Xuehui Li

Forage Improvement Division Tel: 580-224-6829 The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Cell: 515-291-5531 2510 Sam Noble Parkway Fax: 580-224-6802 Ardmore, OK 73401 Email: [email protected]

Research Interest and Expertise My research interests are to develop and implement plant breeding methods to accelerate cultivar improvement programs. My research experience broadly covered traditional quantitative genetics, molecular marker development, QTL and association mapping, gene expression profiling, high-throughput SNP genotyping, and recently genotyping-by- sequencing as a means of conducting genomic selection. Currently, I am working on genetic dissection of biomass yield under varied abiotic stress.

Education Ph.D. Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 2009 Dissertation: Genetic investigations of heterosis and inbreeding depression in diploid and tetraploid alfalfa. Advisors: EC Brummer, ML Arnold, HR Boerma, SJ Knapp, and WA Parrott M.S. Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 2007 Research project: Comparative gene expression profiles between heterotic and non-heterotic hybrids of tetraploid Medicago sativa. Advisors: TB Bailey, EC Brummer, and D Nettleton M.S. Agronomy, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China 2001 B.S. Agronomy, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China 1998

Professional Experiences 01/2013-Present Research Scientist, Forage Improvement Division The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK 08/2010-12/2012 Postdoctoral Fellow, Forage Improvement Division The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK 06/2009-08/2010 Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Applied Genetic Technologies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 01/2007-05/2009 Research Assistant, Center for Applied Genetic Technologies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 10/2002-12/2006 Research Assistant, Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 09/1998-07/2001 Research Assistant, Department of Agronomy China Agricultural University, Beijing, China 09/1997-12/1997 Teaching Assistant, Department of Agronomy China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Publications Li, X., A. Acharya, A.D. Farmer, J.A. Crow, A.K. Bharti, R.S. Krammer, Y. Wei, Y. Han, J. Gou, G.D. May, M.J. Monteros, and E.C. Brummer. 2012. Prevalence of sing le nucleotide polymorphism among 27 diverse alfalfa genotypes as assessed by t ranscriptome sequencing. BMC Genomics 13:568. Li, X. and E.C. Brummer. 2012. Applied genetics and genomics in alfalfa breeding. Agro nomy 2(1): 40-61. Li, X., X. Wang, Y. Wei and E.C. Brummer. 2011. Prevalence of segregation distortion i n diploid alfalfa and its implications for genetics and breeding applications. The oretical and Applied Genetics 123(4): 667-679. Li, X., Y. Wei, K.J. Moore, R. Michaud, D. Viands, J.L. Hansen, A. Acharya and E.C. Br ummer. 2011. Association mapping of biomass yield and stem composition in a tetraploid alfalfa breeding population. The Plant Genome 4:1. Li, X., Y. Wei, D. Nettleton, and E.C. Brummer. 2009. Comparative gene expression profiles between heterotic and non-heterotic hybrids of tetraploid Medicago sativa. BMC Plant Biology 9:107. Li X. and E.C. Brummer. 2009. Inbreeding depression for fertility and biomass in advanced generations of inter- and intra-subspecies hybrids of tetraploid alfalfa. Crop Science 49:13-19.

Publications in preparation Li, X., Y. Han, Y. Wei, A. Acharya, A.D. Farmer, J. Ho, M.J. Monteros, and E.C. Brummer. 2013. Development and use of a high density SNP array to evaluate genetic diversity in alfalfa. To be submitted to Theoretical and Applied Genetics. Li, X., J. Kang, B. Alarcón-Zúñiga, M. Hammad Nadeem Tahir, Q. Jiang, Y. Wei, R. Reyno, J.G. Robins, and E.C. Brummer. 2013. Interval mapping of fall growth and winter survival in tetraploid alfalfa. To be submitted to Crop Science. Li, X., J. Kang, Y. Wei, Q. Jiang, Y. Han, M.J. Monteros, and E.C. Brummer. 2013. QTL mapping of forage yield and quality in diploid alfalfa. To be submitted to Crop Science.

Invited seminars/conference oral presentations 06/2012 Identifying SNP among diverse alfalfa genotypes using transcriptome sequencing. 7th International Symposium on Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf. Salt Lake City, UT 11/2011 Sequencing 27 cultivated and wild alfalfa transcriptomes for gene and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) discovery. The 6th International Conference on Genomics, Shenzhen, China 11/2011 QTL mapping of agronomic traits in diploid and tetraploid alfalfa. Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Animal Science, Beijing, China Selected Conference Abstracts Li, X., A. Acharya, A.D. Farmer, J.A. Crow, A.K. Bharti, Y. Wei, Y. Han, J. Gou, G.D. May, M.J. Monteros, and E.C. Brummer. 2012. Sequencing 27 cultivated and wild alfalfa transcriptomes for gene and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) discovery. International Plant and Animal Genome XX Conference. 14-18 January 2012. San Diego, CA. Wei, Y., X. Li, A. Acharya, and E.C. Brummer. 2011. Genotyping-By-Sequencing (GBS) in alfalfa (Medicago sativa). ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Annual Meetings. 16-19 October 2011. San Antonio, TX. Kang, J., X. Li, Y. Wei, Q. Jiang, R. Reyno, and E.C. Brummer. 2011. QTL mapping of yield and biofuel-related traits in diploid alfalfa. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Annual Meetings. 16-19 October 2011. San Antonio, TX. Li, X., Y. Wei, X. Wang, and E.C. Brummer. 2010. Segregation distortion and genetic maps in diploid alfalfa. International Plant and Animal Genomes XVIII Conference. 9-13 January 2010. San Diego, CA. Wei, Y., X. Li, X. Wang, A. Acharya, and E.C. Brummer. 2010. Association mapping of yield and cell wall compositions in tetraploid alfalfa breeding population. International Plant and Animal Genomes XVIII Conference. 9-13 January 2010. San Diego, CA. Li, X., Y. Wei, D. Nettleton, and E.C. Brummer. 2008. Comparative gene expression profiles between heterotic and non-heterotic hybrids of tetraploid Medicago sativa. Joint Meeting of the 41st North American Alfalfa Improvement Conference & 20th Trifolium Conference. 1-4 June 2008, Dallas, TX. Li, X. and E.C. Brummer. 2007. Gene expression profiling of heterotic and non-heterotic hybrids in tetraploid alfalfa. International Plant and Animal Genomes XV Conference. 13-17 January 2007. San Diego, CA. Li, X. and E.C. Brummer. 2006. Heterosis and outbreeding depression on fertility and biomass of inter- and intra-subspecies crosses in tetraploid alfalfa. Joint Meeting of the 40th North American Alfalfa Improvement Conference and19th Trifolium Conference. 16- 19 July 2006, Bloomington, MN