Xiaoling
Researcher
Department of Plant & Environmental Protection Sciences
University of Hawaii
United States of America
Biography
Ph.D., in Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences, Dissertation title: “Transformation and Regeneration of Taro with Two Plant Disease Resistance Genes: a Rice Chitinase Gene and a Wheat Oxalate Oxidase Gene”, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2006
Research Interest
Molecular analysis of transgenic anthurium, papaya, and pineapple; Genetic marker analysis of taro and anthurium; Tissue culture of anthurium, koa and papaya; Isolation and identification of fungal and oomycete pathogens
Publications
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He X, Fitch M M, Zhu Y J and Miyasaka S C (2013). Chapter 15, Genetic transformation of taro. P367-383. IN: S M Jain and S D Gupta (eds) Biotechnology of neglected and underutilized crops. Springer, New York.
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Fitch MMM, Leong T, He X, McCafferty H, Zhu Y, Moore P, Gonsalves D, Aldwinckle H, and Atkinson H (2011). Improved Transformation of Anthurium. 46 (3): 358-364.
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He X, Miyasaka S C, Fitch M M, Khuri S and Zhu Y J (2013). Taro (Colocasia esculenta) transformed with a wheat oxalate oxidase gene for improved resistance to taro pathogen Phytophthora colocasiae. HortSci. 48 (1):22-27.
