利用基因组学、代谢组学和消费者品评等方法辅助柑橘育种，改良果实品质。

《园艺产品采后生理与技术》

1 主持福建省自然科学基金项目“CmCCD1a基因在柚果实香气形成过程中表达调控的机制解析”（8/1/2023至8/1/2026）。

2 主持“十四五”国家重点研发计划项目“柑橘品质形成和保持机理与调控技术”任务“宽皮橘香气物质关键基因挖掘及果实香气提升”（1/1/2024至12/31/2028）。

3 主持国家自然科学基金面上项目“基于全基因组关联分析的宽皮橘果肉香气物质含量候选基因挖掘和调控机制解析”（1/1/2020至12/31/2023）。

4 主持福建农林大学园艺学院引进人才科研启动费项目“柚果肉挥发性物质的生物合成与积累的分子调控机制”（10/2020至09/2023）。

5 主持宁夏回族自治区农业高质量发展和生态保护科技创新示范项目专题“西瓜特殊风味品质形成的分子机理与调控研究”（1/1/2021至12/31/2025)。

6 主持横向课题“柑橘杂交新品种创制”（1/1/2021至12/31/2025）。

7 参与福建农林大学茶产业链科技创新与服务体系建设项目“茶树重要品质相关代谢物的创新利用及研究”（4/2020至3/2023）。

·       Pareek S, Volpe JH, Worbington ES, Schumann AW, Yu Y, Hurtado AD, Grosser JW, Gmitter FG, Chater JM*. Fruit bagging enhances peel color and affects fruit quality of citrus under protected screen-grown grapefruit-like hybrid ‘914’. HortScience, 2025, 60 (1): 23-27. 

Yang WB^#, Zhou JY^#, Yu R, Du HY, Tian M, Guo S, Li H^*, Zhang YZ^* and Yu Y^*. Assessment of fruit quality and volatile profiles in watermelons grafted onto various rootstocks. Vegetable Research, 2024, 4: e036. Fu ZJ, Hao SX, Zhou JY, Feng WJ, Zhu MY, Wu JL, Zhang YZ, Yu Y*. Profiling volatile compounds in fresh leaves of 22 major oolong tea germplasm cultivated in Fujian of China. Scientia Horticulturae, 2024, 327: 112849.

Zhou JY, Kong LL, Li DB, Zhang XX, Fu ZJ, Pan TF, Yu Y *. Nutritional and volatile profiles of pulp and flavedo from four local pummelo cultivars grown in Fujian province of China. Journal of Food Science, 2023, 88: 3357-3372.

Zheng SJ, Cai JJ, Huang PB, Wang YQ, Yang ZB, Yu Y *. Determination of volatile profiles of woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca) during fruit maturation by HS-SPME GC–MS. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 2023, 103: 7455-7468.

Zhang XX #, Fu ZJ #, Kong LL, Zhou JY, Pan TF, Yu Y *. Metabolomic analyses provide insight into the fruit nutritional and sensory attributes among 'Guanxi' pummelo and its bud mutants. Fruit Research, 2023, 3: 6.

Pan TF #, Kong LC #, Zhang XX, Wang YH, Zhou JY, Fu ZJ, Pan HL, She WQ, Yu Y *. Fruit quality and volatile constituents of a new very early-ripening pummelo (Citrus maxima) cultivar ‘Liuyuezao’. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023, 13: 1089009.

Wang NY, Sun YC, Lian R, Pan TF, Guo ZX, Yu Y, Pan TF *, She WQ *. Genome-wide screening of AP2/ERF transcription factors involved in Citrus maxima ‘Sanhongmiyou’ exocarp coloring. Scientia Horticulturae, 2023, 318: 112041.

Wang NY, Li XT, Xu CY, Lian R, Pan TF, Guo ZX, Yu Y *, She WQ *. Gene expression in the sugar metabolism between ‘Guanxi’ pummelo and its early-ripening mutant ‘Liuyuezao’. Scientia Horticulturae, 2022, 305: 111435.

