Rapid and non-destructive detection of incipient tree root decay: A survey of tropical soil fungi flora and their metabolites (through metagenomics and metabolomics) followed by the development of early diagnosis techniques.​

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• Li CH, Ng AL, Xie LF, Mao HZ, Qiu CX, Ramachandran S, Yin ZC, Hong Y. (2016) Engineering low phorbol ester Jatropha curcas seed by intercepting casbene biosynthesis. Plant Cell Reports 35:103-114
• Yi CX, Reddy C, Varghese K, Bui TNH, Zhang S, Kallath M, Kunjachen B, Ramachandran S, Hong Y. (2014) A New Jatropha curcas Variety (JO S2) with Improved Seed Productivity. Sustainability 6(7):4355-4368
• Kasthurirengan R, Xie LF, Li CH and Hong Y. (2013) In vitro propagation and assessment of genetic stability of micropropagated Samanea saman (rain tree) using microsatellite markers. Acta Physiol Plant 35:2467-2474
• Gu K, Yi CX, Tian D, Sangha JS, Hong Y and Yin ZC. (2012) Expression of fatty acid and lipid biosynthetic genes in developing endosperm of Jatropha curcas. Biotechnol Biofuels 5, 47
• Wee A, Li CH, Dvorak WS, Hong Y. (2011) Genetic diversity in natural populations of Gmelina arborea: implications for breeding and conservation. New Forests 43 (4):411-428
• Wang CM, Liu P, Yi CX, Gu K, Sun F, Li L, Lo LC, Liu X, Feng F, Lin G, Cao S, Hong Y, Yin Z and Yue GH. (2011) A First Generation Microsatellite- and SNP-Based Linkage Map of Jatropha. PLoS ONE 6:e823632
• Yi CX, Zhang S, Liu X, Bui HT, Hong Y. (2010) Does epigenetic polymorphism contribute to phenotypic variances in Jatropha curcas L.? BMC Plant Biol 10:259
• Zhang J, Cai L, Cheng J, Mao H, Fan X, Meng Z, Chan KM, Zhang H, Qi J, Ji L and Hong Y. (2008) Transgene integration and organization in Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) genome. Transgenic Research 17: 293-306
• Hong YQ, Lau AJ, Yeo CL, Liu X, Yang CR, Koh HL, Hong Y. (2005) Genetic diversity and variation of saponin contents in Panax notoginseng roots from a single Farm. J Agri Food Chem 53(22):8460-8467
• Xie DY and Hong Y. (2001) Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of Acacia Mangium. Plant Cell Reports 20:917-92