先后主持4项国家自然科学基金，2项国家973计划子课题，1项国家重点研发计划子课题，1项江苏省高校自然科学研究重大项目，1项江苏省高校自然科学基础研究课题，3项扬州大学科技创新基金；参加多项国家973、863、国家自然科学基金等项目的研究工作

在Plant Physiology、Molecular Plant、Communications Biology、Chromosome Research、Science Bulletin和Journal of Genet and Genomics等学术杂志上公开发表研究论文40余篇，其中SCI收录20多篇。发表的主要论文：

Yi, C., Wang, M., Jiang, W., Wang, D., Zhou, Y., Gong, Z., Liang, G., and Gu, M. (2015). Isolation and Identification of a Functional Centromere Element in the Wild Rice Species Oryza granulata with the GG Genome. Journal of Genet and Genomics 42, 699-702.

Yi, C.D., Li, W., Wang, D.R., Jiang, W., Hu, D.B., Zhou, Y., Liang, G.H., and Gu, M.H. (2017). Identification and cell wall analysis of interspecific hybrids between Oryza sativa and Oryza ridleyi. Journal of Integrative Agriculture 16, 1676-1681.

Yi, C.D., Wang, M.S., Jiang, W., Wang, D.R., Cheng, X.J., Wang, Y., Zhou, Y., Liang, G.H., and Gu, M.H. (2015). Development and characterization of synthetic amphiploids of Oryza sativa and Oryza latifolia. Science Bulletin 60, 2059-2062.

Yi, C.D., Hu, D.B., Zhang, J.J., Jin, W.G., Li, W., Zhou, Y., Liang, G.H., and Gu, M.H. (2018). Development and identification of synthetic interspecific hybrids between Oryza sativa and Oryza australiensis. Indian Journal of Genet and Plant Breeding 78, 174-179.

Yi, C., Zhang, W., Dai, X., Li, X., Gong, Z., Zhou, Y., Liang, G., and Gu, M. (2013). Identification and diversity of functional centromere satellites in the wild rice species Oryza brachyantha. Chromosome research 21, 725-737.

Yi, C.D., Tang, S.Z., Zhou, Y., Liang, G.H., Gong, Z.Y., and Gu, M.H. (2008). Development and characterization of interspecific hybrids between Oryza sativa and O.latifolia by in situ hybridiztion. Chinese Science Bulletin 53, 2973-2980.

Zhang, W., Yi, C., Bao, W., Liu, B., Cui, J., Yu, H., Cao, X., Gu, M., Liu, M., and Cheng, Z. (2005). The transcribed 165-bp CentO satellite is the major functional centromeric element in the wild rice species Oryza punctata. Plant physiology 139, 306-315.

Wang, L., Yuan, J., Ma, Y., Jiao, W., Ye, W., Yang, D.-L., Yi, C., and Chen, Z.J. (2018). Rice Interploidy Crosses Disrupt Epigenetic Regulation, Gene Expression, and Seed Development. Molecular Plant 11, 300-314.

Wu, Z., Fang, D., Yang, R., Gao, F., An, X., Zhuo, X., Li, Y., Yi, C., Zhang, T., Liang, C., Cui, P., Cheng, Z., and Luo, Q. (2018). De novo genome assembly of Oryza granulata reveals rapid genome expansion and adaptive evolution. Communications Biology 1, 84.

Zhou, Y., Tao, Y.J., Yuan, Y., Zhang, Y.Z., Miao, J., Zhang, R., Yi, C.D., Gong, Z.Y., Yang, Z.F., and Liang, G.H. (2018). Characterisation of a novel quantitative trait locus, GN4-1, for grain number and yield in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Theoretical And Applied Genetics 131, 637-648.

Zhou, Y., Tao, Y.J., Zhu, J.Y., Miao, J., Liu, J., Liu, Y.H., Yi, C.D., Yang, Z.F., Gong, Z.Y., and Liang, G.H. (2017). GNS4, a novel allele of DWARF11, regulates grain number and grain size in a high-yield rice variety. Rice 10,34

Zhou, Y., Miao, J., Gu, H., Peng, X., Leburu, M., Yuan, F., Gu, H., Gao, Y., Tao, Y., Zhu, J., Gong, Z., Yi, C., Gu, M., Yang, Z., and Liang, G. (2015). Natural Variations in SLG7 Regulate Grain Shape in Rice. Genetics 201, 1591-1599.

Yuan, Y., Miao, J., Tao, Y.J., Ji, C.Q., Du, P.N., Wang, J., Wang, Z.D., Chen, D., Gong, Z.Y., Yi, C.D., Zhu, J.Y., Dong, G.C., Gu, M.H., Zhou, Y., and Liang, G.H. (2015). Identification and fine mapping of qPH6, a novel major quantitative trait locus for plant height in rice. Mol Breeding 35, 56

Zhu, J.Y., Zhou, Y., Liu, Y.H., Wang, Z.D., Tang, Z.X., Yi, C.D., Tang, S.Z., Gu, M.H., and Liang, G.H. (2011). Fine mapping of a major QTL controlling panicle number in rice. Molecular Breeding 27, 171-180.

Gong, Z., Liu, X., Tang, D., Yu, H., Yi, C., Cheng, Z., and Gu, M. (2011). Non-homologous chromosome pairing and crossover formation in haploid rice meiosis. Chromosoma 120, 47-60.

Zhou, Y., Zhu, J., Li, Z., Yi, C., Liu, J., Zhang, H., Tang, S., Gu, M., and Liang, G. (2009). Deletion in a quantitative trait gene qPE9-1 associated with panicle erectness improves plant architecture during rice domestication. Genetics 183, 315-324.

Gong, Z., Yu, H., Huang, J., Yi, C., and Gu, M. (2009). Unstable transmission of rice chromosomes without functional centromeric repeats in asexual propagation. Chromosome research 17, 863-872.