Biography:
Dr. Yu Cheng is an Associate Researcher at the State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, China National Rice Research Institute in Hangzhou, China. He earned his Ph.D. in Agriculture from Zhejiang University and holds a B.Sc. in Agriculture from Zhejiang University. His research expertise spans plant genomics and molecular biology, with a current focus on comparative genomics and population genomics of rice for understanding its evolutionary and domestication history, and identifying functional genes.
Title : Gossypium purpurascens genome provides insight into the origin and domestication of upland cotton