国家自然科学基金面上项目“菌根真菌多样性与植物功能群的关系及其在生态系统稳定性维持中的作用”2010-2012, 项目负责人

国家自然科学基金面上项目“菌根真菌网络和土壤病原真菌对亚热带森林幼苗更新存活和生长的整合效应”，2012-2015，项目负责人

中国科学院战略先导项目(B类)项目“亚热带森林群落多样性的形成与维持机制”，子课题“植物多样性与病原菌传播抑制对植物生长和更新的影响”（XDB31030403）2018-2023，子课题负责人 

代表论文

1.      Hui Shang, Yunquan Wang, Baocai Han, Xiangcheng Mi, Lei Chen, Yu Liang*, Keping Ma. 2023. Effects of functional phylogeny of light-response-related orthologous genes on seedling survival in a subtropical forest. Forest Ecosystems, 10: 100087. (corresponding author)

2.      Fang Wang, Xiangcheng Mi, Lei Chen, Wubing Xu, Walter Durka, Nathan G. Swenson, Daniel J. Johnson, Samantha J. Worthy, Jianhua Xue, Yan Zhu, Bernhard Schmid, Yu Liang*, Keping Ma. 2022. Differential impacts of adult trees on offspring and non-offspring recruits in a subtropical forest. Science China Life Sciences, 65: 1905-1913. (corresponding author)

3.      Bo Yang, Yu Liang*, Bernhard Schmid, Martin Baruffol, Yangfan Li, Ling He, Yann Salmon, Qiuyang Tian, Pascal A Niklaus, Keping Ma. 2022. Soil fungi promote biodiversity-productivity relationships in experimental communities of young trees. Ecosystems, 25: 858–871 (corresponding author)

4.      Abdul Shakoor, Shan Li, Fang Wang, Tian Tian, Yu Liang*, and Keping Ma. 2019. Spatial Patterns and Determinants of Common root-associated Fungi in a Subtropical Forest of China. Journal of Plant Ecology, 12: 255-263. doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rty018(corresponding author)

5.      Shan Li, Abdul Shakoor, Tesfaye Wubet, Naili Zhang, Yu Liang*, and Keping Ma. 2018. Fine-scale variations of fungal community in a heterogeneous grassland in Inner Mongolia: Effects of the plant community and edaphic parameters. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 122: 104-110. (corresponding author)

6.      Yanhua Zhang, Jian Ni, Fangping Tang, Lifen Jiang, Tianrong Guo, Kequan Pei, Lifu Sun*, Yu Liang*. 2017. The effects of different human disturbance regimes on root fungal diversity of Rhododendron ovatum in subtropical forests of China. Can J For Res, 47: 659-666 (corresponding author)

7.      Yanhua Zhang, Jian NI, Fangping TANG, Kequan Pei, Lifen Jiang, Tianrong Guo, Lifu Sun*, Yu Liang*. 2017. Diversity of root-associated fungi of Vaccinium mandarinorum along a human disturbance gradient in subtropical forests, China. Journal of Plant Ecology, 10: 56-66(corresponding author)

8.      Yanhua Zhang, Jian Ni, Fangping Tang, Kequan Pei, Yiqi Luo, Lifen Jiang, Lifu Sun*, Yu Liang*. 2016. Root-associated fungi of Vaccinium carlesii in subtropical forests of China: intra- and inter-annual variability and impacts of human disturbances. Scientific Reports, 6:22399 (corresponding author)

9.      Bingwei Zhang, Shan Li, Shiping Chen*, Tingting Ren, Zhiqiang Yang, Hanlin Zhao, Yu Liang*, Xingguo Han. 2016. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi regulate soil respiration and its response to precipitation change in a semiarid steppe. Scientific Reports, 6:19990 (corresponding author)

10.   Xiufeng Sun, Yuanying Su, Ying Zhang, Mingyu Wu, Zhe Zhang, Kequan Pei, Lifu Sun, Shiqiang Wan, Yu Liang*. 2013. Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal spore communities and its relations to plants under increased temperature and precipitation in a natural grassland. Chinese Science Bulletin, 58:4109-4119. (corresponding author).

11.   Lifu Sun, Kequan Pei, Fang Wang, Qiong Ding, Yanhong Bing, Bo Gao, Yu Zheng, Yu Liang*, Keping Ma. 2012. Different distribution patterns between putative ercoid mycorrhizal and other fungal assemblages in roots of Rhododendron decorum in the southwest of China. PLOS One, 7: e49867 (corresponding author)

12.   Jie Bi, Naili Zhang, Yu Liang*, Haijun Yang & Keping Ma. 2011. Interactive effects of water and nitrogen addition on soil microbial communities in a semiarid steppe. Journal of Plant Ecology, 5: 320-329. (corresponding author)

13.   Qiong Ding, Yu Liang*, Pierre Legendre, Xinhua He, Kequan Pei, Xiaojun Du, Keping Ma. 2011. Diversity and composition of ectomycorrhizal community on seedling roots: the role of host preference and soil origin. Mycorrhiza 21:669–680. (corresponding author)

14.   Yu Liang, Hui Chen, Mingjuan Tang, Shihua Shen. 2007. Proteome analysis of an ectomycorrhizal fungus Boletus edulis under salt shock. Mycological Research 111: 939-946

15.   Yu Liang, Hui Chen, Ming-Juan Tang, Ping-Fang Yang, Shi-Hua Shen. 2007. Responses of Jatropha curcas seedlings to cold stress: photosynthesis-related proteins and chlorophyll fluorescence characteristics. Physiologia Plantarum, 131: 508-517

16.   Yu Liang, Liang-Dong Guo, Xiao-Jun Du & Ke-Ping Ma. 2007. Spatial structure and diversity of woody plants and ectomycorrhizal fungi in a natural subtropical forest. Mycorrhiza, 17: 271-278

17.   Yu Liang, Liang-Dong Guo, Keping Ma. 2005. Population genetic structure of an ectomycorrhizal fungus Amanita manginiana in a subtropical forest over two years. Mycorrhiza 15:137-142

18.   Yu Liang, Liang-Dong Guo, Keping Ma. 2004. Genetic structure of an ectomycorrizal fungus Russula vinosa population in a subtropical forest in Dujiangyan, southwest of China. Mycorrhiza14: 235-240

19.   Yu Liang, Liang-Dong Guo, Keping Ma. 2004. Spatial pattern of the most common ectomycorrhizal fungi in a mature subtropical forest in Dujiangyan, southwest of China. Acta Botanica Sinica, 46: 29-34

20.   Yu Liang, Liang-dong Guo, Keping Ma, 2002. The role of mycorrhizal fungi in ecosystems. Acta Phytoecologica Sinica, 26: 739-745