大豆分子设计育种创新团队致力于大豆重要农艺性状关键基因的发掘和分子机制研究。通过构建的大豆种质资源全基因组关联群体和重组自交系群体，对大豆产量、品质及抗逆相关性状展开重要基因的挖掘和功能解析，并通过分子聚合育种，进行高产、优质、抗逆新品种的培育。以期突破当前高产优质瓶颈，并集合抗逆、抗病虫害等性状，为解决我国大豆卡脖子问题做出贡献。团队现有国家“优青”1人，河南省杰出青年1人，“中原英才计划” 中原青年拔尖人才1人，河南省高校创新人才1人，成人电影 “拔尖人才” 特聘教授1人，成人电影 “青年英才”特聘副教授2人；博士研究生7人，在读硕士研究生26人。
       研究方向：

1. 大豆高产、抗逆基因挖掘与应用
2. 大豆分子遗传育种

       科研人员组成：
       带头人：矫永庆
       秘  书：褚姗姗
       成  员：张丹、熊二辉、胡丹丹、袁雨豪、贾琳、吕海燕、岳岩磊
       研究成果：
       团队获得国家自然基金优秀青年基金、国家转基因重大专项子课题、国家重点研发计划子课题、国家自然科学基金面上项目、国家自然科学基金青年项目、河南省重点研发项目、河南省良种公关项目、河南省科技攻关项目等一系列项目20项。团队建立了完善的表型鉴定体系和稳定的大豆遗传转化体系，挖掘了多个控制大豆种子大小、磷高效、高油、高蛋白、食叶性害虫抗性、胞囊线虫抗性和耐高温干旱相关基因，并深入解析了其分子机理，为培育高产优质抗逆的大豆新品种提供了重要的目标基因和理论支撑。近五年来团队成员在The Plant Cell、 Plant communications、Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 、Plant Biotechnology Journal、Plant Physiology、Plant Cell and Environment等重要国际期刊上发表SCI论文38篇，授权国际发明专利7项、国内发明专利12项。
       代表性论著：

1. GmGASA12 coordinates hormonal dynamics to enhance soybean water-soluble protein accumulation and seed size. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2025, 67: 2401-2415.
2. A transcriptional regulatory module, Myb73-GDPD2-GA2ox1, confers phosphate deficiency tolerance in soybean. Plant Cell, 2024, 36(6): 2176-2200.
3. AtMYBS1 negatively regulates heat tolerance by directly repressing the expression of MAX1 required for strigolactone biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. Plant Communications, 2023, 22: 100675.
4. HY5-HDA9 orchestrates the transcription of HsfA2 to modulate salt stress response in Arabidopsis. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2022, 65(1): 45-63.
5. Overexpression of GmWRI1b in soybean stably improves plant architecture and associated yield parameters, and increases total seed oil production under field conditions. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2020, 18(8): 1639-1641.
6. Soybean type-B response regulator GmRR1 mediates phosphorus uptake and yield by modifying root architecture. Plant Physiology, 2024, 194: 1527-1544.
7. Transcription factors GmERF1 and GmWRKY6 synergistically regulate low phosphorus tolerance in soybean. Plant Physiology, 2023, 192: 1099-1114.
8. GmEIL4 enhances soybean (Glycine max) phosphorus efficiency by improving root system development. Plant Cell and Environment, 2023, 46: 592-606.
9. Up-regulating GmETO1 improves phosphorus uptake and use efficiency by promoting root growth in soybean. Plant Cell and Environment, 2020, 43: 2080-2094.
10. The occurrence, inheritance, and segregation of complex genomic structural variation in synthetic Brassica napus. Crop Journal, 2024, 12(2): 515-528.
11. A study of leaf-senescence genes in rice based on a combination of genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics. Briefings in Bioinformatics, 2021, 22(4): bbaa305.
12. Formyl tetrahydrofolate deformylase affects hydrogen peroxide accumulation and leaf senescence by regulating the folate status and redox homeostasis in rice. Science China Life Sciences, 2021, 64(5): 720-738.
13. OsELS6 regulates rice leaf senescence differently in vitro and in vivo via the jasmonic acid pathway. Plant Physiology, 2025, 199(2): kiaf453.
14. Efficient creation and phenotypic differentiation mechanism of autotetraploid soybean. Industrial Crops and Products, 2025, 236: 121976.