Yi-Hong Wang

Student Research/Collaboration
Genetic control of plant size in C4 grasses.
Publications
Shen Q, Wang K, Hu L, Li L, Wang L, Wang Y, Wang YH, Li J. Combined Analysis of BSA-Seq and RNA-Seq Reveals Candidate Genes for qGS1 Related to Sorghum Grain Size. Plants 2025 14:1791.
Xu J, Wang L, Liang Y, Shen Q, Tu W, Cheng Z, Hu L, Wang YH, Li J. 2025. Association mapping and identification of candidate genes for callus induction and regeneration using sorghum mature seeds. Frontiers in Plant Science 16:1430141.
Wang K, Wang L, Shen Q, Hu L, Xing Z, Wang YH, Li J. Association Analysis and Identification of Candidate Genes for Sorghum Coleoptile Color. Agronomy 2025 15:688.
Upadhyaya HD, Wang L, Paterson AH, Gowda CLL, Kumar R, Li J, Wang YH. Association mapping identifies stable loci containing novel genes for developmental and reproductive traits in sorghum. Genome 2024 67: 454-463.
Prakash CS, Wang L, Shen Q, Li J, Wang YH. 2025. Overexpression of a sorghum SnRK1βγ2 gene increases plant height in Setaria viridis but not in rice. Czech J Genet Plant Breed 61: 50–53.
Prakash CS, Wang YH. 2024. Overexpression of pepper capsaicinoid pathway genes in tomatoes. Eur J Biol 83: 247–253.
Prakash CS, Li J, Bible PW, Collins CA, Tu W, Xu J, Wang YH. 2024. Phylogenomic identification and overexpression of plant size related genes in Setaria viridis and rice. Grassland Science 70: 151-159.
Wang L, Tu W, Jin P, Liu Y, Du J, Zheng J, Wang YH, Li J. 2024. Genome wide association study of plant color in Sorghum bicolor. Frontiers in Plant Science 15:1320844.
Prakash CS, Li J, Wang YH 2023. A grafting-induced Sorghum-maize Hybrid. Agri Forestry 69: 255-261.
Li J, Wang L, Bible PW, Tu W, Zheng J, Jin P, Liu Y, Du J, Zheng J, Wang YH, Zhan Q 2023. A chromosome-scale genome sequence of sudangrass (Sorghum sudanense) highlights the genome evolution and regulation of dhurrin biosynthesis. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 136:60.