Yunfei Jiang
Assistant Professor
Email: yunfei.jiang@dal.ca
Phone: (902) 893-6032
Mailing Address:
Agricultural Campus
PO Box 550
Truro, NS, B2N 5E3
- Agronomy
- Crop physiology
- Plant response to environmental stress
- Sustainable agriculture
Research Topics:
- Agronomy
- Crop physiology
- Plant response to environmental stress
- Sustainable agriculture
Research vision and interest
- Dr. Jiang鈥檚 research program focuses on improving field crop production and enhancing crop resilience to climate change through sustainable agronomic practices in Atlantic Canada. Her research experience involves environmental and management factors in pulse crops, oilseeds, and cereal crops. You can find a list of her publications on听 and visit her .
Education
- Ph.D., Plant Science, University of Saskatchewan, 2017
- M.Sc., Plant Science, 新加坡六合彩开奖直播, 2013
- B.Sc., Horticulture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, 2010
Research topics
- Evaluate agronomic and environmental effects of enhanced efficiency fertilizers in grain corn, wheat, and potato production in Maritime Canada.听
- Evaluate agronomic potential of biochar and organic amendments for spring wheat growth in Nova Scotia.
- Improving soil health and the subsequent cash crop production and enhancing land-use efficiency through intercrops with pulses and brassica oilseeds.听
- Evaluation of improved genetics for sustainable cropping practices for cereals, soybeans, and oilseeds in Maritime Canada.听
Teaching
- AGRN2001 鈥� Cereal-Based Cropping Systems
- PLSC2001 鈥� Plant Propagation Techniques
- RESM4014 鈥� Honours Thesis I
- RESM4015 鈥� Honours Thesis II
Major Sources of Research Funding and Awards
- Please visit Dr. Jiang鈥檚 lab website at
Graduate Students and their Research Projects
- Please visit Dr. Jiang鈥檚 lab website at
Memberships
- Nova Scotia Institute of Agrologists
- Canadian Society of Agronomy
- American Society of Agronomy
- Crop Science Society of America
- Soil Science Society of America听through pea-mustard and pea-camelina intercrops.
- Frouke de Baker, 2023. Comparing two enhanced efficiency nitrogen fertilizers to improve potato production in Prince Edward Island.
- Kangxu He, 2023. Assessing agronomic and environmental benefits of enhanced-efficiency fertilizers in grain corn.
- Cody Webb and Kuldeep Anjana, 2023. Germplasm evaluation for screening disease resistant and high-yielding varieties of cereals and oilseeds.
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Publications (last 5 years)
Jiang, Y., N'Diaye, A., Koh, C.S., Quilichini, T.D., Shunmugam, A.S.K., Kirzinger, D., Konkin, Y., Bekkaoui, Y., Sari, E., Pasha, A., Esteban, E., Provart, N.J., Higgins, J.D., Rozwadowski, K., Sharpe, A.G., Pozniak, C.J., Kagale, S. (2023) The coordinated regulation of early meiotic stages is dominated by non-coding RNAs and stage-specific transcription in wheat. The Plant Journal, 114:209-224.
Jiang, Y., MacLean, D., Perry, G., Marsolais, F., Hill, B., Pauls, K.P. (2020) 
Evaluation of beneficial and inhibitory effects of nitrate on nodulation and nitrogen fixation in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). Legume Science. 2: e45.
Jiang, Y., Davis, A.R., Warkentin, T.D., Bueckert, R.A. (2020) Pea pollen viability and seed set response to high night temperatures. Canadian Journal of Plant Science 100: 336-339.
Jiang, Y., Lindsay, D., Davis, A.R., Wang, Z., MacLean, D.E., Warkentin, T.D., Bueckert, R.A. (2020) Impact of heat stress on pod-based yield components in field pea (Pisum sativum L.). Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 206: 76-89.
Jiang, Y., Davis, A.R., Vujanovic, V., Bueckert, R.A. (2019) Reproductive development response to high daytime temperature in field pea. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 205: 324-333.
Jiang, Y., Lahlali, R., Karunakaran, C., Warkentin, T.D., Davis, A.R., Bueckert, R.A. (2019) Pollen, ovules and pollination in pea: success, failure and resilience in heat. Plant Cell and Environment 42: 354-372.