研究方向为植物逆境生物学，具体涉及滩涂野生和栽培大豆、棉花、柽柳等耐盐或盐生植物盐害生理、分子机理和耐逆功能基因组学，植物微生物共生与逆境适应分子机制，作物耐逆性化学调控及其机理等。荣获教育部科技进步二等奖1项（1999）、江苏省自然科学基金完成“质量优秀”3项（1999，2001和2005）、中国植物生理学会青年优秀学术论文奖1项等。主持完成瑞典国际科学基金（IFS）、国家自然科学基金（NSFC）青年基金和面上及新疆联合项目、国家转基因生物新品种培育重大专项子课题、江苏省自然科学基金面上项目和青年科技创新人才（学术带头人）项目、学校国家重点实验室开放课题等11项，合作参与完成国家和部省级课题10余项，获国家授权利发明专利2项，任《植物分类与资源学报》、《西北植物学报》第六届编委。已在《Physiologia Plantarum》,《BMC Plant Biology》,《Frontiers in Plant Science》,《International Journal of Molecular Sciences》,《Protoplasma》, 《Journal of Plant Physiology》,《Plant Growth Regulation》,《Environmental and Experimental Botany》,《Plant Physiology and Biochemistry》,《Journal of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology》,《Journal of Agronomy & Crop Sciences》,《Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition》等国内外学术刊物上发表论文60余篇，其中SCI、EI收录30余篇。
主要论著目录（*通讯作者）：
Yang T, Liu X, Cheng C, Pi BY, Yu BJ*. GhCLC5/16 genes participate in the regulation of Cl−-salinity tolerance in seedlings of different upland cotton cultivars. Environmental and Experimental Botany 211 (2023) 105373, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2023.105373
Sun SL, Liu X, Zhang TL, Yang H, Yu BJ*. Functional characterization of the transcription factor GsWRKY23 gene from Glycine soja in overexpressed soybean composite plants and Arabidopsis under salt stress. Plants 2023, 12, 3030. https://doi.org/10.3390/ plants12173030
Pi BY, Liu X, Huang QY, Zhang TL, Yu BJ*. Comparative transcriptomic analysis of Glycine soja and G. max and functional identification of GsCNGC20-d interacted with GsCDPK29 under salt stress. Environmental and Experimental Botany 206 (2023) 105185, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2022.105185
Li XJ, Liu X, Gu MY, Pi BY, Sun SL, Zhao TJ, Yu BJ*. Overexpression of GsCNGC20-f from Glycine soja confers submergence tolerance to hairy-root composite soybean plants and Arabidopsis seedlings by enhancing anaerobic respiration. Environmental and Experimental Botany 199 (2022) 104901, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2022.104901
Wang Y , Cheng C, Du ZY, Yu BJ*. Pre-inoculation with Bradyrhizobium japonicum confers NaCl tolerance by improving nitrogen status and ion homeostasis in wild soybean (Glycine soja L.) seedlings. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2022, 44:21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-022-03357-y
Liu X, Pi BY, Du ZY, Yang T, Gu MY, Sun SL, Yu BJ*. The transcription factor GmbHLH3 confers Cl−/salt tolerance to soybean by upregulating GmCLC1 expression for maintenance of anion homeostasis. Environmental and Experimental Botany 194 (2022) 104755, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2021.104755
Liu X, Liu F, Zhang L, Cheng C, Wei PP, Yu BJ*. GsCLC-c2 from wild soybean confers chloride/salt tolerance to transgenic Arabidopsis and soybean composite plants by regulating anion homeostasis. Physiologia Plantarum, 2021, 172:1867–1879，doi:10.111/ppl.13396
Liu X, Pi BY, Pu JW, Cheng C, Fang JJ, Yu BJ*. Genome-wide analysis of chloride channel-encoding gene family members and identification of CLC genes that respond to Cl-/salt stress in upland cotton. Molecular Biology Reports, 2020, 47:9361-9371, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-020-06023-z
Li XJ, Wang Y, Liu F, Pi BY, Zhao TJ, Yu BJ*. Transcriptomic analysis of Glycine soja and G. max seedlings and functional characterization of GsGSTU24 and GsGSTU42 genes under submergence stress. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2020,171,103963, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2019.103963
Che BN, Cheng C, Fang JJ, Liu YM, Jiang L and Yu BJ*.The Recretohalophyte Tamarix TrSOS1 gene confers enhanced salt tolerance to transgenic hairy root composite cotton seedlings exhibiting virus-induced gene silencing of GhSOS1. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2019, 20, 2930; doi:10.3390/ijms20122930
