生菜种源创新团队围绕生菜产业中的重大问题，聚焦高产、抗逆和品质等研究方向，建立了全国最大生菜资源库，共收集、创新各类生菜遗传资源2万余份，建立了生菜资源抗逆与品质精准鉴定技术平台，发表研究论文近40篇。培育一批高产、优质和多抗生菜品种，其中碧霄获得国内首个生菜新品种权，多个品种获得相关部门的主导、主推或推荐，在国内率先完成生菜品种成果转化，在国内生菜主产区大规模推广。创建多酚生菜产业链，开发出多款生菜加工品，提高人体免疫力和肉蛋奶的品质，有力的促进了相关产业提质增效，为大健康产业和乡村振兴注入持久动能。

1.生菜资源的收集与保护；

2.生菜的高产、抗逆和品质调控机理；

3.生菜的种源创新与新品种培育；

4.新品的利用开发与示范推广。

主要论文和专著：

1、Ban Songtao, Tian Minglu, Hu Dong, Xu Mengyuan, Yuan Tao, Zheng Xiuguo, Li Linyi, Wei Shiwei. Evaluation and Early Detection of Downy Mildew of Lettuce Using Hyperspectral Imagery. Agriculture. 2025,15(5):444. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture15050444 

2、He Shuping, Huo Guotao, Ge Guojun, Du Li, Long Du, Luo Lijun, Long Ping, Wei Shiwei. Identification and Preliminary Functional Analysis of Responsive Genes to Short-term Heat Stress in Lettuce. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, 2024,149(6): 327-336

3、Yang Xiao, Han Yingying, Huo Guotao, Ge Guojun, He Shuping, Yang Xiao , Zhang Li, Wei Shiwei, Luo Lijun. Integrated transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis provides insights into cold tolerance in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.). BMC Plant Biol. 2024,24(1):442. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-024-05099-0. 

4、Zha Lingyan, Wei Shiwei, Huang Danfeng, Zhang Jingjin. Multi-Omics Analyses of Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) Reveals Primary Metabolism Reorganization Supporting Distinct Features of Secondary Metabolism Induced by Supplementing UV-A Radiation. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry. 2024,72(28):15498-15511.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.4c00394

5、Wei Shiwei, Zhang Li, Huo Guotao, Ge Guojun, Luo Lijun, Yang Qichang, Yang Xiao, Long Ping. Comparative transcriptomics and metabolomics analyses provide insights into thermal resistance in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.), Scientia Horticulturae, 2021, 289: 110423.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2021.110423

6、Wei Shiwei, Yang Xiao, Huo Guotao, Ge Guojun, Liu Hongyan, Luo Lijun, Hu Jinguo, Huang Danfeng, Long Ping. Distinct Metabolome Changes during Seed Germination of Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) in Response to Thermal Stress as Revealed by Untargeted Metabolomics Analysis. International journal of molecular sciences,2020,21(4):1481, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21041481.

7, Yang Xiao, Wei Shiwei(共一), Liu Bin, Guo Doudou, Zheng Bangxiao, Feng Lei, Liu Yumin, Tomas Barberan Francisco A, Luo Lijun, Huang Danfeng. A novel integrated non-targeted metabolomic analysis reveals significant metabolite variations between differentlettuce (Lactuca sativa. L) varieties. Horticulture Research, 2018,5:33.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41438-018-0050-1

8、基于表型性状的叶用莴苣资源多样性分析.2016,17(5): 871-876 https://doi.org/10.13430/j.cnki.jpgr.2016.05.012

9、莴苣种质资源耐热鉴定评价. 植物遗传资源学报. 2020,21(3): 637-647 https://doi.org/10.13430/j.cnki.jpgr.20190911001

专利：

 [1]Han J, Li TF, Wei SW, Lin T, Huo GT, Zhou L, Teng XY. (2023). 一种通过组织培养获得生菜单倍体植株的方法(CN202111383541.3).中国国家知识产权局.

省级认定品种：

沪芊：2023厦门种业博览会暨海峡两岸(厦门)种业博览会“推荐品种”，2024年上海市蔬菜主推（潜力）品种

浩农1号：2022年，浙江种博会推荐品种，2023年获上海市主推潜力品种，2024年完成成果转化，2025年获得河北省主导农业品种

缤纷3号：第六届郑州种业博览会暨第九届中原国际种业科技展览会“专家推荐品种”

缤纷1号：2023年完成成果转化，国内首例完成成果转化的生菜品种

除上述品种外，红珊瑚，绿如意，缤纷5号等新品种也通过了上海市认定

新品种权：

碧霄（首个获得生菜新品种权的品种）；申农1号

魏仕伟、火国涛、葛国军、贺淑萍、李治飞