Education

Ph.D., Horticulture & Agronomy, University of California, Davis, USA (2018)

M.S., Crop Science and Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Korea (2010)

B.S., Plant Production Science, Seoul National University, Korea (2007)

Career

2021.03 – Present: Assistant Professor (‘21) → Associate Professor (‘24), Department of Crop Science and Biotechnology, Jeonbuk National University

2010.08 – 2011.02: Visiting Research Fellow, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

2007.12 – 2021.02: Research Scientist, National Institute of Crop Science, Rural Development Administration

Courses

Undergraduate: Crop Breeding and Experiment I & II, Plant Tissue Culture and Experiment

Graduate: Advanced Crop Breeding, Mutation Breeding, Resistance Breeding, Self-Pollinated Crop Breeding, Heterosis Breeding, Thesis Research

Research Projects

Ongoing Projects

Development of early-maturing rice breeding materials for reducing fertilizer use (2022–2026, RDA)

Genetic improvement of rice to mitigate methane emissions using omics data (2022–2026, RDA)

Establishment of phenotype analysis and joint utilization system for genome-edited rice populations (2024–2026, RDA)

Completed Projects

High-throughput phenotyping system for genome-edited rice lines (2022–2023, RDA)

Molecular marker analysis of agronomic traits in wheat genetic resources (2023, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences)

Development of KASP markers for β-glucan content in barley (2023, National Institute of Crop Science)

2024

Lee SY, Jeung JU, Mo Y* (2024) Allelic combinations of Hd1, Hd16, and Ghd7 exhibit pleiotropic effects on agronomic traits in rice. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics 14:jkad300

Kwak SH, Cheon HS, Lee S, Jeon Y, Choi S, Park CS, Mo Y* (2024) Phenotypic characterization of underutilized common wheat germplasm for diversifying breeding materials in Korea. Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology (online first)

2023

Lee SY, Lee HS, Lee CM, Ha SK, Park HM, Lee SM, Kwon Y, Jeung JU, Mo Y* (2023) Multi-environment trials and stability analysis for yield-related traits of commercial rice cultivars. Agriculture 13:256

Ha SK, Lee HS, Lee SY, Lee CM, Mo YJ*, Jeung JU (2023) Characterization of flo4-6, a novel cyOsPPDKB allele conferring floury endosperm characteristics suitable for dry-milled rice flour production. Agronomy 13:1306

2022

Kim YR, Choi SE, Yoon IS, Kim SL, Mo Y* (2022) Recent advances in rice CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing for disease and stress resistance. Korean Journal of Breeding Science 54:321-344

Zoclanclounon YAB, Rostás M, Chung NJ, Mo Y, Karlovsky P, Dossa K (2022) Characterization of peroxidase and laccase gene families and identification of candidate genes involved in lignan biosynthesis in sesame. Life 12:1200

2021

Mo Y, Lee CM, Park HM, Ha SK, Kim MJ, Kwak J, Lee HS, Lee JH, Jeung JU (2021) Hd1 allele types and their associations with agronomic traits in Korean rice cultivars. Plants 10:2408

2020 and earlier

Mo Y, Jeung JU (2020) The use of floury endosperm mutants to develop rice cultivars suitable for dry milling. Plant Biotechnology Reports 14:185-191

Mo Y, Pearce S, Dubcovsky J (2018) Phenotypic and transcriptomic characterization of a wheat tall mutant carrying an induced mutation in the PFYRE motif of RHT-B1b. BMC Plant Biology 18:253