School of Theoretical and Applied Science (TAS)

Assistant Professor of Biology

Year Joined RCNJ: 2010

Contact Information:

• Phone: (201) 684-6227
• E-mail: yxu@ramapo.edu
• Office: G-425
• TAS Faculty Office Hours (PDF)

Education:

• B.S., Nanjing University, P.R. China
• Ph.D., Rutgers University
  

Courses Offered:

• Plant Physiology (lec / lab)
• Fundamentals of Biology I (lab)
• Fundamentals of Biology II (lab)
• Genetics (lab)
  

Research Interests:

• Quantification of plant growth and stress tolerance
• Hormonal regulation of plant tolerance to unfavorable environments
• Protein alteration in plants in response to environmental stimuli

Recent Publications:

• Bernstein, N., M. Shoresh, Y. Xu and B. Huang. 2010. Involvement of the plant antioxidative response in the differential growth sensitivity to salinity of leaves vs. roots during cell development. Free Radical Biology and Medicine 49: 1161-1171.
• Xu, Y., T. Gianfagna and B. Huang. 2010. Proteomic analysis associated with expression of a gene (ipt) controlling cytokinin synthesis for improving heat tolerance in a perennial grass species. Journal of Experimental Botany 61: 3273-3289.
• Zhang, Y. C. Liang, Y. Xu, T. Gianfagna and B. Huang. 2010. Effects of ipt gene expression on leaf senescence induced by nitrogen or phosphorus deficiency in creeping bentgrass. Journal of the American Society for Horticulture Science 135: 108-115.
• Xu, Y. and B. Huang. 2010. Responses of creeping bentgrass to trinexapac-ethyl and two commercial biostimulants under summer stress. HortScience 45: 125-131.
• Xu, Y. and B. Huang. 2009. Effects of foliar applied ethylene inhibitor and synthetic cytokinin on creeping bentgrass to enhance heat tolerance. Crop Science 49: 1876-1884.