Qingchuan Yang
Source: Author: Date:2014-11-28
Qingchuan Yang
Department of Grassland Science
Institute of Animal Science,
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
No.2 Yuanmingyuan West Rd, Haidian Distract, Beijing, 100193
Tel: 010-62815996
Fax: 010-62815996
Email: qchyang66@163.com
Education
2003/07 Ph.D. China Agricultural University, Agronomy/Forage Genetic Breeding
1997/07 M. S. Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Agronomy/Forage Genetic Breeding
1989/07 B. S. Inner Mongolia Agriculture University, Agronomy/grassland science
Professional Experience
2014-present Director, Department of Grassland Sciences, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
1998-present Assistant, associate, professor, Department of Grassland Sciences, Institute of Animal Sciences, CAAS
Additional Professional Experience
Fellow, Specialist Group of alfalfa genetic breeding for the global development strategy, the FOA
Vice-president, Specialist Group of Alfalfa Industry Project for the Revitalization of Milk Economy, Ministry of Agriculture of the People’s Republic of China
Chief Scientist, The Agricultural Public Welfare Scientific ResearchProject
Visiting professor, Department of Grassland Science, Nanjing Agriculture University, Nanjing, 210095
Visiting professor, Department of Grassland Science, Shanxi Agriculture University, Taigu, 030801
Synergistic Activities
Vice director, Forage Breeding Academic Committee, Chinese Grassland Society
Vice director, Forage Breeding Academic Committee, Crop Science Society of Beijing
Director, Key Laboratory of Forage Resource and Breeding ,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Research Focus
Conventional and molecular breeding of alfalfa for improving yield, salt tolerance and stress resistances
Research projects
1. The Expert of Legume Forage Breeding, China Agriculture Research System (2008-2015)
2. The Agricultural Public Welfare Scientific ResearchProject, “Research on the highly - efficient planting and demonstration of alfalfa(2014-2018)”, Ministry of Agriculture of the People’s Republic of China
3. The Innovative Research Team for Forage Breeding and Cultivation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (2015)
Achievements, Awards, and Honors
Achievements: Pro. Yang has engaged in Alfalfa genetic breeding for 25 years, he has registrated five new cultivators of alfalfa, including M. Sative L. cv. Zhongmu No.1, M. Sative L. cv. Zhongmu No.2, M. Sative L. cv. Zhongmu No.3, M. Sative L. cv. Zhongmu No.4, M. Sative L. cv. Zhongmu No.5, and two new turf-grass varieties.
These new alfalfa cultivators have widely cultivated in North China area, Inner Mongolia, and other areas of China with four hundred thousand hectare. In the local area, not only the enormous economic benefits have been achieved, but also obtained the huge social and ecological benefit.
Moreover, more than forty salt-tolerant and stress-resistant genes and one hundred ESTs related to drought and salt resistance have been isolated from alfalfa to improve the yield, resistance and quality of alfalfa. Over one hundred twenty papers have been published in the domestic and international academic journals, and three patents have been authorized in China.
Awards:In the past twenty years, Pro. Yang won five prizes with first award one, second-class award two, and third-class two. These prizes were the Beijing Science and Technology Progress Award, the Science and Technology Progress Award of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences etc.
Honor: Seed Industry Excellence Award, China Agricultural Science and Education Foundation, 2013
Recent Publications
Academic monographs (six):
1. Guide for Alfalfa Planting Zone and Cultivar. China Agricultural University Press. 2012.
2. Forage Breeding. Chemical Industry Press. 2004.
3. Guide for Alfalfa Production and Management. China Forestry Publishing House. 2002.
Research papers : Move than one hundred twenty papers have been published, twenty of them were cited by SCI
1. Expression of the alfalfa CCCH-type zinc finger protein gene MsZFN delays flowering time in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Science. 2014, 215: 92-99.
2. Disruption of the Homogentisate Solanesyltransferase Gene Results in Albino and Dwarf Phenotypes and Root, Trichome and Stomata Defects in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS ONE. 2014, 9: e94031.
3. Molecular cloning and functional analysis of a salt-induced gene encoding an RNA-binding protein in alfalfa. Mol Breeding. 2014, 34: 1465-1473.
4. Yield Evaluation of Twenty-eight Alfalfa Cultivars in Hebei Province of China. Journal of Integrative Agriculture. 2014, 13: 2260-2267.
5. Expression of the alfalfa FRIGIDA-Like Gene, MsFRI-L delays flowering time in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana. Molecular biology reports.2013, 40: 2083-2090.
6. Overexpression of a novel salt stress-induced glycine-rich protein gene from alfalfa causes salt and ABA sensitivity in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Reports. 2013, 32: 1289-1298.
7. Simultaneous isolation of DNA, RNA, and protein from Medicago truncatula L. Electrophoresis. 2011, 32: 321-330.