以棉花为主要研究对象，进行种质资源的收集与鉴定，综合利用遗传学、分子生物学、细胞生物学、生物化学、多组学分析等手段进行重要农艺性状关键基因的挖掘、功能解析及育种利用研究。
1. Yujia Duan#, Xiaoguang Shang#, Qingfei He, Lijie Zhu, Weixi Li，Xiaohui Song, Wangzhen Guo. LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN4 regulates cotton ceramide content and activates fiber cell elongation.[J] Plant Physiology (2023) doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiad431 (Co-first author)
2. Shuai Fang#, Xiaoguang Shang#, Qingfei He, Weixi Li, Xiaohui Song, Baohong Zhang*, Wangzhen Guo*. A cell wall-localized β-1, 3-glucanase promotes fiber cell elongation and secondary cell wall deposition.[J] Plant Physiology (2023) doi:10.1093/plphys/kiad407 (Co-first author)
3. Qingfei He#, Xiaoguang Shang#, Ruiping Tian, Xiefei Zhu, Wangzhen Guo. An efficient and accurate droplet digital PCR method for rapid transgene copy number detection and homozygous plant identification in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum). [J] Industrial Crops and Products (2023) 204: 117284 (Co-first author)
4. Xiaoguang Shang, Yujia Duan, Meiyue Zhao, Lijie Zhu, Hanqiao Liu, Qingfei He, Yujia Yu, Weixi Li, Muhammad Waqas Amjid, Yong-Ling Ruan* and Wangzhen Guo*. GhRabA4c coordinates cell elongation via regulating actin filament–dependent vesicle transport. [J] Life Science Alliance (2022) 5 (10): e202201450
5. Xiaoguang Shang, Lijie Zhu, Yujia Duan, Qingfei He, Meiyue Zhao, Yujia Yu and Wangzhen Guo. An Easy and Rapid Transformation Protocol for Transient Expression in Cotton Fiber. [J] Frontiers in Plant Science (2022) 13:837994
6. Xiaoguang Shang, Lijie Zhu, Yujia Duan, Wangzhen Guo. A cotton α1,3-/4-fucosyltransferase-encoding gene, FucT4, plays an important role in cell elongationand is significantly associated with fiber quality. [J] Molecular Genetics and Genomics (2020) 295: 1141-1153
7. Xiaoguang Shang#, Yujia Yu#, Lijie Zhu, Hanqiao Liu, Qichao Chai, Wangzhen Guo. A cotton NAC transcription factor GhirNAC2 plays positive roles in drought tolerance via regulating ABA biosynthesis. [J] Plant Science (2020) 296: 110498
8. Xiaoguang Shang#, Yulei Zhu#, Xiang Chen, Xin-Ding Wang, Ray J Rose, Youhong Song. Seed oil storage in three contrasted legume species: implications for oil improvement. [J] Acta Physiologiae Plantarum (2020) 42:141.
9. Qichao Chai#, Xiaoguang Shang#, Shuang Wu, Guozhong Zhu, Chaoze Cheng, Caiping Cai, Xinyu Wang* and Wangzhen Guo*. 5-Aminolevulinic Acid Dehydratase Gene Dosage Affects Programmed Cell Death and Immunity. [J] Plant Physiology (2017) 175(1):511-528 (Co-first author)
10. Xiaoguang Shang, Chaoze Cheng, Jian Ding, Wangzhen Guo. Identification of candidate genes from the SAD gene family in cotton for determination of cottonseed oil composition. [J] Molecular Genetics and Genomics. (2017) 292 (1): 173-186
11. Xiaoguang Shang, Qichao Chai, Qinghu Zhang, Jianxiong Jiang, Tianzhen Zhang, Wangzhen Guo and Yong-Ling Ruan. Down-regulation of the cotton endo-1,4-β-glucanase gene KOR1 disrupts endosperm cellularization, delays embryo development, and reduces early seedling vigor [J] Journal of Experimental Botany (2015) 66(11): 3071-3083.
