Yinong Yang
Professor of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
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405C Huck Life Sciences
University Park, PA - yuy3@psu.edu
- 814-867-0324
Research Summary
Signal perception and transduction in rice-pathogen interactions. Molecular and genomic strategies for increasing disease resistance and drought tolerance in cereal crops.
Huck Graduate Students
Huck Affiliations
- Plant Biology
- Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences
- Plant Institute
- Center for Chemical Ecology
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Most Recent Publications
A miniature alternative to Cas9 and Cas12: Transposon-associated TnpB mediates targeted genome editing in plants
Subhasis Karmakar, Debasmita Panda, Sonali Panda, Manaswini Dash, Romio Saha, Priya Das, S. P. Avinash, Justin Shih, Yinong Yang, A. K. Nayak, Mirza J. Baig, Kutubuddin A. Molla, 2024, Plant Biotechnology Journal on p. 2950-2953
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 diagonostic assay development and validation.
David Geiser, Frank Martin, Andres Espíndola, Andres Espinola, 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
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
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
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
Functional dissection of HGGT and HPT in barley vitamin e biosynthesis via CRISPR/Cas9-enabled genome editing
Zhanghui Zeng, Ning Han, Cuicui Liu, B. Buerte, Chenlu Zhou, Jianshu Chen, Mengyao Wang, Yuhong Zhang, Yawei Tang, Muyuan Zhu, Junhui Wang, Yinong Yang, Hongwu Bian, 2020, Annals of Botany on p. 929-942
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
Predicting CRISPR/Cas9-Induced Mutations for Precise Genome Editing
Kutubuddin A. Molla, Yinong Yang, 2020, Trends in Biotechnology on p. 136-141
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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