Yanqi Wu
Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding and Genetics (Grasses)
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Yanqi Wu Oklahoma State University Department of Plant and Soil Sciences 368 Agricultural Hall Stillwater, OK 74078-6028 Office Location: 481 Agricultural Hall Phone Number: 405-744-9627 Lab Phone Number: 405-744-9613 FAX Number: 405-744-5269 yanqi.wu@okstate.edu |
| Dr. Yanqi Wu serves on the faculty of Plant and Soil Sciences Department, Oklahoma State University as an assistant professor in Grass Breeding and Genetics. His research interest is focused on the development of new cultivars and genetic investigation in bermudagrass used for turf and forage, and switchgrass for bioenergy using conventional and molecular technologies. Yanqi grew up in Ningxia, China. He obtained a B.S. degree in Animal Science in 1985 from Ningxia Agricultural College (now the Agricultural College of Ningxia University), M.S. degree in Grassland Science in 1988 from Sichuan Agricultural University, and then spent 12 years as a faculty member of Sichuan Agricultural University in China. He received a Ph.D. in Crop Science with emphasis on Plant Breeding and Genetics in 2004 at Oklahoma State University, and then conducted two-year postdoctoral research at USDA-ARS Plant Science Research Lab before joining OSU. | |
Education
| BS: | Ningxia Agricultural College (now Ningxia University), China, 1985 |
| MS: | Sichuan Agricultural University, China, 1988 |
| PhD: | Oklahoma State University, 2004 |
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Professional Memberships
Crop Science Society of America
American Society of Agronomy
Chinese Grassland Science Society
Chinese Turfgrass Science Society
Research Interests (90% appointment)
Breeding improved cultivars in bermudagrass for use as turf and forage, switchgrass for bioenergy, and other selected grass taxon.
Acquisition and characterization of grass germplasm with specific interests in warm season grasses.
Enhancement of breeding materials using well established breeding strategies.
Developing new molecular strategies and enhancing grass breeding effectiveness.
Characterization of genetic mechanisms associated with important traits by molecular tools and field experimentation methods.
Teaching Interests (10% appointment)
Graduate level course, Plant Breeding Methods (PLNT5110, two credits) offered every fall semester.
Awards and Honours
Wu, Y.Q. 2008. ‘Inventor recognition award’ was presented in recognition of
inventive contribution to the development of proprietary technology in the field of ‘Goodwell’ forage bermudagrass by Oklahoma State University.
Wu, Y.Q. 2003. Second place award in the graduate student poster competition
of the C5 Division (Turfgrass Science) of the Crop Science Society of America during the 2003 ASA-CSSA-SSSA meetings in Denver, CO.
Wu, Y.Q. 2003. Dale Weibel Memorial Graduate Scholarship awarded by Plant
and Soil Science Department, Oklahoma State University.
Recent Publications (since 2004)(*peer reviewed)
*Wu, Y.Q., and Y. Huang. 2008. QTL mapping of sorghum resistance to greenbugs by molecular markers. Theor. Appl. Genet. 117: 117-124.
Wu, Y.Q., C.M. Taliaferro, D.L. Martin, J.A. Anderson, and M.P. Anderson. 2008. Correlation analyses of seed yield and its components in bermudagrass. Proceedings of International Grassland Congress and International Rangeland Congress. June 29 to July 5, 2008, Hohhot, China.
*Wu, Y.Q., Y. Huang, C.G. Tauer, D.R. Porter, and L. Hollaway. 2007. A major QTL locus conditioning sorghum PI 550610 resistance to greenbug biotype E. J. Econ. Entomol. 100:1672-1678.
*Wu, Y.Q., C.M. Taliaferro, D. Martin, J. Anderson, and M.P. Anderson. 2007.
Genetic variability and relationships for adaptive, morphological and biomass traits in Chinese bermudagrass accessions. Crop Sci.47: 1985-1994.
Anderson, J.A., C. M. Taliaferro, D. Martin, Y.Q. Wu and M. Anderson. 2007.
Freeze tolerance evaluation of turf bermudagrasses. GCSAA. Golf Course Management 75(10):110-113.
Anderson, M.P., and Y.Q. Wu. 2007. Fingerprinting of bermudagrass DNA.
USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Online. 6 (14): 1-8.
Anderson, M.P., and Y.Q. Wu. 2007. Bermudagrass DNA Fingerprinting. USGA
Green Section Record. September-October, 14-17.
Martin, Dennis L., Yanqi Wu, Jeff A. Anderson, Michael P. Anderson, Greg E.
Bell and Nathan R. Walker. 2007. Bermudagrass cultivars with high quality and improved cold hardiness. USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Online 6(17):1-8.
*Wang, Z., H.W. Gao, Y.Q. Wu, J.G. Han, and G.Z. Sun. 2007. Genetic diversity
and population structure of Caragana korshinskii revealed by AFLP. Crop Sci. 47: 1737-1743.
*Anderson, J.A., C.M. Taliaferro, and Y.Q. Wu. 2007. Freeze tolerance of seed-
and vegetatively-propagated turf bermudagrasses. Applied
Turfgrass Sci. doi: 10.1094/ATS-2007-0508-01-RS.
*Wu, Y.Q., and Y. Huang. 2007. An SSR genetic map of Sorghum bicolor (L.)
Moench and its comparison to a published genetic map. Genome 50: 84-89.
*Wu, Y.Q., C.M. Taliaferro, D.L. Martin, C.L. Goad, and J.A. Anderson. 2006.
Genetic variability and relationships for seed yield and its components in Chinese Cynodon accessions. Field Crops Research 98: 245-252.
*Wang, Z., H.W. Gao, J.G. Han, and Y.Q. Wu. 2006. Allozyme diversity and
population structure of Caragana korshinskii Kom. in China. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. DOI: 10.1007/s10722-005-1214-z.
*Wu, Y.Q., C.M. Taliaferro, G.H. Bai, D.L. Martin, and J.A. Anderson, M.P. Anderson, R.M. Edwards. 2006. Genetic analyses of Chinese Cynodon accessions by flow cytometry and AFLP markers. Crop Sci. 46: 917-926.
*Wu, Y.Q., Y. Huang, C.G. Tauer, and D.R. Porter. 2006. Genetic diversity of sorghum accessions resistant to greenbugs as assessed with AFLP markers. Genome. 49: 143-149.
*Wu, Y.Q., C.M. Taliaferro, G.H. Bai, and M.P. Anderson. 2005. Genetic diversity of Cynodon transvaalensis Burtt-Davy and its relatedness to hexaploid C. dactylon (L.) Pers. as indicated by AFLP markers. Crop Sci. 45: 848-853.
*Wu, Y.Q., C.M. Taliaferro, G.H. Bai, and M.P. Anderson. 2004. AFLP analysis of Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. dactylon genetic variation. Genome. 47: 689-696.
