Ashley Yow
Bio
Ashley is currently studying genomics of natural flowering in pineapple. Pineapple production is limited by stress-induced natural flowering, which causes reduced fruit size and non-uniform maturation in pineapple fields. Various hormonal treatments are used to delay natural flowering induction of pineapple. At the end of a growing season, hormones are then applied to induce flowering uniformly throughout a growing field. The purpose of Ashley’s research is to understand how to control stress-related natural flowering through incorporating genomic data into a molecular breeding program. The results found in this study will contribute to the development of stress-tolerant pineapple varieties, which will help reduce labor inputs, chemical usage, and production costs.
Lead Advisor: Dr. Massimo Iorizzo
Publications
- Improved High-Quality Genome Assembly and Annotation of Pineapple (Ananas comosus) Cultivar MD2 Revealed Extensive Haplotype Diversity and Diversified FRS/FRF Gene Family , GENES (2022)
- Genome sequence of Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi sheds light on mummy berry disease infection of blueberry and mating type , G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS (2021)