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Associate Prof. Jicai Yi

College of Life Sciences,
South China Agricultural University,

Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China
Tel: +86-20-85280200 (O)
E-mail: jicai@scau.edu.cn


Education

  • Ph.D. (Crop Genetics and Breeding)

South China Agricultural University (SCAU), China, 1998

  • M.S. (Biochemistry)

South China Agricultural University, China, 1993

  • B.S. (Biotechnology)

South China Agricultural University, China, 1989


Professional Biography 

Dr. Jicai Yi worked as a visiting scholar in Rutgers University from 2017 to 2018 in the USA, and filled an associated professor position in the SCAU in late 2008. Dr. Yi now focuses on plant molecular biology, especially the molecular mechanisms for the toxicity and prevention of the heavy metal cadmium in rice.


Area of Expertise

Plant molecular biology; Heavy metal toxicity; Cadmium


Selected Publications 

  1. Dandan Pan, Jicai Yi, Fangbai Li, Xiaomin Li, Chuanping Liu, Weijian Wu, Tingting Tao. Dynamics of Gene Expression Associated With Arsenic Uptake and Transport in Rice During the Whole Growth Period. BMC Plant Biology, 2020, 20 (1), 133.

  2. Yingmei Huang, Huiqiong Chen, John R. Reinfelder, Xiaoyu Liang, Chongjun Sun, Chuanping Liu, Fangbai Li, Jicai Yi*. A transcriptomic (RNA-seq) analysis of genes responsive to both cadmium and arsenic stress in rice root. Science of the Total Environment, 2019, 666: 445-460.

  3. Xulong Wang, Fanhua Wang, Huiqiong Chen, Xiaoyu Liang, Yingmei Huang, Jicai Yi*. Comparative genomic hybridization and transcriptome sequencing reveal that two genes, OsI_14279 (LOC_Os03g62620) and OsI_10794 (LOC_Os03g14950) regulate the mutation in the -rl rice mutant. Physiol Mol Biol Plants, 2017, 23(4): 745-754.

  4. Jianghu Cui, Tongxu Liu, Fangbai Li, Jicai Yi, Chuanping Liu, Huanyun Yu. Silica nanoparticles alleviate cadmium toxicity in rice cells: Mechanisms and size effects. Environmental Pollution, 2017, 228: 363-269.

  5. Huan-Yun Yu, Xiaodong Ding, Fangbai Li, Xiangqin Wang, Shirong Zhang, Jicai Yi, Chuanping Liu, Xianghua, Xu, Qi Wang. The availabilities of arsenic and cadmium in rice paddy fields from a mining area: The role of soil extractable and plant silicon. Environmental Pollution, 2016, 215: 258-265.

  6. JICAI YI*, LANNA LIU, YOUPEI CAO, JIAZUO LI, MANTONG MEI*. Cloning, characterization and expression of OsFMO(t) in rice encoding a flavin monooxygenase. J Genet. 2013 Dec; 92(3): 471-480.

  7. Ji-Cai Yi, Chu-Xiong Zhuang, Xu-Jie Wang, You-Pei Cao, Yao-Guang Liu and Man-Tong Mei. Genetic analysis and molecular mapping of a rolling leaf mutation gene in rice. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2007, 49(12): 1746-1753.