Yongle Li

School of Agriculture, Food and Wine

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Yongle (Leo) Li received his PhD from the Technical University of Munich in the area of quantitative genetics and plant molecular breeding. After finishing his PhD, he joined the Global Wheat Program of CIMMYT in Mexico as a post-doctoral fellow implementing genomic selection method into the wheat breeding program. In 2013 he took up a position at the Waite Campus of the University of Adelaide to develop and implement molecular breeding tools to assist chickpea, oat, and wheat breeding. His research interests are in the fields of quantitative and population genetics. His major research contributions so far are (see publication for detail):
1, Discovering candidate genes involved in frost tolerance in rye
2, Using novel statistical models to predict yield-related traits in chickpea and wheat
3, Identifying novel candidate genes/regions for disease resistance and agronomic traits in chickpea, wheat, and oat

Career
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Appointments

Date Position Institution name
2021 - ongoing Research Fellow/Lecturer University of Adelaide
2013 - 2020 Post-Doc University of Adelaide
2012 - 2013 Post-Doc CIMMYT
Education

Date Institution name Country Title
2008 - 2012 Technical University Munich Germany PhD
2005 - 2007 University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart Germany Msc
Research Interests

Genomics Plant Biology Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics Quantitative Genetics

Date	Position	Institution name
2021 - ongoing	Research Fellow/Lecturer	University of Adelaide
2013 - 2020	Post-Doc	University of Adelaide
2012 - 2013	Post-Doc	CIMMYT

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2008 - 2012	Technical University Munich	Germany	PhD
2005 - 2007	University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart	Germany	Msc

Journals

Year	Citation
2022	Nguyen, D. T., Hayes, J. E., Atieno, J., Li, Y., Baumann, U., Pattison, A., . . . Sutton, T. (2022). The genetics of vigour-related traits in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.): insights from genomic data. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 135(1), 107-124. DOI Scopus6 WoS5 Europe PMC4
2022	Bonnett, D., Li, Y., Crossa, J., Dreisigacker, S., Basnet, B., Pérez-Rodríguez, P., . . . Sorrells, M. (2022). Response to Early Generation Genomic Selection for Yield in Wheat. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, 718611. DOI Scopus10 Europe PMC7
2022	Li, Y., & Sutton, T. (2022). Genomic prediction of preliminary yield trials in chickpea: Effect of functional annotation of SNPs and environment. The Plant Genome Journal, 15(1), 13 pages. DOI Scopus6 WoS5 Europe PMC3
2022	Li, Y., Lake, L., Chauhan, Y. S., Taylor, J., & Sadras, V. O. (2022). Genetic basis and adaptive implications of temperature-dependent and temperature-independent effects of drought on chickpea reproductive phenology.. Journal of experimental botany, 73(14), 4981-4995. DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2021	Atieno, J., Colmer, T. D., Taylor, J., Li, Y., Quealy, J., Kotula, L., . . . Sutton, T. (2021). Novel salinity tolerance loci in chickpea identified in glasshouse and field environments. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, 1-19. DOI Scopus21 WoS17 Europe PMC15
2019	Amalraj, A., Taylor, J., Bithell, S., Li, Y., Moore, K., Hobson, K., & Sutton, T. (2019). Mapping resistance to Phytophthora root rot identifies independent loci from cultivated (Cicer arietinum L.) and wild (Cicer echinospermum P.H. Davis) chickpea. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 132(4), 1017-1033. DOI Scopus20 WoS18 Europe PMC9
2019	Genc, Y., Taylor, J., Lyons, G., Li, Y., Cheong, J., Appelbee, M., . . . Sutton, T. (2019). Bread wheat with high salinity and sodicity tolerance. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10, 16 pages. DOI Scopus76 WoS60 Europe PMC30
2018	Li, Y., Ruperao, P., Batley, J., Edwards, D., Khan, T., Colmer, T., . . . Sutton, T. (2018). Investigating drought tolerance in chickpea using genome-wide association mapping and genomic selection based on whole-genome resequencing data. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, 1-12. DOI Scopus103 WoS145 Europe PMC48
2017	Li, Y., Ruperao, P., Batley, J., Edwards, D., Davidson, J., Hobson, K., & Sutton, T. (2017). Genome analysis identified novel candidate genes for ascochyta blight resistance in chickpea using whole genome re-sequencing data. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, 359-1-359-13. DOI Scopus53 WoS28 Europe PMC28
2017	Atieno, J., Li, Y., Langridge, P., Dowling, K., Brien, C., Berger, B., . . . Sutton, T. (2017). Exploring genetic variation for salinity tolerance in chickpea using image-based phenotyping. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 11 pages. DOI Scopus86 WoS72 Europe PMC32
2016	Sadras, V., Lake, L., Li, Y., Farquharson, E., & Sutton, T. (2016). Phenotypic plasticity and its genetic regulation for yield, nitrogen fixation and δ ¹³ C in chickpea crops under varying water regimes. Journal of Experimental Botany, 67(14), 4339-4351. DOI Scopus42 WoS31 Europe PMC13
2016	Cai, J., Okamoto, M., Atieno, J., Sutton, T., Li, Y., & Miklavcic, S. (2016). Quantifying the onset and progression of plant senescence by color image analysis for high throughput applications. PLoS ONE, 11(6), 0157102-1-0157102-21. DOI Scopus24 WoS24 Europe PMC11
2016	lake, L., Li, Y., Casal, J., & Sadras, V. (2016). Negative association between chickpea response to competition and crop yield: phenotypic and genetic analysis. Field Crops Research, 196, 409-417. DOI Scopus21 WoS19 Europe PMC3
2016	Roorkiwal, M., Rathore, A., Das, R., Singh, M., Jain, A., Srinivasan, S., . . . Varshney, R. (2016). Genome-enabled prediction models for yield related traits in chickpea. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7(NOVEMBER2016), 1666-1-1666-13. DOI Scopus101 WoS89 Europe PMC51
2014	Crossa, J., Pérez, P., Hickey, J., Burgueño, J., Ornella, L., Cerón-Rojas, J., . . . Mathews, K. (2014). Genomic prediction in CIMMYT maize and wheat breeding programs. Heredity, 112(1), 48-60. DOI Scopus282 WoS252 Europe PMC162
2011	Li, Y., Böck, A., Haseneyer, G., Korzun, V., Wilde, P., Schön, C. -C., . . . Bauer, E. (2011). Association analysis of frost tolerance in rye using candidate genes and phenotypic data from controlled, semi-controlled, and field phenotyping platforms. BMC Plant Biology, 11(1), 146-1-146-14. DOI Scopus44 WoS39 Europe PMC31
2011	Li, Y., Haseneyer, G., Schön, C. -C., Ankerst, D., Korzun, V., Wilde, P., & Bauer, E. (2011). High levels of nucleotide diversity and fast decline of linkage disequilibrium in rye (Secale cereale L.) genes involved in frost response. BMC Plant Biology, 11(1), 6-1-6-14. DOI Scopus53 WoS47 Europe PMC31
2010	Li, Y., Bhosale, S., Haussmann BIG., Stich, B., Melchinger, A. E., & Parzies, H. (2010). Genetic diversity and linkage disequilibrium of two homologous genes to maize D8: Sorghum SbD8 and pearl millet PgD8. Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science, 2(5), 117-128.