Wang J, Cai JR, Zhao JY, Guo ZX, Pan TF, Yu Y *, She WQ *. Enzyme activities in the lignin metabolism of Chinese olive (Canarium album) with different flesh characteristics. Horticulturae, 2022, 8: 408.

Pan TF #, Huang PB #, Ye JW, Pan DM, Fu ZJ, Pan HL, Guo ZX, She WQ, Yu Y *. ‘Liuyuezao’: a new very early-ripening pummelo cultivar. HortScience, 2021, 56(12): 1608-1609. 

Pan TF *, Ali MM, Gong JM, She WQ, Pan DM, Guo ZX, Yu Y, Chen FX. Fruit physiology and sugar-acid profile of 24 pomelo (Citrusgrandis (L.) Osbeck) cultivars grown in subtropical region of China. Agronomy, 2021, 11: 2393.

Yu XM #, Xiao JJ #, Chen S #, Yu Y, MA JQ, Lin YZ, Li RZ, Lin J, Fu ZJ, Zhou QQ, Chao QL, Chen L *, Yang ZB *, Liu RY *. Metabolite signatures of diverse Camellia sinensis tea populations. Nature Communications, 2020, 11: 5586.

Yu QB #, Huang M #, Jia HG, Yu Y, Plotto A, Baldwin EA, Bai JH, Wang N, Gmitter FG *. Deficiency of valencene in mandarin hybrids is associated with a deletion in the promoter region of the valencene synthase gene. BMC Plant Biology, 2019, 19: 101.

Yu Y, Chen CX, Huang M, Yu QB, Du DL, Mattia MR, Gmitter FG *. Genetic diversity and population structure analysis of citrus germplasm with single nucleotide polymorphism markers. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, 2018, 143(6): 399-408.

Yu Y, Bai JH, Chen CX, Plotto A, Baldwin EA, Gmitter FG *. Comparative analysis of juice volatiles in selected mandarins, mandarin relatives and other citrus genotypes. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 2018, 98(3): 1124-1131.

Huang M, Roose ML, Yu QB, Du DL, Yu Y, Zhang Y, Deng ZA, Stover E, Gmitter FG *. Construction of high-density genetic maps and detection of QTLs associated with Huanglongbing tolerance in citrus. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018, 9: 1694.

Du DL #, Du XY #, Mattia MR, Wang YB, Yu QB, Huang M, Yu Y, Grosser JW, Gmitter FG *. LTR retrotransposons from the Citrus × clementina genome: characterization and application. Tree Genetics & Genomes, 2018, 14: 43.

Yu Y, Bai JH, Chen CX, Plotto A, Yu QB, Baldwin EA, Gmitter FG *. Identification of QTLs controlling aroma volatiles using a ‘Fortune’ x ‘Murcott’ (Citrus reticulata) population. BMC Genomics, 2017, 18: 646.

Yu Y, Chen CX, Gmitter FG *. QTL mapping of mandarin (Citrus reticulata) fruit characters using high-throughput SNP markers. Tree Genetics & Genomes, 2016, 12: 77. 

Gmitter FG *, Chen CX, Wei X, Yu Y, Yu QB. New genetic tools to improve citrus fruit quality and drive consumer demand. Acta Horticulturae, 2016, 1127: 199-202.

Yu QB, Plotto A, Baldwin EA, Bai JH, Huang M, Yu Y, Dhaliwal HS, Gmitter FG *. Proteomic and metabolomic analyses provide insight into production of volatile and non-volatile flavor components in mandarin hybrid fruit. BMC Plant Biology, 2015, 15: 76.

Wei X, Chen CX, Yu QB, Gady A, Yu Y, Liang GL, Gmitter FG *. Comparison of carotenoid accumulation and biosynthetic gene expression between Valencia and Rohde Red Valencia sweet oranges. Plant Science, 2014, 227: 28-36.

Wei X, Chen CX, Yu QB, Gady A, Yu Y, Liang GL, Gmitter FG *. Novel expression patterns of carotenoid pathway-related genes in citrus leaves and maturing fruits. Tree Genetics & Genomes, 2014, 10(3): 439-448.