disease (https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-01-26-0235-PDN).

3)    Singh-Bakala H, Ravelombola F, Adeva C, Hunt D, Oliveira M, Argenta J, Vieira CC, Lin F*, Shannon G (2025) Registration of ‘S18PR-190 HOLL’: A soybean cultivar with high oleic and low linolenic acid seed oil and multiple disease resistance. Journal of Plant Registrations  (https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.70025).

4)    Singh-Bakala H, Ravelombola F, Adeva C, Oliveira M, Zhang R, Argenta J, Shannon G, Lin F* (2025). Harnessing photosynthetic and morpho-physiological traits for drought-resilient soybean: integrating field phenotyping and predictive approaches. Frontiers in Plant Physiology (https://doi.org/10.3389/fphgy.2025.1591146).

5)    Ravelombola F, Lee YC, Lee D, Vieira CC, Mengistu A, Lin F*, Shannon JG (2025). Registration of high yield conventional soybean ‘S17‐2193’with resistance to multiple diseases. Journal of Plant Registrations (https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.70014).

6)    Lee D, Vuong TD, Shannon JG, Song Q, Lin F*, Nguyen HT (2025). QTL mapping and whole-genome sequencing analysis for novel genetic resources associated with sucrose content in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]. Theoretical and Applied Genetics (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-024-04808-5).  

7)    Mitchell AA*, Lin F, Ye H, Vuong T, Wen Z, Tessema B, Laurenz R, Magar RT, Nguyen HT, Wang D* (2025) Genetic mapping of novel QTL for seed protein stability in food grade soybean. Theor Appl Genet (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-025-05089-2).

8)    Lin F*, Salman M, Zhang Z, McCoy AG, Li W, Magar RT, Mitchell D, Zhao M, Gu C, Chilvers MI, and Wang D* (2024) Identification and molecular mapping of a major gene conferring resistance to Phytophthora sansomeana in soybean ‘Colfax’. Theor Appl Genet (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-024-04556-6).

9)    Lee G, DiBiase CN, Liu B, Li T, McCoy AG, Chilvers MI, Sun L, Wang D, Lin F*, and Zhao M* (2024). Transcriptomic and epigenetic responses unveil resistance mechanisms to Phytophthora sansomeana in soybean. The Plant Genome (https://doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.20487).

10)    Li J, Magar RT, Chen D, Lin F, Wang D, Yin X, Zhuang W, Li Z* (2024) SoybeanNet: Transformer-based convolutional neural network for soybean pod counting from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) images. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 220: 108861.

11)    Lin F, Li W, McCoy AG, et al. (2022) Identification and Characterization of pleiotropic and epistatic QDRL conferring partial resistance to Pythium irregulare and P. sylvaticum in soybean. Theor Appl Genet (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-022-04201-0).

12)    Lin F, Chhapekar SC, Vieira CC, et al. (2022, review article) Breeding for disease resistance in soybean – a global perspective. Theor Appl Genet (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-022-04101-3).

13)    Lin F, Li W, McCoy AG, Gao X, Collins PJ, Zhang N, Wen Z, Cao S, Wani SH, Gu C, Chilvers MI, Wang D* (2021) Molecular mapping of quantitative disease resistance loci for soybean partial resistance to Phytophthora sansomeana. Theor Appl Genet (DOI: https:// doi.org/10.1007/s00122-021-03799-x).

14)   Lin F, Wani HS, Collins P, Wen Z, Li W, Zhang N, McCoy AG, Bi Y, Tan R, Zhang S, Gu C, Chilvers MI, Wang D* (2020) QTL mapping and GWAS for identification of loci conferring partial resistance to Pythium sylvaticum in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr). Mol. Breeding. 40:54.

15)   Lin F, Wani HS, Collins P, Wen Z, Gu C, Chilvers MI, Wang D* (2018) Mapping quantitative trait loci for tolerance to Pythium irregulare in soybean (Glycine max L.). G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.118.200368).

16)   Li L, Lin F (co-first author), Wang W, Ping J, Fitzgerald JC, Zhao M, Li S, Sun L, Cai C, Ma J* (2016) Fine mapping and candidate gene analysis of two loci conferring resistance to Phytophthora sojae in soybean. Theor Appl Genet 129(12): 2379-2386.

17)    Ping J, Fitzgerald J, Zhang C, Lin F, Bai Y, Wang D, Aggarwal R, Rehman M, Crasta O, Ma J* (2015) Identification and molecular mapping of Rps11, a novel gene conferring resistance to Phytophthora sojae in soybean. Theor Appl Genet 129 (2): 445-451.

18)    Ping J, Liu Y, Sun L, Zhao M, Li Y, She M, Sui Y, Lin F, Liu X, Tang Z, Nguyen H, Tian Z, Qiu L, Nelson RL, Clemente TE, Specht JE, Ma J* (2014) Dt2 is a gain-of-function MADS-domain factor gene that specifies semi-determinacy in soybean. The Plant Cell 26(7): 2831-2842.

19)   Lin F, Zhao M, Baumann D, Ping J, Sun L, Liu Y, Zhang B, Tang Z, Hughes E, Doerge RW, Hughes TJ, Ma J* (2014) Molecular response to the pathogen Phytophthora sojae among ten soybean near isogenic lines revealed by comparative transcriptomics. BMC Genomics 15:18.

20)   Lin F, Zhao M, Ping J, Johnson A, Zhang B, Abney TS, Hughes TJ, Ma J* (2013) Molecular mapping of two genes conferring resistance to Phytophthora sojae in a soybean landrace PI 567139B. Theor Appl Genet 126(8): 2177-2185. 

21)   Zhao M, Du J, Lin F, Tong C, Yu J, Huang S, Wang X, Liu S*, Ma J* (2013) Shifts in evolutionary rate and intensity of purifying selection between two Brassica genomes revealed by analyses of orthologous retrotransposons and relics of a whole genome triplication. The Plant Journal 76(2): 211-222.

合作专利

Ma J, Ping J, Fitzgerald JC, Zhang C, Lin F, Bai Y, Rehman M, Crasta O, Aggarwai R, Acharya A (2016) Genetic locus associated with Phytophthora root and stem rot in soybean (WO 2016/196787 A1)

合作专著

Wani SH, Sofi NR, Bhat MA, Lin F (2022) Soybean Improvement: Physiological, Molecular and Genetic Perspectives (1^st ed.). Springer International Publishing, ISBN-13: 9783031122316