Mingke Yan

　　 　　

Mingke Yan, Ph.D, Associate Professor.

E-mail: yanmk@nwafu.edu.cn.

No. 3 Taicheng Road, Yangling, Shaanxi, China, 712100.

Education

2008–2012, B.S. in Plant Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China.

2012–2015, M.S. in Botany, Wuhan Botanical Garden, CAS, Wuhan, China.

2015–2020, Ph.D. in Plant nutrition, Institute of Soil Science, CAS, Nanjing, China.

Professional Experience

2021–, Associate Professor, Department of Grassland Science, College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University.

Research interest

He primarily focuses on forage such as triticale, rye, and alfalfa, with key investigations spanning physiological and molecular studies on plant development and stress resistance, plant nutrition in forage species, and genetic breeding of forage crops.

Publications

(^*Corresponding Author):

Yan, M.^*; Yang, G.; Liu Z.; Yang, D.; Zhang, X.; Mei, C^*. Transcriptomic and metabolomic profiling reveals genotype-dependent alkali tolerance in triticale roots: amino acid, flavonoid, and betalain metabolism linked to gene networks.  BMC Plant Biology , 2025.

Yan, M.^*; Yang, G.; Yang, D.; Zhang, X.; Wang, Q.; Gao, J.; Mei, C^*. Evaluating Genome Assemblies for Optimized Completeness and Accuracy of Reference Gene Sequences in Wheat, Rye, and Triticale.  Plants , 2025,  14  (7), 1140.

Hussan, M. U.; Hussain, S.; Adeel, M.; Ayub, A.; Kareem, H. A.; Jabeen, S.; Saqib, M.; Wang, Q^*.; Yan, M.^*; Tahir, M. Calcium Oxide Nanoparticles Ameliorate Cadmium Toxicity in Alfalfa Seedlings by Depriving Its Bioaccumulation, Enhancing Photosystem II Functionality and Antioxidant Gene Expression.  Science of The Total Environment , 2024,  955 , 176797.

Yan, M.^*; Yang, D.; He, Y.; Ma, Y.; Zhang, X.; Wang, Q.; Gao, J^*. Alfalfa Responses to Intensive Soil Compaction: Effects on Plant and Root Growth, Phytohormones and Internal Gene Expression.  Plants , 2024,  13  (7), 953.

Hussan, M. U.; Hussain, S.; Hafeez, M. B.; Ahmed, S.; Hassan, M. U.; Jabeen, S.; Yan, M.; Wang, Q^*. Comparative Role of Calcium Oxide Nanoparticles and Calcium Bulk Fertilizer to Alleviate Cadmium Toxicity by Modulating Oxidative Stress, Photosynthetic Performance and Antioxidant-Defense Genes Expression in Alfalfa.  Plant Physiology and Biochemistry , 2024,  215 , 109002.

Chen, Z.; Guo, Z.; Niu, J.; Xu, N.; Sui, X.; Kareem, H. A.; Hassan, M. U.; Yan, M.; Zhang, Q.; Wang, Z.; Mi, F.; Kang, J.; Cui, J.; Wang, Q^*. Phytotoxic Effect and Molecular Mechanism Induced by Graphene towards Alfalfa (Medicago Sativa L.) by Integrating Transcriptomic and Metabolomics Analysis.  Chemosphere , 2022,  290 , 133368.

Yan, M.; Zheng, L.; Li, B.; Shen, R.; Lan, P^*. Comparative Proteomics Reveals New Insights into the Endosperm Responses to Drought, Salinity and Submergence in Germinating Wheat Seeds.  Plant Molecular Biology , 2021,  105  (3), 287–302.Chen, Z.; Niu, J.; Guo, Z.; Sui, X.; Xu, N.; Kareem, H. A.; Hassan, M. U.; Yan, M.; Zhang, Q.; Cui, J.; Kang, J.; Wang, Z.; Mi, F.; Karagić, Đ.; Wang, Q^*. Graphene Enhances Photosynthesis and the Antioxidative Defense System and Alleviates Salinity and Alkalinity Stresses in Alfalfa (Medicago Sativa L.) by Regulating Gene Expression.  Environmental Science: Nano , 2021,  8  (9), 2731–2748.

Yan, M.; Xue, C.; Xiong, Y.; Meng, X.; Li, B.; Shen, R.; Lan, P^*. Proteomic Dissection of the Similar and Different Responses of Wheat to Drought, Salinity and Submergence during Seed Germination.  Journal of Proteomics , 2020,  220 , 103756.

Yao, X.; Liu, L.; Yan, M.; Li, D.; Zhong, C.; Huang, H^*. Exon Primed Intron-Crossing (EPIC) Markers Reveal Natural Hybridization and Introgression in Actinidia (Actinidiaceae) with Sympatric Distribution.  Biochemical Systematics and Ecology , 2015,  59 , 246–255.

杨东明; 杨国栋; 袁小淞; 魏兴勇; 王佺珍; 高景慧^*; 闫明科^*.前处理和胚切割方式对小黑麦成熟胚愈伤组织培养的影响.  草业科学 , 2025, 1-17.

黄洁雪; 闫明科; 薛彩雯; 沈仁芳; 兰平^*. 外界铁浓度调控缺磷植物铁吸收相关基因的表达量.  土壤 , 2018,  50 , 866–873.

王立赛; 闫明科; 王晗; 沈仁芳; 兰平^*. 一个响应土壤缺铁拟南芥突变体的分离及鉴定.  土壤 , 2018,  50 , 476–484.

闫明科; 徐强; 刘春燕; 张琼; 姚小洪^*. 基于microRNA深度测序的猕猴桃性别分化初探.  园艺学报 , 2015,  42 , 1260–1272.

李文静; 王振; 韩清芳^*; 任曾辉; 闫明科; 张鹏; 贾志宽; 杨宝平. 黄土高原人工苜蓿草地固碳效应评估.  生态学报 , 2013,  33  (23), 7467–7477.