Yinong Yang

Professor, Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology

Yinong Yang

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Signal perception and transduction in rice-pathogen interactions. Molecular and genomic strategies for increasing disease resistance and drought tolerance in cereal crops.

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Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats Genes Proteins Rice Gene Editing Oryza Guide Rna Phosphorylation Dna Transfer Rna Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase Mitogen Activated Protein Kinases Mutation Nucleotides Seeds Essential Genes Immunity Methodology Seedlings Gels Calcium Rna Agriculture Phosphotransferases Genome

Most Recent Publications

100 essential questions for the future of agriculture

Yuming Hu, Taolan Zhao, Yafang Guo, Meng Wang, Kerstin Brachhold, Chengcai Chu, Andrew Hanson, Sachin Kumar, Rongchen Lin, Weijin Long, Ming Luo, Jian Feng Ma, Yansong Miao, Shaoping NIe, Yu Sheng, Weiming Shi, James Whelan, Qingyu Wu, Ziping Wu, Wei Xie, Yinong Yang, Chao Zhao, Lei Lei, Yong-Guan Zhu, Qifa Zhang, 2023, Modern Agriculture on p. 4-12

Knowledge gaps, research needs, and opportunities in plant disease diagnostics assay development and validation

D Geiser, Frank Martin, Andres Espíndola, Judith Brown, T Bell, Y Yang, Seogchan Kang, 2023, PhytoFrontiers on p. 51-63

Fine-tuning OsCPK18/OsCPK4 activity via genome editing of phosphorylation motif improves rice yield and immunity

Hong Li, Yun Zhang, Caiyun Wu, Jinpeng Bi, Yache Chen, Changjin Jiang, Miaomiao Cui, Yuedan Chen, Xin Hou, Meng Yuan, Lizhong Xiong, Yinong Yang, Kabin Xie, 2022, Plant Biotechnology Journal on p. 2258-2271

Cas12a-Based Diagnostics for Potato Purple Top Disease Complex Associated with Infection by ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma trifolii’-Related Strains

Matthew S. Wheatley, Qin Wang, Wei Wei, Kristi D. Bottner-Parker, Yan Zhao, Yinong Yang, 2022, Plant Disease on p. 2039-2045

Predictable NHEJ Insertion and Assessment of HDR Editing Strategies in Plants

Kutubuddin A. Molla, Justin Shih, Matthew S. Wheatley, Yinong Yang, 2022, Frontiers in Genome Editing

Highly Sensitive and Rapid Detection of Citrus Huanglongbing Pathogen ('Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus') Using Cas12a-Based Methods

Matthew S. Wheatley, Yong Ping Duan, Yinong Yang, 2021, Phytopathology on p. 2375-2382

Versatile applications of the CRISPR/cas toolkit in plant pathology and disease management

Matthew S. Wheatley, Yinong Yang, 2021, Phytopathology on p. 1080-1090

CRISPR-Cas12a-based DNA detection for fast pathogen diagnosis and GMO test in plants.

Y.-M. Zhang, Yinong Yang, K Xie, 2021, on p. 221-233

Targeted mutation of transcription factor genes alters metaxylem vessel size and number in rice roots

Jenna Reeger, Matthew Wheatley, Yinong Yang, Kathleen Brown, 2021, Plant Direct on p. e00328

A versatile nanoluciferase toolkit and optimized in-gel detection method for protein analysis in plants

Hong Li, Caiyun Wu, Manman Du, Yache Chen, Xin Hou, Yinong Yang, Kabin Xie, 2021, Molecular Breeding

Most-Cited Papers

Boosting CRISPR/Cas9 multiplex editing capability with the endogenous tRNA-processing system

Kabin Xie, Bastian Minkenberg, Yinong Yang, 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 3570-3575

Genome-wide prediction of highly specific guide RNA spacers for CRISPR-Cas9-mediated genome editing in model plants and major crops

Kabin Xie, Jianwei Zhang, Yinong Yang, 2014, Molecular Plant on p. 923-926

CRISPR/Cas-Mediated Base Editing: Technical Considerations and Practical Applications

Kutubuddin A. Molla, Yinong Yang, 2019, Trends in Biotechnology on p. 1121-1142

The rice blast resistance gene Ptr encodes an atypical protein required for broad-spectrum disease resistance

Haijun Zhao, Xueyan Wang, Yulin Jia, Bastian Minkenberg, Matthew Wheatley, Jiangbo Fan, Melissa H. Jia, Adam Famoso, Jeremy D. Edwards, Yeshi Wamishe, Barbara Valent, Guo Liang Wang, Yinong Yang, 2018, Nature Communications

Direct phosphorylation and activation of a mitogen-activated protein kinase by a calcium-dependent protein kinase in rice

Kabin Xie, Jianping Chen, Qin Wang, Yinong Yang, 2014, Plant Cell on p. 3077-3089

CRISPR/Cas9-Enabled Multiplex Genome Editing and Its Application

Bastian Minkenberg, Matthew Wheatley, Yinong Yang, 2017, on p. 111-132

Discovery of rice essential genes by characterizing a CRISPR-edited mutation of closely related rice MAP kinase genes

Bastian Minkenberg, Kabin Xie, Yinong Yang, 2017, Plant Journal on p. 636-648

The miR393a/target module regulates seed germination and seedling establishment under submergence in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Fu Guo, Ning Han, Yakun Xie, Ke Fang, Yinong Yang, Muyuan Zhu, Junhui Wang, Hongwu Bian, 2016, Plant, Cell and Environment on p. 2288-2302

CRISPR-PLANT v2: an online resource for highly specific guide RNA spacers based on improved off-target analysis

Bastian Minkenberg, Jianwei Zhang, Kabin Xie, Yinong Yang, 2019, Plant Biotechnology Journal on p. 5-8

Polycistronic tRNA and CRISPR guide-RNA enables highly efficient multiplexed genome engineering in human cells

Fengping Dong, Kabin Xie, Yueying Chen, Yinong Yang, Yingwei Mao, 2017, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications on p. 889-895

News Articles Featuring Yinong Yang

Jan 31, 2023

Five Penn State faculty elected to 2022 cohort of AAAS Fellows

Five Penn State faculty members in areas ranging from the geosciences and atmospheric science to plant ecology and genome editing have been elected to the 2022 cohort of fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society.

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May 10, 2021

CRISPR/Cas technology could enable early diagnosis of devastating citrus disease

Penn State and U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists have used cutting-edge CRISPR/Cas technology to develop a diagnostic test that could enable early diagnosis of citrus greening, or Huanglongbing, a serious disease that threatens worldwide citrus production.

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Sep 07, 2018

A fast-moving future for gene-edited foods

Unlike older genetic-modification methods, the new techniques are precise, fast and inexpensive, and companies hope they will avoid the negative reputation and regulatory hurdles that hobbled the first generation of genetically modified foods.

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Aug 28, 2018

Can CRISPR help us stop wasting so much food?

CRISPR. It’s not what’s for dinner. Not yet, at least. But the hot genetic editing technology could be instrumental in reducing the multi-billion global problem of food spoilage and waste.

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Aug 28, 2018

PROCESSED FOOD: Genetically modified or gene-edited: Is there a difference?

In a gleaming laboratory hidden from the highway by a Hampton Inn and a Denny’s restaurant in Roseville, Minnesota, a researcher with the biotech firm Calyxt works the controls of a boxy robot.

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Aug 27, 2018

White Button Mushrooms as a Prebiotic May Help Improve Glucose Regulation

Eating white button mushrooms can create subtle shifts in the microbial community in the gut, which could improve the regulation of glucose in the liver, according to a team of researchers at Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences.

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