Dr Yongfu Tao
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Centre for Crop Science
+61 7 4542 6764
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, Beijing Agr. U.
Publications
Journal Articles
Liu, Qingcai, Deng, Suining, Liu, Baoshen, Tao, Yongfu, Ai, Haiyue, Liu, Jianju, Zhang, Yongzhong, Zhao, Yan and Xu, Mingliang (2020) A helitron-induced RabGDIα variant causes quantitative recessive resistance to maize rough dwarf disease. Nature Communications, 11 1: 495. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14372-3
Tao, Yongfu, Zhao, Xianrong, Wang, Xuemin, Hathorn, Adrian, Hunt, Colleen, W Cruickshank, Alan, van Oosterom, Erik J., Godwin, Ian D., Mace, Emma S. and Jordan, David R. (2019) Large-scale GWAS in sorghum reveals common genetic control of grain size among cereals. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 18 4: 1093-1105. doi:10.1111/pbi.13284
Tao, Yongfu, Jordan, David R. and Mace, Emma S. (2019) Crop genomics goes beyond a single reference genome. Trends in Plant Science, 24 12: 1072-1074. doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2019.10.001
Tao, Yongfu, Zhao, Xianrong, Mace, Emma, Henry, Robert and Jordan, David (2019) Exploring and exploiting pan-genomics for crop improvement. Molecular Plant, 12 2: 156-169. doi:10.1016/j.molp.2018.12.016
Mace, Emma, Innes, David, Hunt, Colleen, Wang, Xuemin, Tao, Yongfu, Baxter, Jared, Hassall, Michael, Hathorn, Adrian and Jordan, David (2018) The Sorghum QTL Atlas: a powerful tool for trait dissection, comparative genomics and crop improvement. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, . doi:10.1007/s00122-018-3212-5
Tao, Yongfu, Mace, Emma, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Hunt, Colleen, Cruickshank, Alan, Henzell, Robert and Jordan, David (2018) Novel grain weight loci revealed in a cross between cultivated and wild sorghum. The Plant Genome, 11 2: . doi:10.3835/plantgenome2017.10.0089
Noble, Thomas J., Tao, Yongfu, Mace, Emma S., Williams, Brett, Jordan, David R., Douglas, Colin A. and Mundree, Sagadevan G. (2018) Characterization of Linkage Disequilibrium and Population Structure in a Mungbean Diversity Panel. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8 1-9. doi:10.3389/fpls.2017.02102
Tao, Yongfu, Mace, Emma S., Tai, Shuaishuai, Cruickshank, Alan, Campbell, Bradley C., Zhao, Xianrong, Van Oosterom, Erik J., Godwin, Ian D., Botella, Jose R. and Jordan, David R. (2017) Whole-genome analysis of candidate genes associated with seed size and weight in Sorghum bicolor reveals signatures of artificial selection and insights into parallel domestication in cereal crops. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8 1237.1-1237.14. doi:10.3389/fp/s.2017.01237
Liu, Qingqing, Liu, Huanhuan, Gong, Yangqing, Tao, Yongfu, Jiang, Lu, Zuo, Weiliang, Yang, Qin, Ye, Jianrong, Lai, Jinsheng, Wu, Jianyu, Lubberstedt, Thomas and Xu, Mingliang (2017) An atypical thioredoxin imparts early resistance to sugarcane mosaic virus in maize. Molecular Plant, 10 3: 483-497. doi:10.1016/j.molp.2017.02.002
Campbell, Bradley C., Gilding, Edward K., Mace, Emma S., Tai, Shuaishuai, Tao, Yongfu, Prentis, Peter J., Thomelin, Pauline, Jordan, David R. and Godwin, Ian D. (2016) Domestication and the storage starch biosynthesis pathway: signatures of selection from a whole sorghum genome sequencing strategy. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 14 12: 2240-2253. doi:10.1111/pbi.12578
Massel, Karen, Campbell, Bradley C., Mace, Emma S., Tai, Shuaishuai, Tao, Yongfu, Worland, Belinda G., Jordan, David R., Botella, Jose R. and Godwin, Ian D. (2016) Whole genome sequencing reveals potential new targets for improving nitrogen uptake and utilization in Sorghum bicolor. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7 OCTOBER2016: 1544. doi:10.3389/fpls.2016.01544
Leng, Pengfei, Ji, Qing, Tao, Yongfu, Ibrahim, Rania, Pan, Guangtang, Xu, Mingliang and Luebberstedt, Thomas (2015) Characterization of sugarcane mosaic virus Scmv1 and Scmv2 resistance regions by regional association analysis in maize. PLoS One, 10 . doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0140617
Tao, Yongfu, Jiang, Lu, Liu, Qingqing, Zhang, Yan, Zhang, Rui, Ingvardsen, Christina Roenn, Frei, Ursula Karoline, Wang, Baobao, Lai, Jinsheng, Luebberstedt, Thomas and Xu, Mingliang (2013) Combined linkage and association mapping reveals candidates for Scmv1, a major locus involved in resistance to sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV) in maize. BMC Plant Biology, 13 . doi:10.1186/1471-2229-13-162
Tao, Yongfu, Liu, Qingcai, Wang, Honghong, Zhang, Yanjun, Huang, Xinyi, Wang, Baobao, Lai, Jinsheng, Ye, Jianrong, Liu, Baoshen and Xu, Mingliang (2013) Identification and fine-mapping of a QTL, qMrdd1, that confers recessive resistance to maize rough dwarf disease. BMC Plant Biology, 13 . doi:10.1186/1471-2229-13-145
Hou, Jing, Xing, Yue-xian, Zhang, Yan, Tao, Yong-Fu, Tan, Guo-qing and Xu, Ming-Liang (2013) Identification of quantitative trait loci for resistance to Curvularia leaf spot of maize. Maydica, 58 1-4: 266-273.