Bao Gensheng, Ph.D., associate researcher, is a top talent in the High-end Innovation Talents Program in Qinghai Province. He is mainly engaged in research on the exploration and utilization of indigenous grass endophytic fungi resources in alpine areas, the physiological and ecological characteristics of root parasitic plants, and the regulation mechanisms of grassland ecosystems, the interaction mechanisms between endophytic fungi, root parasitic plants, and hosts, etc. He has presided over and participated in more than 10 national and provincial scientific research projects, authorized more than 20 patents, formulated 2 local and industrial standards, and published more than 40 high-quality scientific research papers.