Ming Gao Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
1996 The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA. Ph.D. in Plant Physiology
1992 Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg, PA, USA. M.S. in Biology
1984 Zhongsheng University, Guangzhou, P. R. China. B.S. in Botany
Sweetpotato genomics; phylogenetic origin of the hexaploid sweetpotato genome; genetic mechanism regulating the formation of storage roots in sweetpotato; starch biosynthesis and genetic engineering in sweetpotato; and genetic mechanism regulating starch granule formation and its size distribution.
Office: P.O. Box 519; MS 2008, AGRL Room 113, Prairie View, TX 77446
Phone: 936.261.2519
Email: migao@pvamu.edu
Gao, M. (Corresponding Author), Huam, J. Moallic, C., Ashu, G., Xia, Q, Stewart, L., James, M., Njiti, V., and Batanagar, D. (2012) Structure-related Properties of Sweetpotato Largely Impact The Textural Quality of Fried Chips (Submitted).
Njiti, V., Xia, Q., Tyler, L., Tenner, A. Stewart, L. Tenner, A. and Gao, M. (2012). Effects of prohexadione-calcium on sweet potato vegetative growth as influenced by cultivar and nitrogen. African J. Agri Res. 7(15): 2372-2379.
Gao, M. (Corresponding Author), Ashu, G., Stewart, L., Akwe, W., Njiti, V., and Barnes, S. (2011). Wx intron variations support an allohexaploid origin of the sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam]. Euphytica, 177:111–133.
Ojong, P., Njiti,V., Guo, ZB., Gao, M., Besong, S. and Barnes, S. (2008). Variation of flavonoid content among sweetpotato accessions. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 133: 819-824.
