Dr Huanhuan Zhao

 Position Ext-Funded Research Fellow
 Org Unit Agricultural Science
 Email huan.zhao@adelaide.edu.au
 Telephone 831 32077
 Location Floor/Room Second Floor ,  Waite Building ,   Waite

  • Biography/ Background

    Dr. Huan zhao, also named as Huanhuan zhao, is a Research Fellow at the Biomety Hub on the Waite Campus. Dr. Zhao's research focuses on applying statistical, genetic, and genomic tools to improve crop production. She complelet her PhD at la Tobe university in collaboration with Agriculture Victoria Research, where she investigated the use of genomic assisted breeding tools to rapidly transform the diverse safflower genebank collection into elite breeding lines. She has a particular interest in incorporating quantitative genetics and population genetics in plant breeding to improve complex traits. 

  • Publications

    Zhao H, Li Y, Petkowski J, Kant S, Hayden MJ, Daetwyler HD. (2021) Genomic prediction and genomic heritability of grain yield and its related traits in a Safflower genebank collection. Plant Genome. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.20064 

    Zhao H, Savin KW, Li Y et al. (2022) Genome-wide association studies dissect the G × E interaction for agronomic traits in a worldwide collection of Safflowers (Carthamus tinctorius L.). Mol Breeding 42, 24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11032-022-01295-8 

    Zhao H, Pandey BR, Khansefid M, Khahrood HV, Sudheesh S, Joshi S, Kant S, Kaur S and Rosewarne GM (2022) Combining NDVI and Bacterial Blight Score to Predict Grain Yield in Field Pea. Front. Plant Sci. 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.923381

    Zhao H, Lin Z, Khansefid M, Josquin F, Tibbits JF, Hayden MJ (2023) Multivariate genomic prediction and selection response for grain yield in Safflower.  Frontiers in Genetics Sec. Plant Genomics 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2023.1129433

    Zhao, H.; Khansefid, M.; Lin, Z.; Hayden, M.J. Genetic Gain and Inbreeding in Different Simulated Genomic Selection Schemes for Grain Yield and Oil Content in Safflower. Plants 2024, 13, 1577. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13111577

    Zhao H et al. Using genotype imputation to integrate Canola populations for genome-wide association and genomic prediction of blackleg resistance. BMC Genomics (in-print)

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