Baba Salifu Yahaya

Baba Salifu Yahaya

Gender: Male

Educational Degree: Doctor of Philosophy

Graduate school and time:Sichuan Agricultural University in June 2024

Email：3114067176@qq.com

Study and work experience：

Baba Salifu Yahaya is a postdoctoral research fellow with the maize research whose research focuses on abiotic stress responses, root development and associated molecular mechanisms in maize. He has been an active participant in one National Natural Science Foundation Youth Fund,the National Natural Science Foundation Key Project, andone sub-project of the Ministry of Science and Technology's Key R&D Program and one Sichuan International Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Project. He has in the process published or participated in the publication of 5 high-level academic papers in SCI journals.

2018 to 2024: Doctoral Research fellow, Plant breeding and genetics, Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, China.

2016 to 2018: Lecturer, Faculty of Agriculture and Social Science, Anglican University College of Technology, Ghana.

2013 to 2016: Master of Philosophy, Crop Science, University for Development Studies, Ghana.

2012 to 2013: Teaching Assistant, Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, University for Development Studies, Ghana.

2008 to 2012: Bachelor of Science, Agricultural Technology (Agronomy), University for Development Studies, Ghana.

Research area: Molecular breeding in maize with emphasis on low phosphorus stress response and root development

Academic publications:

1. Fengkai Wu#; Baba Salifu Yahaya#; Ying Gong; Bing He; Junlin Gou; Yafeng He; Jing Li; Yan Kang; Jie Xu; Qingjun Wang; Xuanjun Feng; Qi Tang; Yaxi Liu; Yanli Lu ; ZmARF1 positively regulates low phosphorus stress tolerance via modulating lateral root development in maize, Plos Genetics, 2024, 20(2): 1-25.

2. Ling Liu#, Baba Salifu Yahaya#, Jing Li, Fengkai Wu*, Enigmatic role of auxin response factors in plant growth and stress tolerance. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2024, 15: 1398818.

3. Ling Liu#, Ying Gong#, Baba Salifu Yahaya#, Yushu Chen, Dengke Shi, Fangyuan Liu, Junlin Gou, Zhanmei Zhou, Yanli Lu, Fengkai Wu*, Maize auxin response factor ZmARF1 confers multiple abiotic stresses resistances in transgenic Arabidopsis. Plant Molecular Biology, 2024, 114(4): 75.

4. Ling Liu#, Yuxin Xie#, Baba Salifu Yahaya, Fengkai Wu*, GIGANTEA Unveiled: Exploring Its Diverse Roles and Mechanisms. Genes, 2024, 15(1): 94.

5. Jing Li†, Fengkai Wu†, Yafeng He, Bing He, Ying Gong, Baba Salifu Yahaya, Yuxin Xie, Wubing Xie, Jie Xu, Qingjun Wang, Xuanjun Feng, Yaxi Liu and Yanli Lu. Maize transcription factor ZmARF4 confers phosphorus tolerance by promoting root morphological development. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23(4), 2361.

Host and participate in scientific research projects：

1. National Key R&D Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology, 2023YFD1200504-2, Mining and Utilization of Key Gene Resources for Phosphorus Efficiency-Related Traits in Maize, 2023-12 to 2027-11, RMB 700,000, in progress, team member

2. Key Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China, Research on the Molecular Mechanism of ZmARFs Regulating Maize Root Development in Response to Phosphorus Deficiency Stress, 32030078, 2021.01-2025.12, RMB 2.93 million, Under research, team member.

3. Sichuan International Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Project, Functional Research on Maize Root Morphology Construction Factor ZmLOB, 2021YFH0053, 2021.04-2023.03, Completed, Principal Investigator.