Dr. Fengqun Yu

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Biology Study Leader in Plant Pathology

Genetics and pre-breeding for resistance to crop diseases mainly on canola

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
107 Science Place Saskatoon, SK

Current research and/or projects

Defining Plasmodiophora brassicae populations with near-isogenic Brassica napus lines

Re-synthesizing Brassica napus with clubroot resistance from C-genome

Developing new genetic resources from Brassica napus for canola resistant to new pathotypes of Plasmodiophora brassicae

Purifying genotypes of Plasomodiophora brassicae and developing SNP markers linked to races of P. brassicae populations collected in western Canada

AAFC Clubroot Consortium II:  Introgression of clubroot  resistance genes from rutabaga into canola

Cloning clubroot resistance genes from B. nigra and transferring the genes into canola through a CRISPR/Cas9 based technology

New technologies for blackleg race profiling

Introgression of blackleg resistance genes from B. nigra into canola

Understanding plant defense mechanisms involved in the biocontrol ability of biopesticides for Sclerotinia 

Key publications

  1. Yu F. 2023. Race structure of clubroot pathogen in western Canada and beyond. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Clubroot Initiative Committee meeting, February 2022

    2023 - View publication details

  2. Hao H, Zhang Y and Yu F 2023. Intragenic Canola Germplasms with Clubroot Resistance Gene Rcr1 Developed with a New CRISPR/Cas9-based Vector System. PAG 30. San Diego, USA, 2023. (Poster)

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  3. Yu F. (2022) ADF Project # 20190101 report: Cloning clubroot resistance genes from B. nigra and transferring the genes into canola through a CRISPR/Cas9 based technology.

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  4. Cao L, Wang J, Chen Q and Yu F. 2022. Determining the genotypes of Plasmodiophora brassicae populations collected in Western Canada and developing SNP markers for the P. brassicae races. CPS-Saskatchewan Annual meeting, Saskatoon, November, 2022 (Oral presentation)

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  5. Chen Q and Yu F. 2022. A pilot study on blackleg pathogen race structure determination through amplicon sequencing. CPS-Saskatchewan Annual meeting, Saskatoon, November, 2022 (Oral presentation)

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  6. Md Masud Karim, Yan Zhang, Ling Cao, Hao Hu, Qilin Chen and Fengqun Yu (2022) AAFC Clubroot Consortium II: 97 slides; Mapping of genes for resistance to new pathotypes, Introgression of Rcr genes into B. napus, Purifying genotypes of P. brassicae, Cloning of Rcr1 and cisgenic plant breeding, Amplicon sequencing for L. maculans, Race profiling, re-synthesized lines and a second CR gene in ‘Mendel’ and AAFC695. Saskatoon, November 2022

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  7. Yu F. 2022. Genetics and breeding for resistance to clubroot. Virtual, Saskatchewan Clubroot Initiative Committee meeting, February 2022

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  8. Yu F. 2022. Defining populations of Plasmodiophora brassicae with near isogenic Brassica napus lines. WCC/RRC Pathology Sub Committee Meeting, Saskatoon, February 2022

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  9. Karim M, Zhang Y and Yu F (2021) AAFC Clubroot Consortium II: 40 slides; Genetic information on clubroot resistance to 11 pathotypes in ECD10; more detailed information on genetic mapping of Rcr9ECD01 and Rcr10ECD01.

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  10. Liu, J., Rana, K., McKay, J., Xiong, Z., Yu, F., Mei, J., Qian, W. (2021). Investigating genetic relationship of Brassica juncea with B. nigra via virtual allopolyploidy and hexaploidy strategy. Molecular Breeding, [online] 41(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11032-020-01197-7

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  11. Fu, F., Zhang, X., Liu, F., Peng, G., Yu, F., Fernando, D. (2020). Identification of resistance loci in Chinese and Canadian canola/rapeseed varieties against Leptosphaeria maculans based on genome-wide association studies. BMC Genomics, [online] 21(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-020-06893-4

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  12. Sedaghatkish, A., Gossen, B.D., Yu, F., Torkamaneh, D., and McDonald, M.R. 2019. ‘New’ pathotypes of Plasmodiophora brassicae in Canada are not new. Proc. Plant Canada 2019, pg. 204. PC2019 Program & Proceedings (plantcanada.ca).

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  13. Karim, M, Fu, F., Dakouri, A., Strelkov, S., Gossen, B., Peng, G., and Yu, F. 2019. Identification of five QTLs for clubroot resistance to three novel pathotypes of Plasmodiophora brassicae in Brassica oleracea through genotyping-by-sequencing. Proc. Plant Canada 2019, pg. 259. PC2019 Program & Proceedings (plantcanada.ca)

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  14. Dakouri, A., Zhang, X., Peng, G., Falk, K.C., Gossen, B.D., Strelkov, S.E., Yu, F. (2018). Analysis of genome-wide variants through bulked segregant RNA sequencing reveals a major gene for resistance to Plasmodiophora brassicae in Brassica oleracea. Scientific Reports, [online] 8(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-36187-5

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  15. Yu, F., Zhang, X., Peng, G., Falk, K.C., Strelkov, S.E., Gossen, B.D. (2017). Genotyping-by-sequencing reveals three QTL for clubroot resistance to six pathotypes of Plasmodiophora brassicae in Brassica rapa. Scientific Reports, [online] 7(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04903-2

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  16. Behla, R., Hirani, A.H., Zelmer, C.D., Yu, F., Fernando, W.G.D., McVetty, P., Li, G. (2017). Identification of common QTL for resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in three doubled haploid populations of Brassica napus (L.). Euphytica, [online] 213(11), http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10681-017-2047-5

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  17. Huang, Z., Peng, G., Liu, X., Deora, A., Falk, K.C., Gossen, B.D., McDonald, M.R., Yu, F. (2017). Fine mapping of a clubroot resistance gene in Chinese cabbage using SNP markers identified from bulked segregant RNA sequencing. Frontiers in Plant Science, [online] 8 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.01448

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  18. Yu, F., Zhang, X., Huang, Z., Chu, M., Song, T., Falk, K.C., Deora, A., Chen, Q., Zhang, Y., McGregor, L., Gossen, B.D., McDonald, M.R., Peng, G. (2016). Identification of genome-wide variants and discovery of variants associated with brassica rapa clubroot resistance gene Rcr1 through bulked segregant RNA sequencing. PLoS ONE, [online] 11(4), http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153218

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  19. Chu, M., Song, T., Falk, K.C., Zhang, X., Liu, X., Chang, A., Lahlali, R., McGregor, L., Gossen, B.D., Yu, F., Peng, G. (2014). Fine mapping of Rcr1 and analyses of its effect on transcriptome patterns during infection by Plasmodiophora brassicae. BMC Genomics, [online] 15(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-1166

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  20. Peng, G., Falk, K.C., Gugel, R.K., Franke, C., Yu, F., James, B., Strelkov, S.E., Hwang, S.F., McGregor, L. (2014). Sources of resistance to plasmodiophora brassicae (clubroot) pathotypes virulent on canola. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, [online] 36(1), 89-99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07060661.2013.863805

    2014 - View publication details

Contact

Research facility

Saskatoon Research and Development Centre
107 Science Place
Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2
Canada

Expertise

Agriculture›Diseases›Disease resistance

Language

English

Other languages

Chinese