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PhD STUDENT

Yichen Kang

Research interest

Using multi-disciplinary approach to dissecting adaptive traits of durum wheat.

PHONE NUMBER
+61 436 016 743
EMAIL ADDRESS
yichen.kang@uq.edu.au

My research project

  • Description
  • Objectives
  • Outcomes

Developing durum wheat varieties with improved resilience and productivity.

  • Implementing a high-throughput phenotyping UAV platform to fast track selection of canopy traits that support yield;
  • Modelling longitudinal phenotypic data to characterise the dynamics of crop development in response to growing environment;
  • Genetic dissection of canopy traits using multi-parent populations;
  • Investigating the effects of key quantitative trait loci controlling adaptive traits;
  • Integrating both canopy and root architectural traits to define ideotypes in the target environments.
  • Canopy dynamics may represent a source of new traits for crop improvement by modelling time-series data;
  • Genetic loci associated with slower canopy closure were found advantageous in rain-fed Queensland environments.

Career in numbers

3
PUBLICATIONS
2
AWARDS
1
ORAL PRESENTATIONS

About Yichen Kang

Country of origin and languages

My origin: China
Languages I speak: Mandarin, English

Education

B.Sc. [Agriculture], China Agricultural University
MRes. [Agriculture], University of Tasmania

Scholarships
  • UQ Research Training Program scholarship
  • UTAS full‐time base stipend
Awards
  • APPS 50th National conference – Tasmanian bursary awardee
  • 2021 Crawford Fund Student awardee
Research advisors

Assoc. Prof. Lee Hickey
Assoc. Prof. Andries Potgieter
Prof. Andrew Borrell
Prof. David Jordan
Dr Samir Alahmad
Prof. Kai Voss-Fels

Doing research for me is the best way to keep thinking and continuing learning.
Yichen Kang
PhD Student

Publications

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Kang Y, Zhou M, Merry A, Barry K. Mechanisms of powdery mildew resistance of wheat – a review of molecular breeding. Plant Pathol 69 (4), 601-617 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13166

Kang Y, Barry K, Cao F, Zhou M. Genome-wide association mapping for adult resistance to powdery mildew in common wheat. Mol Biol Rep 47, 1241–1256 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-019-05225-4

Alahmad S, Kang Y, Dinglasan E, Mazzucotelli E, Voss-Fels K, Able J, Christopher J, Bassi F, Hickey L. Adaptive traits to improve durum wheat yield in drought and crown rot environments. Int J Mol Sci 21, 1–17 (2020). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21155260