Cheng C, Liu YM, Liu X, An J, Jiang L, Yu BJ*. Recretohalophyte Tamarix TrSOS1 confers higher salt tolerance to transgenic plants and yeast than glycophyte soybean GmSOS1. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2019,165:196-207.https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.envexpbot.2019.06.006
Wei PP, Che BN, Shen LK, Cui YQ, Wu SY, Cheng C, Liu F, Li M-W, Yu BJ* and Lam H-M*. Identification and functional characterization of the chloride channel gene, GsCLC-c2 from wild soybean. BMC Plant Biology 2019, 19:121, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-019-1732-z
Li FY, Liu X, Wu SY, Luo QY, Yu BJ*. Hybrid identification for Glycine max and Glycine soja with SSR markers and analysis of salt tolerance. PeerJ, 2019, 7:e6483 DOI 10.7717/peerj.6483
Cao CF, Li XJ, Yu BJ*, et al. Foliar 2,3-dihydroporphyrin iron (III) spray confers ameliorative antioxidation, ion redistribution and seed traits of salt-stressed soybean plants. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2018, 18 (4), 1048-1064
An J, Cheng C, Hu ZM, Chen HY, and Cai WM, Yu BJ*. The Panax ginseng PgTIP1 gene confers enhanced salt and drought tolerance to transgenic soybean plants by maintaining homeostasis of water, salt ions and ROS.Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2018,155:45-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2018.06.025
Meng N, Yu BJ*. Proteomics-based investigation of salt-responsive mechanisms in roots of Bradyrhizobium japonicum-inoculated Glycine max and Glycine soja seedlings. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2018, 37:266-277. doi: 10.1007/s00344-017-9724-4
Li XJ, Yu BJ*, Cui YQ, Yin YF. Melatonin application confers enhanced salt tolerance by regulating Na+ and Cl- accumulation in rice. Plant Growth Regulation, 2017, 83(3), 441-454. doi: 10.1007/s10725-017-0310-3
An J, Hu ZM, Che BN, Chen HY, Yu BJ* and Cai WM. Heterologous expression of ginseng PgTIP1 confers enhanced salt tolerance of soybean cotyledon hairy roots, composite, and whole plants. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017, 8:1232 doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01232
Guo JS, Zhou Q, Li XJ, Yu BJ*, Luo QY*. Enhancing NO3- supply confers NaCl tolerance by adjusting Cl- uptake and transport in G. max & G. soja. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2017, 17 (1), 194-204. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-95162017005000015
Zhao XF, Wei PP, Liu Z, Yu BJ*, Shi HZ*. Soybean Na+/H+ antiporter GmsSOS1 enhances antioxidant enzyme activity and reduces Na+ accumulation in Arabidopsis and yeast cells under salt stress. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 2017, 39:19 DOI: 10.1007/s11738-016-2323-3
Jia TJ, An J, Liu Z, Yu BJ*. Chen JJ*. Salt stress induced soybean GmIFS1 expression and isoflavone accumulation and salt tolerance in transgenic soybean cotyledon hairy roots and tobacco. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, 2017, 128:469-477
於丙军*，刘振，卫培培。基于盐逆境下植物CLCs同源基因的发掘和功能解析的研究进展（特约综述）。威尼斯144777cm学报, 2017,40(2):187-194
Hu SB, Zhou Q, An J, Yu BJ*. Cloning of PIP genes in drought-tolerant vetiver grass and responses of transgenic VzPIP2;1 soybean plants to water-deficit stress. Biologia Plantarum, 2016 60 (4): 655-666
Wei PP, Wang LC, Liu A, Yu BJ*, Lam H-M*. GmCLC1 confers enhanced salt tolerance through regulating chloride accumulation in soybean. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016, doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01082
Cao C, Yu BJ*, Zhao X, et al. Ameliorative effects of foliar 2,3-dihydroporphyrin iron (III) spray on seedling growth and seed traits of salt-stressed rapeseed plants. Agronomy Journal, 2016, 108(4): 1455-1462, doi:10.2134/agronj2015.0600
