• Collection and identification of horticultural plant germplasm resources; 

• Seedling detoxification and rapid propagation;

• Mechanism and regulation of fruit quality formation; research on new variety selection and cultivation technology;

  
  

1. Soil and Plant Nutrition

2. Horticulture Ecology

3. Introduction of Horticultural Plant Cultivation

4. Production Practice of Horticulture

5. Professional work and practice

6. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lecture and Practice

7. Special Topic on the Progress of Horticulture

Nong C, Hou J, He J, Zheng Y, Yang S, Jiang L, Xie Q, Wang W, Wu J, Chen Q*, Miao L*. Phenotypic and genetic diversity analysis of 18 ornamental strawberries. Horticulturae, 2024, 10(12): 1364. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10121364

Huang Y, Kou P, Luo J, Chen C, Li J, Lai Z, Miao L*, Chen Y. Effect of storage temperature on fruit hardness and anthocyanin biosynthesis in red peeled banana (Musa acuminata Hongmeiren). HortScience, 2024, 59(11), 1667-1673. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI18192-24

Huang Y, Li J, Nong C, Lin T, Fang L, Feng X, Chen Y, Lin Y, Lai Z*, Miao L*. Piriformospora indica enhances resistance to fusarium wilt in strawberry by increasing the activity of superoxide dismutase, peroxidase, and catalase, while reducing the content of malondialdehyde in the roots. Horticulturae. 2024, 10(3):240. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10030240

Miao L, Zhang Y, Yang X, Xiao J, Zhang H, Zhang Z, Wang Y, Jiang G. Colored light-quality selective plastic films affect anthocyanin content, enzyme activities, and the expression of flavonoid genes in strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) fruit. Food Chemistry, 2016, 207: 93-100. 

Miao L, Zhang Y, Yang X, Xiao J, Zhang H, Jiang M, Zhang Z, Wang Y, Jiang G. Fruit quality, antioxidant capacity, related genes, and enzyme activities in strawberry (Fragaria ×ananassa) grown under colored plastic films. HortScience , 2017, 52(9):1241-1250. 

Miao L, Zhang Y, Yang X, Jiang G. Effect of rain shelter and shading on plantlets growth and antioxidant contents in strawberry. Indian Journal of Horticulture, 2016.09, 73(3): 433~436. 

Miao L, Jiang M, Zhang Y, Yang X, Zhang H, Zhang Z, Wang Y, Jiang G. Genomic identification, phylogeny, and expression analysis of MLO genes involved in susceptibility to powdery mildew in Fragaria vesca. Genetics & Molecular Research, 2016, 15(3): gmr. 15038400. 

Miao L, Zhang Y, Yang X, Jiang G.  Effect of shading and rainshelter  on plantlets growth  and antioxidant  system in strawberr（Fragaria× ananassa）. Proceedings of the Seventh International Strawberry Symposium, Acta Horticulturae.1049,ISHS,2014, 443-446.

Miao L, Shou S, Cai J, Jiang F, Zhu Z, Li H. Identification of AFLP markers linked to bacterial wilt resistance in tomato and conversion to SCAR markers. 2009,  Molecular Biology Reports, 36（3）：479-486.

Miao L, Shou S, Zhu Z, Jiang F, Zai W, Yang Y. Isolation of a novel tomato caffeoyl CoA 3-O-methyltransferase (CCoAOMT) gene following infection with the bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum. Journal of Phytopathology, 2008, 156（10）：588-596.