Book Chapters

Year	Citation
2020	Li, Y. (2020). Functional genomic selection in crop breeding. In M. Jain, & R. Garg (Eds.), Legume Genomics: Methods and Protocols (Vol. 2107, pp. 189-198). New York, NY; USA: Springer. DOI

Date	Title	Investigators	Funding Body	Funding Amount
2018-2021	Improving management of Phytophthora root rot of chickpea	Sean Bithell Kristy Hobson Yongle Li Jonathan Plett	GRDC	N/A
2020-2024	Identification and characterisation of novel source of Aschochyta Blight resistance in elite and wild relatives of chickpea	Tim Sutton Yongle Li Jenny Davidson Judith Atieno Sukhjiwan Kaur Hans Daetwyler	GRDC	$1.8 million
2020-2023	Identification of novel sources of resistance to Septoria Leaf Blotch in oat and understanding of evolution and virulence of the pathogen	Tim Sutton Yongle Li Hugh Wallwork Tara Garrard Palmela Zwer	GRDC	$750,000

Date

Title

Investigators

Funding Body

Funding Amount

2018-2021

Improving management of Phytophthora root rot of chickpea

Sean Bithell

Kristy Hobson

Yongle Li

Jonathan Plett

GRDC

N/A

2020-2024

Identification and characterisation of novel source of Aschochyta Blight resistance in elite and wild relatives of chickpea

Tim Sutton

Yongle Li

Jenny Davidson

Judith Atieno

Sukhjiwan Kaur

Hans Daetwyler

GRDC

$1.8 million

2020-2023

Identification of novel sources of resistance to Septoria Leaf Blotch in oat and understanding of evolution and virulence of the pathogen

Tim Sutton

Yongle Li

Hugh Wallwork

Tara Garrard

Palmela Zwer

GRDC

$750,000

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2014 - 2020	Co-Supervisor	Molecular Genetics and Genomics Approaches to Improve Phytophthora Root Rot Resistance in Chickpea	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Amritha Amalraj
2014 - 2017	Co-Supervisor	Unravelling the Physiology and Genetics of Salinity Tolerance in Chickpea (Cicer Arietinum L.)	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Judith Atieno

Review, Assessment, Editorial and Advice

Date Title Type Institution Country
2017 - ongoing ARC detail assessor Grant Assessment ARC -
2014 - ongoing Journal peer-reviewer Peer Review University of Adelaide -

Date	Title	Type	Institution	Country
2017 - ongoing	ARC detail assessor	Grant Assessment	ARC	-
2014 - ongoing	Journal peer-reviewer	Peer Review	University of Adelaide	-

Email: yongle.li@adelaide.edu.au

Yongle Li

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Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

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