Yong-ling Ruan
Environmental and Life Sciences
Newcastle University
Australia
Biography
"Yong-Ling Ruan is a full Professor in Plant Biology, Director of Australia-China Research Centre for Crop Improvement and formal Head of Biological Science Department at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He focuses his research on identification and manipulation of genetic, biochemical and cellular bottlenecks that limit assimilate allocation to, and utilization within, harvestable organs for improving plant fitness, fertility and food and fibre production."
Research Interest
Plant Cell and Molecular Biology, Plant Developmental and Reproductive Biology, Plant Physiology
Publications
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Ruan YL. Sucrose metabolism: gateway to diverse carbon use and sugar signaling. Annual review of plant biology. 2014 Apr 29;65:33-67.
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Ruan YL, Jin Y, Huang J. Capping invertase activity by its inhibitor: roles and implications in sugar signaling, carbon allocation, senescence and evolution. Plant signaling & behavior. 2009 Oct 1;4(10):983-5.
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Li Z, Palmer WM, Martin AP, Wang R, Rainsford F, Jin Y, Patrick JW, Yang Y, Ruan YL. High invertase activity in tomato reproductive organs correlates with enhanced sucrose import into, and heat tolerance of, young fruit. Journal of experimental botany. 2011 Nov 21;63(3):1155-66.
