YANG Qin
Professor of Crop Genetics and Breeding
College of Agronomy
Northwest A&F University
Email: qyang@nwafu.edu.cn; yq_smile_745@163.com
Office phone: +86-29-87082438
Office location:935 Agricultural Building No.3 Taicheng Road, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100
Education and Work Experience
2018-present Professor, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi Province, China
2017-2018 Research Scholar, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, North Carolina, USA
2012-2017 Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, North Carolina, USA
2010-2012 Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
2005-2010 Ph.D. in Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
2001-2005 B.S. in Agronomy, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
Research Interests
•Molecular basis of quantitative disease resistance to maize pathogens, mainly focus on Gibberella stalk rot, Fusarium ear rot, southern leaf blight, and gray leaf spot
•Molecular mechanisms underlying quantitative disease resistance
•Plant-microbe-environment interactions
•Genetic improvement of disease resistance using molecular and transgenic approaches
Professional Activities and Service
Associate Editor of Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions Feb 2019-present
Associate Editor of Technology in Agronomy Nov 2021- present
Editorial Board member of Journal of Maize Sciences Sep 2020-present
Committee Member of the National Maize Biology Conference 2019-present
Member of the Crop Science Society of China 2018-present
Selected Publications (* denotes equal contributions, †denotes corresponding author)
1. Wang Y, Li T, Sun Z, Huang X, Yu N,Tai H, Yang Q† (2022) Comparative transcriptome meta-analysis reveals a set of genes involved in the responses to multiple pathogens in maize. Front. Plant Sci. 13: 971371
2. Zhang J, Jia X, Wang G, Ma S, Wang S, Yang Q, Chen X, Zhang Y, Lyu Y, Wang X, Shi J, Zhao Y, Chen Y, Wu L† (2022). Ascorbate peroxidase 1 confers resistance to southern corn leaf blight in maize. J. Integr. Plant Biol., 64: 1196–1211
3. Zhao Z, Zhao Y, Lin C, Zhao Y, Yu Y, Meng Q, Zeng G, Xue J, Yang Q† (2021) Precise evaluation of 48 maize inbred lines to major diseases. Scientia Agricultura Sinica, 54(12):2510-2522
4. Gentzel I, Park CH, Bellizzi M, Xiao G, Gadhave K, Murphree C, Yang Q, LaMantia J, Redinbaugh M, Balint-Kurti P, Sit T, Wang GL† (2020) A CRISPR/dCas9 toolkit for functional analysis of maize genes. Plant Methods, 16:133
5. Morales L, Repka A, Swarts K, Stafstrom W, He Y, Sermons S, Yang Q, Lopez-Zuniga L, Rucker E, Thomason W, Nelson R, Balint-Kurti P† (2020) Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of a large, diverse population of maize near-isogenic lines. Plant J., 103: 1246-1255
6. Cheng H, Liu J, Wen J, Nie X, Xu L, Chen N, Li Z, Wang Q, Zheng Z, Li M, Cui L, Liu Z, Bian J, Wang Z, Xu S, Yang Q, Apples R, Han D, Song W†, Sun Q†, Jiang Y† (2019). Frequent intra-and inter-species introgression shapes the landscape of genetic variation in bread wheat. Genome Biology, 20(1): 1-16
7. Xie X, Olukolu B, Yang Q, & Balint-Kurti P† (2018) Identification of a locus in maize controlling response to a host-selective toxin derived from Cochliobolus heterostrophus, causal agent of southern leaf blight. Theor. Appl. Genet., 131(12): 2601-2612
8. Minker K, Biedrzycki M, Kolagunda A, Rhein S, Perina F, Jacobs S, Moore M, Jamann T, Nelson R, Yang Q, Balint-Kurti P, Kambhamettu C, Wisser R, Caplan J† (2018) Semiautomated confocal imaging of fungal pathogenesis on plants: Microscopic analysis of macroscopic specimens. Microscopy Research and Technique, 81(2): 141–152
9. Yang Q†, He Y, Kabahuma M, Chaya T, Kelly A, Borrego E, Bian Y, Kasmi FE, Yang L, Teixeira P, Kolkman J, Nelson R, Kolomiets M, Dangl J, Wisser R, Caplan J, Li X, Lauter N, Balint-Kurti P† (2017) A gene encoding maize caffeoyl-CoA O-methyltransferase confers quantitative resistance to multiple pathogens. Nat. Genet. 49(9):1364-1372
10. Wang C*, Yang Q*, Wang W*, Li Y, Guo Y, Zhang D, Ma X, Xu M† (2017) A transposon-directed epigenetic change in ZmCCTunderlies quantitative resistance to Gibberella stalk rot in maize. New Phytologist, 215: 1503-1515
11. Yang Q, Balint-Kurti P†, Xu M† (2017) Quantitative disease resistance: dissection and adoption in maize. Mol. Plant, 10: 402-413
12. Liu Q, Liu H, Gong Y, Tao Y, Jiang L, Zuo W, Yang Q, Ye J, Lai J, Wu J, Lübberstedt T, Xu M† (2017) An atypical thioredoxin imparts early resistance to Sugarcane mosaic virus in maize. Mol. Plant, 10: 483-497
13. Zhang X*, Yang Q*, Rucker E, Thomason W, Balint-Kurti P† (2017) Fine mapping of a quantitative resistance gene for gray leaf spot of maize (Zea mays. L) derived from teosinte (Z. mays ssp. parviglumis). Theor. Appl. Genet., 130:1285-1295
14. Liu Y†, Guo Y, Ma C, Zhang D, Wang C, Yang Q (2016) Transcriptome analysis of maize resistance to Fusarium graminearum. BMC Genomics, 17: 477
15. Bian Y*, Yang Q*, Balint-Kurti P, Wisser R, Holland J† (2014) Limits on the reproducibility of marker associations with southern leaf blight resistance in the maize nested association mapping population. BMC genomics, 15 (1): 1068
16. Yang Q*, Li Z*, Li W*, Ku L*, Wang C, Ye J, Li K, Yang N, Zhong T, Li J, Chen Y, Yan J†, Yang X†, Xu M† (2013) CACTA-like transposable element in ZmCCT attenuated photoperiod sensitivity and accelerated the postdomestication spread of maize. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 110: 16969-16974
17. Yang Q, Xu M† (2013) Qualitative and quantitative trait polymorphisms in maize. In: Diagnostics in Plant Breeding. Heidelberg: Springer Netherlands; p405-442
18. Yang Q*, Zhang D*, Xu M† (2012) A sequential quantitative trait locus fine-mapping strategy using recombinant-derived progeny. J. Integr. Plant Biol., 54: 228-237
19. Zhang D, Liu Y, Guo Y, Yang Q, Ye J, Chen S, Xu, M† (2012) Fine-mapping of qRfg2, a QTL for resistance to Gibberella stalk rot in maize. Theor. Appl. Genet., 124: 585–596
20. Yang Q*, Yin G*, Guo Y, Zhang D, Chen S, Xu M† (2010) A major QTL for resistance to Gibberella stalk rot in maize. Theor. Appl. Genet., 121: 673-687
