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Yinghua Huang
Oklahoma State University
Lead Scientist & Research Geneticist, USDA/ARS
Adjunct Professor, Department of Botany
Adjunct Professor, Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management (NREM)
Address:

1301 N. Western Road, Stillwater, OK 74075-2714 or
104 Life Science East, Stillwater OK 74078-3013

Phone: 405-624-4141, ext. 230 Fax: 405-624-4142
Email: yinghua.huang@okstate.edu
URL: http://www.ars.usda.gov/pandp/people/people.htm?personid=32552
Ph.D., Biological Sciences, 1991, Michigan Technological University Lab Photo
Postdoctoral:
Research Emphasis: Plant genetics and molecular biology, development and characterization of insect resistance in cereal crops, forest biotechnology, plant functional genomics
Related Activities: Chairman of Tree Selection Committee of Municipal Arborists & Urban Foresters Society
 
Research Description:

My scientific interests are in the area of plant genetics and biotechnology, especially as related to gene identification and genetic engineering, plant functional genomics, and genetic mechanisms of pest resistance. The goals of our research are to conduct basic studies to enhance our understanding of biological processes in plants and to apply newly developing biotechnologies to facilitating genetic improvement of crop germplasm and improving production system for a better utilization of agricultural and natural resources. My research is being focused on development of crop germplasm with resistance to insects and diseases, and molecular biological tools have been used to identify and define the roles of some regulatory and resistance genes involved in plant defense. Another major emphasis is to explore a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying of the interactions between insects and host plants, i.e., elicitation and induction associated with phloem feeding by greenbugs and aphids, defense responses of plants, which will lead to the development of novel and durable insect resistance traits for crop plants. My current research activities also involve engineering reproductive sterility in woody plants, developing efficient transformation systems for important coniferous species, and studying metabolic engineering of taxol (i.e. anticancer medicine) biosynthesis. My teaching contributions include graduate-level courses such as “Advanced Plant Biotechnology Methods”, “Plant Cell & Tissue Culture”.
 
Recent Publications:

Huang Y (2006) Molecular defense responses to a phloem-feeding aphid in sorghum involve both general defense strategies and specific resistance mechanisms. Molecular Genetics and Genomics (under revision).

Wu Y, Huang Y (2006) Molecular mapping of QTLs for resistance to the greenbug Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) in Sorghum bicolor (Moench). Theor Appl Genet (in press).

Wang X, Huang Y, Mort AJ, Zeng Y, Tauer CG, Cochran KD (2006) Variation of Taxane content in needles of Taxus x media cultivars with different growth characteristics. Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung C (in press).

Park SJ, Huang Y, Ayoubi P (2006) Identification of expression profiles of sorghum genes in response to greenbug phloem-feeding using cDNA subtraction and microarray analysis. Planta 223:932:947.

Wu Y, Huang Y, Tauer CG, Porter DR (2006) Genetic diversity of sorghum accessions resistant to greenbugs as assessed with AFLP markers. Genome 49:143-149.

 
 
Selected Additional Publications:

Huang Y (2005) Genetic transformation of sorghum using Agrobacterium and immature inflorescences. International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter 46: 69-72.

Huang, Y (2005) Application of functional genomics to crop pest management. Proceedings of the 24 th Biennial Sorghum Industry Conference and North American Grain Congress pp. 62-73.

Huang, Y (2005) Molecular interactions between crop plants and phloem-feeding aphid. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A 141: S229-S230.

Huang, Y (2004) Examining plant defense responses to greenbug attack in sorghum using DNA microarray technology. International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter 44: 72-74.

Chen JW, Tauer CG, Bai GH, Huang Y, Payton ME, Holley AG (2004) Biodirectional genetic introgression between Pinus taeda and Pinus echinata: evidence from morphological and molecular data. Can J For Res 34: 2508-2516.