Dr Youhong Song

Adjunct Principal Fellow

Centre for Crop Science

y.song@uq.edu.au

Researcher biography

Dr. Youhong Song is currently leading a research in crop/plant modelling and smart agriculture for sustainable crop production in School of Agricultural Sciences, Jiangxi Agricultural University.

Youhong is also supporting research in crop ecophysiology in Anhui Province, China where it is known as one significant food supplier province in the nation, aiming to sustain high maize/wheat productivity in facing the constraint of extensive abiotic stresses under climate change. Waterlogging during early canopy establishment, drought/heat stress during reproduction, lodging/interplant competition in maize season while in wheat season, late spring coldness, sprouting and lodging/interplant competition, are major concerns in achieving high crop production. To address the challenges, the knowledge from multidiscipline including crop physiology, agronomy, biology and crop modelling applies, extending from molecular to whole plant level. Projects are ongoing in relation to the above topics.

In particular, Youhong is engaged in bringing scientists together in collaborations for sustaining crop production and food security worldwide.

Publications

Journal Articles (22)

Journal Articles

Su, Hui, Wang, Zhengxin, Li, Xinrui, Li, Jinpeng, Zhu, Yulei, Jones, Ashley and Song, Youhong (2024). Regulation of spikelet developmental responses to chilling and freezing stress mediated by differential sugar metabolism in winter wheat. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 226 105936, 105936. doi: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2024.105936

Wang, Zhiwei, Yu, Yi, Hu, Zhaoyu, Wu, Yibo, Sun, Weiwei, Li, Yangyang and Song, Youhong (2024). Modelling maize silk extension using segmented exponential and linear functions. European Journal of Agronomy, 159 127269, 127269. doi: 10.1016/j.eja.2024.127269

Wang, Zhengxin, Liu, Ye, Wang, Ke, Wang, Yusong, Wang, Xue, Liu, Jiaming, Xu, Cheng and Song, Youhong (2024). Phenotyping the anthocyanin content of various organs in purple corn using a digital camera. Agriculture, 14 (5) 744, 744. doi: 10.3390/agriculture14050744

Zhang, Pengpeng, Lenka, Narendra Kumar and Song, Youhong (2024). Editorial: Sustaining CO2 fertilization gains under water and nutrient stress in crop plants. Frontiers in Plant Science, 15 1375175, 1375175. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1375175

Yu, Yi, Cheng, Qin, Wang, Fei, Zhu, Yulei, Shang, Xiaoguang, Jones, Ashley, He, Haohua and Song, Youhong (2023). Crop/plant modeling supports plant breeding: I. Optimization of environmental factors in accelerating crop growth and development for speed breeding. Plant Phenomics, 5 0099, 0099. doi: 10.34133/plantphenomics.0099

Li, Yangyang, Zhang, Pengpeng, Sheng, Wenjing, Zhang, Zixiang, Rose, Ray J. and Song, Youhong (2023). Securing maize reproductive success under drought stress by harnessing CO2 fertilization for greater productivity. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14 1221095, 1-13. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1221095

Li, Yangyang, Zhang, Pengpeng, Wang, Zhiwei, Zhang, Yihui, Zhu, Fan, Liu, Yong-Hua, Jones, Ashley, Wu, Leiming and Song, Youhong (2023). Coordinated regulation of sucrose and lignin metabolism for arrested silk elongation under drought stress in maize. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 214 105482. doi: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2023.105482

Zhang, Pengpeng, Huang, Jingyao, Ma, Yuntao, Wang, Xiujuan, Kang, Mengzhen and Song, Youhong (2023). Crop/plant modeling supports plant breeding: II. guidance of functional plant phenotyping for trait discovery. Plant Phenomics, 5 0091, 0091. doi: 10.34133/plantphenomics.0091

Su, Hui, Tan, Cheng, Liu, Yonghua, Chen, Xiang, Li, Xinrui, Jones, Ashley, Zhu, Yulei and Song, Youhong (2022). Physiology and Molecular Breeding in Sustaining Wheat Grain Setting and Quality under Spring Cold Stress. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23 (22) 14099, 1-19. doi: 10.3390/ijms232214099

