Awards and honors：
Special Prize for Yunnan Scientific and Technological Progress Award (23/30), 2013
“Hongyun gardener" excellent teacher award of Yunnan Agricultural University. 2014
Research Projects
National Natural Science Foundation of China. Rice phytochrome-interacting factor-like protein OsPIL1 mediates jasmonic acid signaling to regulate resistance to rice blast fungus (Grant No. 32160643). 2022.01-2025.12
National Natural Science Foundation of China. Research on response of rice defense system to overexpression of effector gene MoSDT1 of Magnaporthe oryzae in plant. (Grant no. 31860483). 2019.01-2022.12
National Natural Science Foundation of China. Molecular characterization of effector MoSDT1 with character of long-distance movement during interaction of Magnaporthe oryzae and rice (Grant no. 31400073). 2014.01-2017.12
Yunnan Fundamental Research Projects. Magnaporthe oryzae gene MoSDT1 regulates OsLOX3 mediated-jasmonic acid synthesis and defense response in rice (Grant No. 202101AS070038). 2021.04-2024.03
Yunnan Fundamental Research Projects of China. Functional identification of Magnaporthe oryzae effector MoSDT1 (Grant No. 2013FB039). 2013.10-2016.09
Selected Journal Publications：
Wang C., Li C., Duan G., Wang Y., Zhang Y.& Yang J*. 2019. Overexpression of Magnaporthe oryzae systemic defense trigger 1 (MoSDT1) confers improved rice blast resistance in rice. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20:4762.
Yang J.*, Duan G., Li C., Liu L., Han G., Zhang Y. & Wang C. 2019. The crosstalks between jasmonic acid and other plant hormone signaling highlight the involvement of jasmonic acid as a core component in plant response to biotic and abiotic stresses. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10:1349.
Duan G†., Li C†., Liu Y†., Ma X., Luo Q.,& Yang J*. 2020. Magnaporthe oryzae systemic defense trigger 1 (MoSDT1)-mediated metabolites regulate defense response in Rice. BMC Plant Biology. 21:40.
Duan G†., Ma X†., Shi Z., Yang Y., Chen H., Huang Q*., & Yang J*. 2021. MoSDT1 triggers defense response through modulating phosphorylated proteins in rice. Plant Molecular Biology.1-13.
Wang Y., Duan G., Li C., Ma X., & Yang J*. (2021). Application of jasmonic acid at the stage of visible brown necrotic spots in Magnaporthe oryzae infection as a novel and environment-friendly control strategy for rice blast disease. Protoplasm.1-12.
Yang J., Wang Y., Liu L., Liu L., Wang C., Wang C.& Li C. 2019. Effects of exogenous salicylic acid and pH on pathogenicity of biotrophy-associated secreted protein 1 (BAS1)-overexpressing strain, Magnaporthe oryzae. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 26:13725–13737.
Wang C., Liu Y., Liu L., Wang Y., Yan J., Wan C., Li C. & Yang J*. 2019. The biotrophy-associated secreted protein 4 (BAS4) participates in the transition of Magnaporthe oryzae from the biotrophic to the necrotrophic phase. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 26:795–807.
Yang J., Liu L., Wang Y., Wang C., Yan J., Liu Y., Wang C.& Li C. 2017. Overexpression of BAS1 in rice blast fungus can promote blast fungus growth, sporulation and virulence in planta. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 24:1884–1893.
Selected Academic treatise：
Cumagun, CJR. 2012. Plant Pathology. INTECH. INTECHWEB.ORG.
Yang N-S. 2011. Systems and computational biology-molecular and cellular experimental systems. INTECH. INTECHWEB.ORG.
Li W. 2015. Contemporary Ecology Research in China. Higher Education Press.
