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Department
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401-874-7540 |
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401-874-2494 |
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ywan4234@postoffice.uri.edu |
Education
| current | Ph.D. | University of Rhode Island | Plant Molecular Genetics and Breeding (est. completion December 2002) |
| 1993-96 | Ph.D | Nanjing Agricultural. University, China | Plant Genetics and Breeding |
| 1985 | M.S. | Nanjing Agricultural. University, China | Vegetable Breeding |
| 1982 | B.S. | Gansu Agricultural University, China | Vegetable and Fruit Science |
Awards
Employment
| 2002 | RI Turfgrass Research Fellowship | Rhode Island Golf Course Superintendents Association |
| 2001 | Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation Award | Northeastern Branch of American Society of Agronomy and Soil Science Society of America |
| 2000 | Dr. Noel Jackson Scholarship for outstanding accomplishments in the field of turfgrass management | Rhode Island Turf Foundation |
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1999-present
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Dept. of Plant Sciences, University of Rhode Island | Graduate Research Assistant |
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1987-96
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Dept. of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P.R. China. | Assistant Professor |
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1985-87
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Dept. of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China | Teaching and Research Assistant |
Teaching
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1987-96
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Dept. of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P.R. China. |
Research Method of Vegetable Science. Senior Level Vegetable Breeding I: Breeding Principles and Methods. Senior Level Vegetable Breeding II: Breeding of Major Vegetable Crops. Senior Level Horticultural Products for Processing I: Vegetable Products. Junior Level Field Practice for Graduation in Vegetable Science. Senior Level |
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1985-87
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Dept. of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China |
Vegetable Breeding I: Breeding Principles and Methods. Vegetable Breeding II: Breeding of Major Vegetable Crops. |
Publications
| Wang, Y., B. A. Ruemmele, J. M. Chandlee, W. M. Sullivan, J. E. Knapp and A. P. Kausch. 2002. Embryogenic callus induction and plant regeneration media for bentgrass and annual bluegrass. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology, Plant (accepted) |
| Liu,
D., Y. Wang, and S. Wang. 1996.
Cytogenetics study on origin and evolution of Chinese
Narcissus. Abstracts of Scientific Research
in China 168. |
| Wang,
Y. and S. Wang, D. Liu. 1996.
The Giemsa C-banding patterns of mini-daffodil (Narcissus
bulbocodium L.) chromosomes. Acta Horticulturae Sinica
23(3):274-276. |
| Wang, Y. 1995. Introduction and propagation of laizhou lily (L. davidii var. willmottiae), Jiangsu Agricultural Science. 2:1-3. |
| Wang, Y. and S. Cao. 1987. Selecting and breeding of complete male sterile lines in non-heading Chinese cabbage. Genetics Study (Jiangsu). |
| Wang,
Y. and S. Cao. 1986.
A Preliminary study on heterosis and combining ability in
Pakchoi, (Chinese cabbage). Journal of Nanjing Agricultural
University 2:31-41. |
| Wang,
Y. and S. Cao. 1985.
Heterosis and combining ability of non-heading Chinese cabbage.
Scientific Reports of Horticulture Department. |
| Efficacy
of glufosinate in preventing and controlling fungal diseases in glufosinate-resistant
transgenic creeping and velvet bentgrasses. Poster presentation at
annual meeting of Northeast Section of American Society of Plant Biologists,
May 3-4, 2002, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA. |
| Characterization
of nitrate uptake by Kentucky bluegrass at the whole-plant and organ
Levels. Poster presentation at annual meeting of American Society
for Horticultural Socience- Northeast Region, Jan. 5-6, 2000, Baltimore,
Md. |
| Herbicide-resistant
transgenic creeping bentgrass produced by particle bombardment. Oral
presentation at Annual Meeting of Northeastern Branch of American
Society of Agronomy and Soil Science Society of America, June 24-27,
2001, University of Rhode Island, W. Alton Jones Campus, West Greenwich,
RI. (Received Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation Award). |
| Transgenic
velvet bentgrass plants produced by microprojectile bombardment. Poster
presentation at Annual Meeting of American Society of Agronomy, Crop
Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America, Oct.
21-25, 2001, Charlotte, NC. |