近年来，我国在玉米生物学领域的研究水平不断提升，开始在国际主流学术期刊发表具有重要影响力的研究论文。2016年，我国在104个“SCI”收录的期刊发表研究论文338篇，其中，在5年平均影响因子超过5.0的期刊发表论文46篇。在玉米子粒发育遗传调控、玉米抗非生物胁迫基因挖掘和功能研究、玉米抗生物胁迫基因挖掘及功能分析、玉米重要农艺性状基因/QTLs发掘、玉米转录组蛋白质和代谢组研究、玉米栽培生理学研究以及玉米遗传育种新方法与新技术等方面取得了重要进展。

In recent years, there are an increasing number of scientists participating in maize basic research in our country, which results in an improved overall quality of research in the field of maize biology. The progresses of maize biology research in China well demonstrated by starting to have high impact research articles published in top international academic journals. Over the past year, 338 research articles were published in 104 journals of SCI(Science Citation Index), with 46 of them having relatively high impact factor(IF>5). In summary, important progresses had been made in the following directions: the genetics regulation of kernel development, the gene discovery for abiotic stresses, the gene discovery for biotic stresses, QTL gene cloning for important agronomic traits, the omics research(transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics), physiologies for maize cultivation, new technologies for maize genetic studies and breeding.

国家重点研发计划（2016YFD0100404）、国家自然科学基金（31671698）、国家自然科学基金创新研究群体（31421005）