Associate professor, Doctoral Supervisor
Educational Background:
Ph.D. in Horticultural Sciences (Plant Breeding), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, 2014. Advisor: Dr. Fred Gmitter and Dr. Harry Klee.
Study Abroad Experience：
2015-2017, Postdoc Fellow in Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, USA.
2010-2014, PhD in Horticultural Sciences (Plant Breeding), University of Florida, USA.
Research Focus:
Citrus breeding, genetics and genomics; fruit metabolomics.
Selected Publications:
（1）Zhou JY, Kong LL, Li DB, Zhang XX, Fu ZJ, Pan TF, Yu Y *. Nutritional and volatile profiles of pulp and flavedo from four local pummelo cultivars grown in Fujian province of China. Journal of Food Science, 2023, 88: 3357-3372.
（2）Zhang XX #, Fu ZJ #, Kong LL, Zhou JY, Pan TF, Yu Y *. Metabolomic analyses provide insight into the fruit nutritional and sensory attributes among 'Guanxi' pummelo and its bud mutants. Fruit Research, 2023, 3: 6.
（3）Pan TF #, Kong LC #, Zhang XX, Wang YH, Zhou JY, Fu ZJ, Pan HL, She WQ, Yu Y *. Fruit quality and volatile constituents of a new very early-ripening pummelo (Citrus maxima) cultivar ‘Liuyuezao’. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023, 13: 1089009.
（4）Wang NY, Sun YC, Lian R, Pan TF, Guo ZX, Yu Y, Pan TF *, She WQ *. Genome-wide screening of AP2/ERF transcription factors involved in Citrus maxima ‘Sanhongmiyou’ exocarp coloring. Scientia Horticulturae, 2023, 318: 112041.
（5）Pan TF #, Huang PB #, Ye JW, Pan DM, Fu ZJ, Pan HL, Guo ZX, She WQ, Yu Y *. ‘Liuyuezao’: a new very early-ripening pummelo cultivar. HortScience, 2021, 56 (12): 1608-1609.
Research Projects:
（1）Mining of key genes for aroma volatiles and improvement of fruit aroma in mandarin”, sponsored by the National Key Research and Development Program of China, 2024/1/1-2028/12/31, ￥600,000, PI.
（2）Genome-wide association study to reveal the metabolic genes and regulatory mechanisms underlying mandarin pulp aroma formation”, sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2020/1/1-2023/12/31, ￥590,000, PI.
Email: yyu@fafu.edu.cn; ymmzyz@hotmail.com