長期來從事玉米等作物的功能基因組學與分子生物學研究。完成和主持國家傑出青年基金、重大國際合作，科技部‘863’、‘973’計畫，農業部轉基因專項等多個國家級項目。在Nature Genetics、PNAS、Plant Cell等主流雜誌發表論文50多篇。受聘於SCI收錄雜誌《Theoretical and Applied Genetics》、《Plant Molecular Biology Reporter》、《Journal of Genetics and Genomics》編委，《作物學報》副主編。
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Konlasuk S, Xing YX, Zhang N, Zuo WL, Zhang BQ, Tan GQ,Xu ML.ZmWAK, a quantitative resistance gene to head smut in maize, improves yield performance by reducing the endophytic pathogen Sporisorium reiliana. Molecular Breeding 2015, 35:1-10.
4. Ye JR, Guo YL, Zhang DF, Zhang N, Wang C,Xu ML.Cytological and Molecular Characterization of QTL-qRfg1 Which Confers Resistance to Gibberella Stalk-Rot Disease in Maize. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 2013, 26:1417-1428.
5. Qin Yang, Li Z, Li WQ, Ku LX, Wang C, Ye JR, Li K, Yang N, Li YP, Zhong T, Li JS, Chen YH, Yan JB, Yang XH,Xu ML. CACTA-like transposable element in ZmCCT attenuated photoperiod sensitivity and accelerated the post-domestication spread of maize. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2013, 110: 16969–16974
6. Qin Yang, Zhang DF,Xu ML. A Sequential Quantitative Trait Locus Fine-Mapping Strategy Using Recombinant-Derived Progeny. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2012, 54: 228–237
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16. Chen SH, Yang Y, Shi WW, Ji Q, He F, Zhang ZD, Cheng ZK, Liu XN, and Xu ML*. 2008. Badh2, encoding betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase, inhibits the biosynthesis of 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, a major component in rice fragrance. Plant Cell 20: 1850-1861 17. Wen WE, Li GQ, He ZH, Yang WY, Xu ML, Xia XC. 2008. Development of an STS marker closely linked to Yr26 against wheat stripe rust using the resistance gene-analog polymorphism (RGAP) technique. Mol Breed 22:507-515 18. Wang YJ, Yin GM, Yang Q, Tang JH, Lu XM, Korban SS, Xu ML*. 2008. Identification and isolation of Mu-flanking fragments from maize. J of Genetics and Genomics 35: 207-213 19. Malnoy M, Xu ML, Borejsza-Wysocka E, Korban SS, and Aldwinckle HS. 2008. Two receptor-like genes, Vfa1 and Vfa2, confer resistance to the fungal pathogen Venturia inaequalis inciting apple scab disease. Mol Plant-Microbe Interact 21:448-458. (共同第一作者) 20. Shi WW, Yang Y, Chen SH, Xu ML*. 2008. Discovery of a new fragrance allele and the development of functional markers for the breeding of fragrant rice varieties. Mol Breed 22:185-192. 21. Xiao WK, Zhao J, Fan SC, Li L, Dai JR, Xu ML*. 2007. Mapping of genome-wide resistance gene analogs (RGAs) in maize (Zea mays L.). Theor Appl Genet. 115:501-508. 22. Wang GX, Chen Y, Zhao JR, Li L, Korban SS, Wang FG, Dai JR, Xu ML*. 2007. Mapping of defense response gene homologues and their association with resistance loci in maize. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 49:1580-1598. 23. Han YP, Gasic K, Sun FJ, Xu ML, Korban SS. 2006. A gene encoding starching branching enzyme I (SBEI) in apple (Malus × domestica, Rosaceae) and its phylogenetic relationship to Sbe genes from other angiosperms. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43:852-863. 24. Farrar K, Asp T, Lübberstedt T, Xu ML, Christiansen C, Thomas A, Humphreys M, Donnison I. 2006. Construction and utilization of two Lolium perenne BAC libraries. Mol Breed. 19:15-23. 25. 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