叶萌，博士，研究员，博士生导师，浙江省杰出青年科学基金获得者，中国农业科学院优秀青年英才。硕博毕业于浙江大学，2016-2018年在瑞士伯尔尼大学从事博士后研究，2018年12月入职中国农业科学院茶叶研究所。

多年来从事茶树抗虫性状遗传解析与应用研究，当前主要研究领域为（1）茶树抗虫性状的形成及调控机理；（2）挥发物与茶树抗虫过程调控机制；（3）茶树抗虫育种。在Science、Science Advances、Nature Food、Nature Communication、Plant Cell等国际权威期刊发表论文20余篇。主持国家自然科学基金面上项目、青年基金、浙江省自然科学基金、中国农业科学院青年英才培养项目等多个科研项目。获得国家授权发明专利2项。兼任Modern Agriculture副编委、Beverage Plant Research、茶叶学报等期刊青年编委；中国茶叶学会国际交流工作委员会副秘书长，中国园艺学会女科学家分会理事。

代表性论文：

(1)Jiang Q., Ding C., Feng L., Wu Z., Liu Y., He L., Liu C., Wang L., Zeng J., Huang J.#, Ye M.# (2025) Two leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinases initiate herbivory defense responses in tea plants. Horticulture Research, 12(1): uhae281.

(2)Ye M.#, Liu C., Li N., Yuan C., Liu M., Xin Z., Lei S., Sun X.# (2023) A constitutive serine protease inhibitor suppresses herbivore performance in tea (Camellia sinensis). Horticulture Research, 10(10): uhad178.

(3)Fu Q., Cao H., Wang L., Lei L., Di T., Ye Y, Ding C., Li N., Hao X., Zeng J., Yang Y., Wang X., Ye M.#, Huang J.# (2023) Transcriptome analysis reveals that ascorbic acid treatment enhances the cold tolerance of tea plants through cell wall remodeling. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24(12): 10059.

(4)Ye M.#, Liu M., Erb M., Glauser G., Zhang J., Li X., Sun X.# (2021) Indole primes defense signaling and increases herbivore resistance in tea plants. Plant Cell & Environment 44(4): 1165-1177.

(5)Ye M.*, Kuai P.*, Hu L.*, Ye M., Sun H., Erb M., Lou Y. (2020) Suppression of a leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase enhances host plant resistance to a specialist herbivore.  Plant Cell & Environment 43(10): 2571-2585.

(6)Ye M., Glauser G., Lou Y., Erb M., Hu L. (2019) Molecular dissection of early defense signaling underlying volatile-mediated defense regulation and herbivore resistance in rice. The Plant Cell 31(3): 687-698.

(7)Ye M.*, Veyrat N.*, Xu H., Hu L., Turlings T. C. J., Erb M. (2018) An herbivore-induced plant volatile reduces parasitoid attraction by changing the smell of caterpillars. Science Advances 4(5): aar4767.

(8)Hu L.*, Ye M.*, Kuai P., Ye M., Erb M., Lou Y. (2018) OsLRR-RLK1, an early responsive leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase, initiates rice defense responses against a chewing herbivore. New Phytologist 219(3): 1097-1111.

(9)Kuai P., Lin N., Ye M., Ye M., Chen L., Chen S., Zu H., Hu L., Gatehouse A. M. R., Lou Y. (2024). Identification and knockout of a herbivore susceptibility gene enhances planthopper resistance and increases rice yield. Nature Food 5(10): 846-859.

(10)Hu L., Mateo P., Ye M., Zhang X., Berset J. D., Handrick V., Radisch D., Grabe V., Köllner T. G., Gershenzon J., Robert C., Erb M. (2018) Plant iron acquisition strategy exploited by an insect herbivore. Science 361(6403): 694-697.

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