Yiwei Jiang

Associate Professor of Agronomy

Department: Agronomy
Phone: 765.494.0651
Fax: 765.494.0651
Office: Lilly 2-367
E-mail: yjiang@purdue.edu

Area of Expertise: Turfgrass Physiology

Research Areas:
Research emphasis is on understanding physiological, molecular and genetic basis of abiotic stress tolerance in grass species used for turf, forage and bioenergy. Current research interests: include:

• Phenotypic trait dissection

• Gene and protein identification

• Marker-trait association mapping

Curriculum Vitae
Full list of Publications

- Recent Publications

Jiang, Y., Yao, Y., & Wang, Y. (2012). Physiological response, cell wall components, and gene expression of switchgrass under short-term drought stress and recovery. Crop Science, 52, 2718–2727.

Rutledge, J., Volenec, J. J., Jiang, Y., & Reicher, Z. J. (2012). Physiological changes in roughstalk bluegrass exposed to high temperature. Crop Science, 52, 869-878.

Yu, X., Luo, N., Yan, J., Tang, J., Liu, S., & Jiang, Y. (2012). Differential growth response and carbohydrate metabolism of global collection of perennial ryegrass accessions to submergence and recovery following de-submergence. Journal of Plant Physiology, 169, 1040-1049.

Luo, N., Yu, X., Liu, J., & Jiang, Y. (2012). Nucleotide diversity and linkage disequilibrium in antioxidant genes of Brachypodium distachyon. Plant Science, 197, 122-129.

Jiang, Y. (2011). Flooding on turf. Retrieved from http://purdueturftips.blogspot.com/2011/05/flooding-on-turf.html

Luo, N., Yu, X., Liu, J., & Jiang, Y. (2011). Natural variation in drought response of Brachypodium distachyon. Physiologia Plantarum, 141, 19-29..

Yu, X., Bai, G., Luo, N., Chen, Z., Liu, S., Liu, J., . . . Jiang, Y. (2011). Association of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers with submergence tolerance in diverse populations of perennial ryegrass. Plant Science, 180, 391-398.

Jiang, Y., & Wang, Y. (2010). Handbook of Plant & Crop Stress (Vol. Third Edition). Boca Raton, FL: Taylor and Francis Publisher.

Jiang, Y., Watkins, E., Liu, S., Yu, X., & Luo, N. (2010). Antioxidative responses and expression of candidate genes in prairie junegrass under drought stress. Journal of American Society for Horticultural Science, 135, 303-309.

Jiang, Y., & Liu, S. (2010). Identification of differentially expressed genes in perennial ryegrass under drought stress. Physiologia Plantarum, 139, 375-387.