Yafang Zhang-Agricultural College of Yangzhou University

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Family Name	Zhang	Given name	Yafang
Gender	Female	Date of birth	1978-02-13
Title	Dr. and Associate professor
Telephone No.	+86-514-8797-2136
Cell phone No	+86-1385-272-9134
Email	yfzhang@yzu.edu.cn
Fax	+86-514-8799-6817
Organization and contact information	Department of Crop genetics and breeding, Agricultural college, Yangzhou University Address: N117# Agronomy building, 48 Wenhui road (east), Yangzhou 225009, P. R. China
Affiliation(s)	Member of Jiangsu Genetic Society
Research Interests	Rice breeding towards disease resistance via modern technologies (i.e. marker-assisted selection, gene transformation and genome editing)
Education and professional experience	Sep 2015 to present Assoc. Professor, Department of crop genetics and breeding, Agricultural college, Yangzhou University. Sep 2006 to Oct 2015 Lecturer, Department of crop genetics and breeding, Agricultural college, Yangzhou University. Sep 2003 to Oct 2006 Assistant, Department of crop genetics and breeding, Agricultural college, Yangzhou University. Sep 2000 to July 2003 M.Agr., Department of crop genetics and breeding, Agricultural college, Yangzhou University. Sep 1996 to July 2000 B.Ag., Department of crop genetics and breeding, Agricultural college,Yangzhou University.
Selected publications	Yafang Zhang, Yuyin Ma, Zongxiang Chen, Jie Zou, Tianxiao Chen, Qianqian Li, Xuebiao Pan, Shimin Zuo. Genome-wide association studies reveal new genetic targets for five panicle traits of international rice warieties. Rice Science, 2015, 22(5): 217−226 Yafang Zhang, Shimin Zuo, Zongxiang Chen, Yongqi Yu, Yuyin Ma, Xuebiao Pan. Reseach progress on molecular mechanism of rice panicle development. Jiangsu Agricultural Sciences, 2014, 42(11): 4−8 Shimin Zuo＃, Yafang Zhang＃, Yuejun Yin, Guozhi Li, Guowei Zhang, Hui Wang, Zongxiang Chen, Xuebiao Pan. Fine-mapping of qSB-9TQ, a gene conferring major quantitative resistance to rice sheath blight. Molecular Breeding, 2014, 34(4): 2191−2203 Zongxiang Chen＃, Yafang Zhang＃, Fan Feng, Minghui Feng, Wei Jiang, Yuyin Ma, Shimin Zuo, Xuebiao Pan. Improvement of japonica rice resistance to sheath blight by pyramiding qSB-9TQ and qSB-7TQ. Field Crops Research, 2014, 161: 118−127 Yafang Zhang, Yongqi Yu, Shimin Zuo, Lijuan Lou, Zongxiang Chen, Xuebiao Pan. Cloning of an inorganic pyrophosphatase gene osip1 in rice based on bioinformatics analysis and its genetic transformation. Chin J Rice Sci. 2013, 27(1): 17-25. Yafang Zhang, Zongxiang Chen, Shimin Zuo, Lijuan Lou, Yongqi Yu, Xuebiao Pan. Effect of Over-expressing osip1, a rice inorganic pyrophosphatase gene, specifically in mesophyll tissue of different source-sink type rice cultivars. Chin J Rice Sci. 2013, 27(2): 129-136.