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Professor Bing Yang is a faculty member at the University of Missouri's Division of Plant Sciences. He holds affiliate faculty status at Iowa State University. His research focuses on plant-pathogen interactions, specifically rice bacterial blight caused by Xanthomonas oryzae. He investigates Type III secretion systems, TAL effector proteins, and disease susceptibility genes like Os8N3 and TFX1. His lab applies CRISPR/Cas9 and TALEN technologies for genome editing in rice and maize.
Education:
- B.S. and M.Sc., Southwest Forestry College, China (1986, 1989)
- Ph.D., Kansas State University, USA (2000)
Research Interests: Molecular mechanisms of plant disease resistance, bacterial effector biology, genetic engineering of crops, and functional genomics. His work bridges fundamental research with applied strategies for crop disease control, including blocking susceptibility pathways and enhancing natural resistance genes.
Publications: Recent work highlights CRISPR/Cas9 applications in maize (Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2016), TALEN-mediated rice genome editing (Nature Biotechnology, 2012), and SWEET-mediated seed carbohydrate transport (Nature Genetics, 2015).
Advising & Grants: No formal student advisees listed. Collaborates with institutions like Kansas State University and the University of California-Irvine on plant-microbe interaction projects.
Labs & Teams: Leads research in rice disease resistance at the Division of Plant Sciences, focusing on genomic tools for crop improvement.
