Dr. Danning Wang

My research focus is to elucidate the genetic basis and environmental regulation of root-microbe associations in maize. I am interested in applying different integrative methods using multi-omics data to identify keystone microbes that are vital in promoting maize development and growth even in stressful conditions.

Zhou Y, Sommer ML, Meyer A, Wang D, Klaus A, Stöcker T, Marcon C, Schoof H, Haberer G, Schön C-C, Yu P, Hochholdinger (2024) Epidermis-specific transcriptomic responses reveal that cold mediates root hair developmental plasticity of maize via dreb2.1. Plant Physiol kiae449: https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiae449.

Wang D, He X, Baer M, Lami K, Yu B, Tassinari A, Salvi S, Schaaf S, Hochholdinger F, Yu P (2024) Enrichment of Massilia in lateral roots is associated with flowering in maize. Microbiome 12: 124. PubMed

Yu P, Li C, Li M, He X, Wang D, Li H, Marcon C, Li Y, Perez-Limón S, Chen X, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Koller R, Metzner R, van Dusschoten D, Pflugfelder D, Borisjuk L, Plutenko I, Mahon A, Resende Jr MFR, Salvio S, Akale A, Abdalla M, Ali Ahmed M, Bauer FM, Schnepf A, Lobet G, Heymans A, Suresh K, Schreiber L, McLaughlin CM, Li C, Mayer M, Schön C-C, Bernau V, von Wirén N, Sawers RJH, Wang T, Hochholdinger F (2024) Seedling root system adaptation to water availability during maize domestication and global expansion. Nature Genet 56: 1245-1256. PubMed

He X, Wang D, Jiang Y, Li M, Delgado-Baquerizo M, McLaughlin C, Marcon C, Guo L, Baer M, Moya YAT, von Wirén N, Deichmann M, Schaaf G, Piepho H-P, Yang Z, Yang J, Yim B, Smalla K, Goormachtig S, de Vries FT, Hüging H, Baer M, Sawers RJH*, Reif JC*, Hochholdinger F*, Chen X*, Yu P* (2024) Heritable microbiome variation is correlated with source environment in locally adapted maize varieties. Nature Plants 10: 598–617. PubMed