Y.-H. Wang, Ph.D.
 
Assistant Professor
Hamilton Hall
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
P.O. Box 44650
Lafayette, LA 70504-4650
 
Education
 

PhD in Genetics, CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, South Carolina, USA
MSc in Plant Breeding, UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES, Laguna, Philippines
BS in Plant Breeding, NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, Jiangsu, China

 
Principal Publication
 

Y.-H. Wang, C. M. Mosebach, A. S. Kibbey, M. K. Ryhal1, A. D. Jones, L. V. Kochian. 2008. Generation of Arabidopsis Mutants by Heterologous Expression of a Full Length cDNA Library from Tomato Fruits. Submitted.

Y.-H. Wang M. A. Campbell. 2008. Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation of Tomato Elicits Unexpected Flower Phenotypes with Similar Gene Expression Profiles. PLoS ONE 3(8): e2974.

Y.-H. Wang, 2008. How effective is T-DNA insertional mutagenesis in Arabidopsis? Journal of Biochemical Technology 1: 11-20.

J.V. Magalhaes, J. Liu, C.T. Guimarães, U.G.P. Lana, V.M.C. Alves, Y.-H. Wang, R.E. Schaffert, O.A. Hoekenga, M.A. Piñeros, J.E. Shaff, P.E. Klein, N.P. Carneiro, C.M. Coelho, H.N. Trick, L.V. Kochian, 2007. A gene in the multidrug and toxic compound extrusion (MATE) family confers aluminum tolerance in sorghum. Nature Genetics 39: 1156-1161.

Y.-H. Wang, R.A. Dean, T. Joobeur, 2006. Genetic mapping and molecular breeding in cucurbits. Plant Breeding Reviews 27: 213-244.

J.V. Magalhaes, D.F. Garvin, Y.-H. Wang, M.E. Sorrells, P.E. Klein, R.E. Schaffert, L. Li, L.V. Kochian, 2004. Comparative mapping of a major aluminum tolerance gene in sorghum and other species in the poaceae. Genetics 167: 1905-1914.

Y.-H. Wang, L.V. Kochian, J.J. Doyle, D.F. Garvin, 2003. Differential regulation of two tomato nonsymbiotic hemoglobin genes in response to diverse changes in nutrient status. Plant Cell & Environment, 26: 673-680.

G. Hacisalihoglu, J.J. Hart, Y.-H. Wang, I. Cakmak, L.V. Kochian, 2003. Zinc efficiency is correlated with enhanced expression and activity of Zn-requiring enzymes in wheat. Plant Physiology 131: 595-602.

Y.-H. Wang, D.F. Garvin, L.V. Kochian, 2002. Rapid induction of regulatory and transporter genes in response to phosphorus, potassium, and iron deficiencies in tomato roots. Evidence for cross talk and root/rhizosphere-mediated signals. Plant Physiology 130: 1361-1370.

Y.-H. Wang, W.-B. Choi, C.E. Thomas, R.A. Dean, 2002. Cloning of disease-resistance homologues in end sequences of BAC clones linked to Fom-2, a gene conferring resistance to Fusarium wilt in melon (Cucumis melo L.). Genome 45: 473-480.

Y.-H. Wang, D.F. Garvin, L.V. Kochian, 2001. Nitrate-induced genes in tomato roots. Array analysis reveals novel genes that may play a role in nitrogen nutrition. Plant Physiology 127: 345-359.

M. Luo, Y.-H. Wang, D. Frisch, T. Joobeur, R.A. Wing, R.A. Dean, 2001. Melon BAC library construction using improved methods and identification of clones linked to the locus conferring resistance to melon Fusarium wilt (Fom-2). Genome 44: 154-162.

Y.-H. Wang, C.E. Thomas, R.A. Dean, 2000. Genetic mapping of a Fusarium wilt resistance gene (Fom-2) in melon (Cucumis melo L.). Molecular Breeding 6: 379-389.

Y.-H. Wang, C.E. Thomas, R.A. Dean, 1997. A genetic map of melon (Cucumis melo L.) based on amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 95: 791-798.

Book Chapters:
D.M. Tricoli, J.E. Staub, E.A. Kabelka, Y.-H. Wang, H.D. Quemada, 2008. Cucurbits. In C. Kole and T.C. Hall (Eds.), A Compendium of Transgenic Crop Plants: Vegetable Crops, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK. pp 145-184.

Y.-H. Wang, T. Joobeur, R.A. Dean, J.E. Staub, 2007. Cucurbits. In: C. Kole (ed), Genome Mapping and Molecular Breeding in Plants, Vol 5, Springer-Verlag Berlin. pp 315-329.

Y.-H. Wang, C.E. Thomas, R.A. Dean, 1998, Genome mapping for localizing disease resistance gene in melon (Cucumis melo L.). In: J.D. McCreight (ed), Cucurbitaceae’98---Evaluation and Enhancement of Cucurbit Germplasm. ASHS Press, Arlington, VA. pp 367-372.