（1）小麦高效利用氮磷关键基因克隆与有效利用 利用模式种和小麦为研究材料，采用比较基因组学的研究方法，从小麦中克隆参与、或调控氮磷吸收和利用的关键基因，分析这些基因的功能和基因调控网络，及其与小麦品种间氮磷效率差异的关系。
（2）小麦氮磷高效性状QTL定位 利用双亲分离群体QTL定位方法和association mapping相结合的方法，定位小麦基因组中调控氮磷吸收和利用效率的QTL位点，发展选育氮磷高效小麦品种的分子标记辅助选择技术。
主要论文：
Shi RL, Li HW, Tong YP, Jing RL, Zhang FS and Zou CQ 2008 Identification of quantitative trait locus of zinc and phosphorus density in wheat ( Triticum aestivum L. ) grain. Plant and Soil, 306, 95-104.
Cai C, Wang JY, ZhuYG, Shen QR, Li B, Tong YP and Li ZS 2008 Gene structure and expression of the high-affinity nitrate transport system in rice roots. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 50, 443-451.
Wang J, Sun JZ, Liu DC, Yang WL, Wang DW, Tong YP, and Zhang AM 2008. Analysis of Pina and Pinb alleles in the micro-core collections of Chinese wheat germplasm by Ecotilling and identification of a novel Pinb allele. Journal of Cereal Science, 2008, 48: 836-842.
Cai C, Zhao XQ, Zhu YG, Li B, Tong YP, and Li ZS 2007 Regulation of high affinity nitrate transport system in wheat roots by exogenous abscisic acid and glutamine. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 49, 1714-1718.
Zhang X, Tong Y, You G, Hao C, Ge H, Wang L, Li B, Dong Y and Li Z. 2007 Hitchhiking effect mapping: a new approach for discovering agronomic important genes. Agricultural Sciences in China, 6, 255-264.
Duan GL, Zhou Y, Tong YP, Mukhopadhyay R, Rosen BP and Zhu YG. 2007 A CDC25 homologue from rice functions as an arsenate reductase. New Phytologist, 174, 311–321.
Su JY, Tong YP, Liu QY, Li B, Jing RL, Li JY and Li ZS 2006 Mapping QTLs for post-anthesis dry matter accumulation in wheat
(Triticum aestivum L.). Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 48, 938-944.
Su JY, Xiao YM, Li M, Liu QY, Li B, Tong YP, Jia JZ and Li ZS 2006 Mapping QTLs for phosphorus-deficiency tolerance at wheat seedling stage. Plant and Soil, 281, 25-36.
An DG, Su JY, Liu QY, Zhu YG, Tong YP, Li JM, Jing RL, Li B and Li ZS 2006 Mapping QTLs for nitrogen uptake in relation to the early growth of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Plant and Soil, 284, 73-84.
Tong YP, Zhou JJ, Li ZS and Miller AJ 2005 A two-component high-affinity nitrate uptake system in barley. The Plant Journal, 41, 442-450.
Duan GL, Zhu YG, Tong YP, Cai C and Kneer R 2005 Characterization of arsenate reductase in the extract of roots and fronds of Chinese brake fern, an arsenic hyperaccumulator. Plant Physiology, 138, 461-469.
Tong YP, Kneer R and Zhu YG 2004 Vacuolar compartmentalization: a second-generation approach to engineering plants for
phytoremediation. Trends in Plant Sciences, 9, 7-9.
Zhao XQ, Li YJ, Liu JZ, Li B, Liu QY, Tong YP, Li JY and Li ZS 2004 Isolation and Expression analysis of a high-affinity nitrate transporter,TaNRT2.3, from roots of wheat. Acta Botanica Sinica, 46, 347-354.
Yang GH, Su JY, Li B, Liu JZ, Li M, Xiao YM, Li JY, Tong YP and Li ZS 2004 Identification and characterization of phosphorus use efficiency in a doubled haploid population of Chinese Spring × Lovrin No. 10. Acta Botanica Sinica, 46, 302-310.
Gordon-Weeks R, Tong YP, Davies TGE and Leggewie G 2003 Restricted spatial expression of a high-affinity phosphate transporter in tomato roots. Journal of Cell Sciences, 116, 3135-3144.