Li, Min, Wei, Qianfei, Zhu, Yulei, Li, Jincai, Ullah, Najeeb and Song, Youhong (2022). 24-Epicastasterone and KH2PO4 protect grain production of wheat crops from terminal heat impacts by modulating leaf physiology. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 69 (11), 2006-2019. doi: 10.1080/03650340.2022.2130265

Wang, Zhiwei, Sun, Weiwei, Liu, Xiaoli, Li, Yangyang, Collins, Brian, Ullah, Najeeb and Song, Youhong (2022). Analysis on heat characteristics for summer maize cropping in a semi-arid region. Agronomy, 12 (6) 1435, 1-16. doi: 10.3390/agronomy12061435

Zhang, Yinping, Soualihou, Soualiou, Li, Juan, Xu, Yonghan, Rose, Ray J., Ruan, Yong-Ling, Li, Jincai and Song, Youhong (2022). Transcriptome analysis of maize pollen grains under drought stress during flowering. Crop and Pasture Science, 73 (9), 1026-1041. doi: 10.1071/CP21610

Soualiou, Soualihou, Wang, Zhiwei, Sun, Weiwei, de Reffye, Philippe, Collins, Brian, Louarn, Gaëtan and Song, Youhong (2021). Functional–structural plant models mission in advancing crop science: opportunities and prospects. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12 747142, 747142. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.747142

He, Liang, Sun, Weiwei, Chen, Xiang, Han, Liqi, Li, Jincai, Ma, Yuanshan and Song, Youhong (2021). Modeling maize canopy morphology in response to increased plant density. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11 533514. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.533514

Hao, Yi, Ma, Chuanxin, Zhang, Zetian, Song, Youhong, Cao, Weidong, Guo, Jing, Zhou, Guopeng, Rui, Yukui, Liu, Liming and Xing, Baoshan (2018). Carbon nanomaterials alter plant physiology and soil bacterial community composition in a rice-soil-bacterial ecosystem. Environmental Pollution, 232, 123-136. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.09.024

Wu, Alex, Song, Youhong, Van Oosterom, Erik J. and Hammer, Graeme L. (2016). Connecting biochemical photosynthesis models with crop models to support crop improvement. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7 (OCTOBER2016) 1518. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01518

Song, Youhong, Rui, Yukui, Bedane, Guta and Li, Jincai (2016). Morphological characteristics of maize canopy development as affected by increased plant density. PLoS ONE, 11 (4) e0154084, 1-10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154084

Song, Youhong, Birch, Colin, Rui, Yukui and Hanan, Jim (2015). Allometric relationships of maize organ development under different water regimes and plant densities. Plant Production Science, 18 (1), 1-10. doi: 10.1626/pps.18.1

Dreccer, M. Fernanda, Chapman, Scott C., Rattey, Allan R., Neal, Jodi, Song, Youhong, Christopher, John (Jack) T. and Reynolds, Matthew (2013). Developmental and growth controls of tillering and water-soluble carbohydrate accumulation in contrasting wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes: can we dissect them?. Journal of Experimental Botany, 64 (1), 143-160. doi: 10.1093/jxb/ers317

Song, Youhong, Birch, Colin, Qu, Shanshan, Doherty, Al and Hanan, Jim (2010). Analysis and modelling of the effects of water stress on maize growth and yield in dryland conditions. Plant Production Science, 13 (2), 199-208. doi: 10.1626/pps.13.199

Song, Y., Birch, C. J. and Hanan, J. (2010). Maize canopy production under contrasted water regimes. Annals of Applied Biology, 157 (1), 111-123. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2010.00412.x

Song, Youhong, Birch, Colin J. and Hanan, James S. (2008). Analysis of maize canopy development under water stress and incorporation into the ADEL-Maize model. Functional Plant Biology, 35 (9-10), 925-935. doi: 10.1071/FP08055