Lailiang Cheng

Professor
SIPS - Horticulture Section · CALS

Lailiang Cheng serves as Professor in SIPS - Horticulture Section at Cornell University.

227 publications
8,391 citations
52 h-index
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Rising Papers (4)
2025-04-16 · Nature Genetics · Plant Science
Pan-genome analysis reveals the evolution and diversity of Malus
Lailiang ChengProfessor, SIPS - Horticulture Section · CALS
26 citations · 14.2x expected for field
2025-04-17 · Nature Plants · Plant Science
Enrichment of two important metabolites d-galacturonic acid and d-glucuronic acid inhibits MdHb1-mediated fruit softening in apple
Lailiang ChengProfessor, SIPS - Horticulture Section · CALS
26 citations · 14.2x expected for field
2025-05-29 · New Phytologist · Plant Science
MdARF2 ‐mediated ABA signaling orchestrates malate biosynthesis and transport via repression of MdcyMDH and MdMATEL1 in apple
Lailiang ChengProfessor, SIPS - Horticulture Section · CALS
14 citations · 7.6x expected for field
2025-01-13 · Developmental Cell · Molecular Biology
Nanopore RNA direct sequencing identifies that m6A modification is essential for sorbitol-controlled resistance to Alternaria alternata in apple
Lailiang ChengProfessor, SIPS - Horticulture Section · CALS
12 citations · 3.4x expected for field
Recent Papers (6)
2026-09-08 · Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science · Plant Science
Responses of Primary and Secondary Metabolites of ‘Gala’ Apple to Crop Load
Lailiang ChengProfessor, SIPS - Horticulture Section · CALS
2026-06-18 · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · Plant Science
MYB73 modulates apple flesh browning by repressing the expression of three polyphenol oxidase genes
Lailiang ChengProfessor, SIPS - Horticulture Section · CALS
2026-06-01 · Plant Phenomics · Plant Science
Dynamic Sparse Point Voxel Transformer for 3D Point Cloud Instance Segmentation of Dormant Apple Trees
Kenong XuProf Assoc, SIPS - Horticulture Section Geneva · CALS
Lailiang ChengProfessor, SIPS - Horticulture Section · CALS
Yu JiangProf Asst, SIPS - Horticulture Section Geneva · CALS
2026-05-21 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · Biochemistry
Epistasis of two classical color genes, B and L-2, synergistically controls carotenoid accumulation in squash
Zhangjun FeiProfessor Adjunct, SIPS - Plant Path & Plant-Microbe Bio Section · CALS
Lailiang ChengProfessor, SIPS - Horticulture Section · CALS
Li LiProfessor Adjunct, SIPS - Plant Breeding and Genetics Section · CALS
Michael MazourekProf Assoc, SIPS - Plant Breeding and Genetics Section · CALS
2026-04-09 · The Plant Cell · Plant Science
MdARF16/17 Link Auxin Signaling to Ma1-Independent Control of Vacuolar Malate Transport in Apple
2026-01-19 · IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters · Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
DATR: Diffusion-Based 3D Apple Tree Reconstruction Framework With Sparse-View
Yu JiangProf Asst, SIPS - Horticulture Section Geneva · CALS