Meng N, Yu BJ*, Guo JS. Ameliorative effects of inoculation with Bradyrhizobium japonicum on Glycine max and Glycine soja seedlings under salt stress. Plant Growth Regulation, 2016, 80(2), 137-147
Nie WX, Xu L, Yu BJ*. A putative soybean GmsSOS1 confers enhanced salt tolerance to transgenic Arabidopsis sos1-1 mutant. Protoplasma, 2015, 252:127–134
Wei PP, Chen DM, Jing RN, Zhao CR, Yu BJ*. Ameliorative effects of foliar methanol spraying on salt injury to soybean seedlings differing in salt tolerance. Plant Growth Regulation., 2015, 75:133–141
Tian F, Jia TJ, Yu BJ*. Physiological regulation of seed soaking with soybean isoflavones on drought tolerance of Glycine max and Glycine soja. Plant Growth Regulation, 2014,74 (3):229-237
Zhang XK, Zhou QH, Cao JH, Yu BJ* Differential Cl-/salt tolerance and NaCl-induced alternations of tissue and cellular ion fluxes in Glycine max, Glycine soja and their hybrid seedlings. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 2011, 197:329-339
Zhou Q, Yu BJ* Changes in content of free, conjugated and bound polyamines and osmotic adjustment in adaptation of vetiver grass to water deficit. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry,2010, 48: 417-425
Qu YN, Zhou Q, Yu BJ.* Effects of Zn2+, niflumic acid on photosynthesis in Glycine soja and Glycine max seedlings under NaCl stress. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2009, 65:304-309
Zhou Q, Yu BJ*. Accumulation of inorganic and organic osmolytes and its role in osmotic adjustment in NaCl-stressed vetiver grass seedlings. Russian Journal of Plant Physiology，2009,56(5):678-685
Zhou Q, Yu BJ.*. Changes in free, conjugated and bound polyamine content in salt adaptation of vetiver grass. Acta Botanica Yunnanica, 2009,31(6):477-485
Liu J, Yu BJ*, Liu YL* Effects of spermidine and spermine levels on salt tolerance associated with tonoplast H+-ATPase and H+-PPase activities in barley roots. Plant Growth Regulation, 2006(49):119-126
Chen XQ, Yu BJ.*. Ionic effects of Na+ and Cl- on photosynthesis in Glycine max seedlings under isoosmotic salt stress. Journal of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, 2007, 33(4):294-300
Yu BJ, Lam HM, Shao GH, Liu YL. Effects of salinity on activities of H+- ATPase, H+-PPase and membrane lipid composition in plasma membrane and tonoplast vesicles isolated from soybean (Glycine max L.) seedlings. Journal of Environmental Sciences，2005,17（2）：259-262
Yu BJ, Gong HM, and Liu YL. Effects of exogenous fatty acids on H+-ATPase activities and lipid composition of plasma membrane vesicles isolated from roots of barley seedlings under salt stress. Journal of Plant Physiology, 1999，155：646-651
Yu BJ, Gong HM, and Liu YL. Effects of calcium on lipid composition and function of plasma membrane and tonoplast vesicles isolated from roots of barley seedlings under salt stress. Journal of Plant Nutrition, 1998,21(8):1589-1600
Luo QY, Yu BJ, Liu YL. Differential sensitivity to chloride and sodium ions in seedlings of G. max and G. soja under NaCl stress. Journal of Plant Physiology，2005，162:1003-1012
Luo QY, Yu BJ, and Liu YL. Stress of Cl- is stronger than that of Na+ on Glycine max seedling under NaCl stress. Agricultural Science in China, 2002,1(12):1404-1409
Ji X, Yu BJ*, Zhang D, Liu Y. Effects of spraying inhibitors of polyamine synthesis after rice heading stage on contents and components of PAs in grains. Rice Science, 2005,12(2):114-118
《植物学与植物生理学》(南京大学出版社)，2000, 参编。
《植物生理学》（中国农业大学出版社）2011，2014，副主编。
《植物生理学实验 》（中国农业大学出版社）2013，副主编。
《细胞生物学》（中国农业出版社）2003（第1版），2011（第2版），参编。
《植物生理学复习指南暨习题解析》（中国农业大学出版社）2007，2008，2012，参编。
专利：
於丙军，刘咏梅，程聪等。一种柽柳质膜Na+/H+ antiporter基因及其应用。ZL 2019 1 0443773.X
武玉妹，周强，於丙军*。一种利用外源大豆异黄酮缓解大豆幼苗盐害的方法。ZL 2011 1 0176148.7
