Yue Jin

Research Plant Pathologist and Adjunct Professor

Office: Room 4, Cereal Disease Lab

USDA-ARS

1551 Lindig Avenue

St. Paul, MN 55108

yue.jin@ars.usda.gov

yuejin@umn.edu

+1 612 625 5291

Publications & Grants

Education

Ph.D. (Plant Pathology), North Dakota State University, 1990
M.S. (Applied Statistics), North Dakota State University, 1990
M.S. (Plant Pathology), North Dakota State University, 1988
B.S. (Plant Protection), Inner-Mongolia College of Agriculture, 1982

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Areas of Interest

Biology and Population Genetics of Cereal Rust Fungi

My main research interests are in biology and population genetics of cereal rust fungi and host resistance to rusts in wheat and barley. I conduct nationwide surveys and monitoring of the race composition of the stem rust pathogen Puccinia graminis and investigate forces causing race dynamics in the stem rust populations. I conduct research in wheat and barley improvement by evaluating critical breeding germplasm, identifying new sources of resistance, and investigating the genetics of resistance. I also investigate the diversity of Fusarium head blight resistance in spring wheat.

News

Breakthrough pulls science ahead in race against devastating wheat disease

For the first time ever, scientists are gaining ground in the race against wheat stem rust, a pathogen that threatens global food security because of its ability to kill wheat. A team of researchers from the University of Sydney, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Rothamsted Research, the University of Minnesota and USDA have discovered the first rust virulence molecule that wheat plants detect to ‘switch on’ built-in resistance and stave off the disease. Read more >>

Establishment of the Dr. Yue Jin Fund for International Graduate Students in Plant Pathology

On Thursday, March 3rd the Department of Plant Pathology held a celebration for the establishment of the Dr. Yue Jin Fund for International Graduate Students in Plant Pathology. This fund was established by Dr. Yue Jin in 2015 to provide support for international graduate students in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences who are studying plant pathology and are in the United States on a temporary student visa.