12. Yi Yu, Qin Cheng, Fei Wang, Yulei Zhu, Xiaoguang Shang, Ashley Jones, Haohua He, Youhong Song. Crop/plant modelling supports plant breeding: I. Optimization of environmental factors in accelerating crop growth and development for speed breeding. [J] Plant Phenomics (2023): 0099, DOI: 10.34133/plantphenomics.0099.
13. Weixi Li#, Xinyue Mi#, Xuanxiang Jin, Daiwei Zhang, Guozhong Zhu, Xiaoguang Shang, Dayong Zhang and Wangzhen Guo. Thiamine functions as a key activator for modulating plant health and broad-spectrum tolerance in cotton. [J] Plant Journal (2022) doi: 10.1111/tpj.15793
14. Dayong Zhang, Jining Li, Miaomiao Li, Zimeng Cheng, Qi’an Xu, Xiaohui Song, Xiaoguang Shang and Wangzhen Guo. Overexpression of a cotton nonspecific lipid transfer protein gene, GhLTP4, enhances drought tolerance by remodeling lipid profiles, regulating abscisic acid homeostasis and improving tricarboxylic acid cycle in cotton. [J] Environmental and Experimental Botany (2022) 201: 104991
15. Dayong Zhang#, Chuan Chen#, Haitang Wang#, Erli Niu#, Peiyue Zhao, Shuai Fang, Guozhong Zhu, Xiaoguang Shang, Wangzhen Guo. Cotton Fiber Development Requires the Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein GhIm for Splicing of Mitochondrial nad7 mRNA. [J] Genetics 2021, 217(1), iyaa017
16. Shuai Fang, Xiaoguang Shang, Yue Yao, Weixi Li, Wangzhen Guo. NST- and SND-subgroup NAC proteins coordinately act to regulate secondary cell wall formation in cotton. [J] Plant Science (2020) 301: 110657.
17. Erli Niu, Shuai Fang, Xiaoguang Shang, Wangzhen Guo. Ectopic expression of GhCOBL9A, a cotton glycosyl-phosphatidyl inositol-anchored protein encoding gene, promotes cell elongation, thickening and increased plant biomass in transgenic Arabidopsis. [J] Molecular Genetics and Genomics (2018) 293 (5): 1191-1204
18. Zhiyuan Zhang, Yong-ling Ruan, Na Zhou, Fang Wang, Xueying Guan, Lei Fang, Xiaoguang Shang, Wangzhen Guo, Shuijin Zhu, Tianzhen Zhang. Suppressing a Putative Sterol Carrier Gene Reduces Plasmodesmal Permeability and Activates Sucrose Transporter Genes during Cotton Fiber Elongation. [J] Plant Cell (2017) 29 (8): 2027-2046
19. Erli Niu, Caiping Cai, Yongjie Zheng, Xiaoguang Shang, Lei Fang, Wangzhen Guo. Genome-wide analysis of CrRLK1L gene family in Gossypium and identifcation of candidate CrRLK1L genes related to fber development. [J] Molecular Genetics and Genomics (2016) 291 (3): 1137-54
20. Xueyin Qi, Shuai Zhou, Xiaoguang Shang, Xinyu Wang. VdSho1 Regulates Growth, Oxidant Adaptation and Virulence in Verticillium dahliae. [J] Journal of Phytopathol (2016) 164: 1064-1074.
21. 秦朋飞，尚小光，宋健，郭旺珍. 棉花酰基辅酶 A 结合蛋白(ACBP)家族基因的发掘及在非生物胁迫抗性中的功能鉴定. [J] 作物学报 (2016) 41(11): 1577-1597.
22. Erli Niu, Xiaoguang Shang, Chaoze Cheng, Jianghao Bao, Yanda Zeng, Caiping Cai, Xiongming Du, Wangzhen Guo. Comprehensive Analysis of the COBRA-Like (COBL) Gene Family in Gossypium Identifies Two COBLs Potentially Associated with Fiber Quality. [J] PLoS One (2015) 10(12): e0145725
