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The team is mainly engaged in the research work of pathogenic mechanism and disease prevention and control of plant pathogenic bacteria, incidence pattern and comprehensive prevention and control of pear tree diseases, identification of metabolites of biocontrol lysozyme, biosynthesis, genetic regulation and product creation. In the past five years, under the leadership of Prof. Liu Fengquan, the team members have presided over 29 projects/research topics above the provincial and ministerial levels with a research fund totaled up to RMB 23 million, including 1 project in National Key R&D Support Plan, 1 project on National Pear Industry Technology System Disease Post, 5 general projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 4 projects of NSFC Youth Fund, 1 project of Jiangsu Province Key Research and Development Plan, 1 project on the National Postdoctoral Innovative Talents Plan, etc. The team won the first prize of Jiangsu Province Science and Technology Award, the first prize of Shen Nong China Agricultural Science and Technology Award and the first prize of China Society of Plant Protection Science and Technology Award. The team also published 53 SCI research papers in high-level academic journals, including one research paper each in the internationally renowned academic journals such as Cell Host & Microbe (IF14.946) and Nucleic Acids Research (IF 11.561); it’s authorized 8 national invention patents; formulated 6 Jiangsu provincial local standards; developed 1 provincial recommended technology.