Sustainable Bioresources

DESCRIPTION OF LAB RESEARCH WORK

We are interested in R&D that will achieve sustainable supply for fiber, fuel and medicine through plant biotechnology

 

Hong YanLEAD PI
Hong Yan
Senior Lecturer

Email: [email protected]
Phone: (65) 6904 7232
Office: SBS-02S-88G

 

Rapid and non-destructive detection of incipient tree root decay: A survey of tropical soil fungi flora and their metabolites (through metagenomics and metabolomics) followed by the development of early diagnosis techniques.​

Full list of publications can be found here

  • Hong, Y.; Tan, J.Y.; Xue, H.; Chow, M.L.; Ali, M.; Ng, A.; Leong, A.; Yeo, J.; Koh, S.M.; Tang, M.S.Y.; et al. A Metagenomic Survey of Wood Decay Fungi in the Urban Trees of Singapore. Journal of Fungi 2023, 9, 460.
  • Tan, J.Y.; Zhang, Z.; Izzah, H.J.; Fong, Y.K.; Lee, D.; Mutwil, M.; Hong, Y. Volatile-Based Diagnosis for Pathogenic Wood-Rot Fungus Fulvifomes siamensis by Electronic Nose (E-Nose) and Solid-Phase Microextraction/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry. Sensors 2023, 23, 4538.
  • Chan, M.E.; Tan, J.Y.; Lee, Y.Y.; Lee, D.; Fong, Y.K.; Mutwil, M.; Wong, J.Y.; Hong, Y. Locally Isolated Trichoderma harzianum Species Have Broad Spectrum Biocontrol Activities against the Wood Rot Fungal Species through Both Volatile Inhibition and Mycoparasitism. Journal of Fungi 2023, 9, 675.
  • Li CH, Ng AL, Xie LF, Mao HZ, Qiu CX, Ramachandran S, Yin ZC, Hong Y. (2016) Engineering low phorbol ester Jatropha curcas seed by intercepting casbene biosynthesis. Plant Cell Reports 35:103-114
  • Yi CX, Reddy C, Varghese K, Bui TNH, Zhang S, Kallath M, Kunjachen B, Ramachandran S, Hong Y. (2014) A New Jatropha curcas Variety (JO S2) with Improved Seed Productivity. Sustainability 6(7):4355-4368
  • Kasthurirengan R, Xie LF, Li CH and Hong Y. (2013) In vitro propagation and assessment of genetic stability of micropropagated Samanea saman (rain tree) using microsatellite markers. Acta Physiol Plant 35:2467-2474
  • Gu K, Yi CX, Tian D, Sangha JS, Hong Y and Yin ZC. (2012) Expression of fatty acid and lipid biosynthetic genes in developing endosperm of Jatropha curcas. Biotechnol Biofuels 5, 47
  • Wee A, Li CH, Dvorak WS, Hong Y. (2011) Genetic diversity in natural populations of Gmelina arborea: implications for breeding and conservation. New Forests 43 (4):411-428
  • Wang CM, Liu P, Yi CX, Gu K, Sun F, Li L, Lo LC, Liu X, Feng F, Lin G, Cao S, Hong Y, Yin Z and Yue GH. (2011) A First Generation Microsatellite- and SNP-Based Linkage Map of Jatropha. PLoS ONE 6:e823632
  • Yi CX, Zhang S, Liu X, Bui HT, Hong Y. (2010) Does epigenetic polymorphism contribute to phenotypic variances in Jatropha curcas L.? BMC Plant Biol 10:259
  • Zhang J, Cai L, Cheng J, Mao H, Fan X, Meng Z, Chan KM, Zhang H, Qi J, Ji L and Hong Y. (2008) Transgene integration and organization in Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) genome. Transgenic Research 17: 293-306
  • Hong YQ, Lau AJ, Yeo CL, Liu X, Yang CR, Koh HL, Hong Y. (2005) Genetic diversity and variation of saponin contents in Panax notoginseng roots from a single Farm. J Agri Food Chem 53(22):8460-8467
  • Xie DY and Hong Y. (2001) Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of Acacia Mangium. Plant Cell Reports 20:917-92
  • Hong, Y.; Tan, J.Y.; Xue, H.; Chow, M.L.; Ali, M.; Ng, A.; Leong, A.; Yeo, J.; Koh, S.M.; Tang, M.S.Y.; et al. A Metagenomic Survey of Wood Decay Fungi in the Urban Trees of Singapore. Journal of Fungi 2023, 9, 460.
  • Tan, J.Y.; Zhang, Z.; Izzah, H.J.; Fong, Y.K.; Lee, D.; Mutwil, M.; Hong, Y. Volatile-Based Diagnosis for Pathogenic Wood-Rot Fungus Fulvifomes siamensis by Electronic Nose (E-Nose) and Solid-Phase Microextraction/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry. Sensors 2023, 23, 4538.
  • Chan, M.E.; Tan, J.Y.; Lee, Y.Y.; Lee, D.; Fong, Y.K.; Mutwil, M.; Wong, J.Y.; Hong, Y. Locally Isolated Trichoderma harzianum Species Have Broad Spectrum Biocontrol Activities against the Wood Rot Fungal Species through Both Volatile Inhibition and Mycoparasitism. Journal of Fungi 2023, 9, 675.