Dr Xinyou Yin

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Dr Xinyou Yin

Address CSA, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen
Tel. +31 (0)317 482348 
e-mail  xinyou.yin@wur.nl

Assistant professor

Personal information

  • BSc, 1984, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Agronomy and Crop science
  • MSc,1987, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Agricultural Systems Analysis
  • PhD, 1996, Wageningen University, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Xinyou’s work aims to develop insights, methods and models at various biological scales within the context of crop growth. Typical topics include: photosynthesis and bioenergetics, genotype-by-environment interaction, physiological approach in QTL genetics, up- and down-scaling between genes and crops, crop acclimation and adaptation, and prediction of crop-based ecosystems in relation to climate change. Within CSA, he leads scientific development of the research on photosynthesis and gene-to-phenotype relationships for Theme 1: Crop Systems Biology. During the last decade he has been an invited speaker at a number of international workshops, symposia and conferences.

Teaching subject

Designing Sustainable Cropping Systems (CSA-32306)


Research projects

  • Development and use of biochemical photosynthesis models (Theme 1.1.4)
  • Predicting gene-to-phenotype relationships (Theme 1.1.5)

Recently finished projects

  • Modelling abiotic stress in wheat; quantifying genotype x environment interactions on sink and source processes and yield formation under abiotic stress conditions
  • Designing sustainable plant-protein production systems (Profetas Programme)

    Possibilities for MSc thesis

    Other responsibilities

    Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Field Crops Research


    Publications (selection)

    • Yin, X., Sun, Z., Struik, P.C. and Gu, J., 2011. Evaluating a new method to estimate the rate of leaf respiration in the light by analysis of combined gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence measurements. Journal of Experimental Botany: in press.

    • Yin, X. and Struik, P.C., 2010. Modelling the crop: from system dynamics to systems biology. Journal of Experimental Botany 61: 2171-2183.

    • Yin, X., Guo, W. and Spiertz, J.H.J., 2009. A quantitative approach to characterize sink-source relationships during grain filling in contrasting wheat genotypes. Field Crops Research 114: 119-126.

    • Yin, X. and Struik, P.C., 2009. C3 and C4 photosynthesis models: An overview from the perspective of crop modelling. NJAS-Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences 57: 27-38.

    • Yin, X. and Struik, P.C., 2009. Theoretical reconsiderations when estimating the mesophyll conductance to CO2 diffusion in leaves of C3 plants by analysis of combined gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence measurements. Plant, Cell and Environment 32: 1513-1524.

    • Yin, X., Struik, P.C., Romero, P., Harbinson, J., Evers, J.B., van der Putten, P.E.L. and Vos, J., 2009. Using combined measurements of gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence to estimate parameters of a biochemical C3 photosynthesis model: a critical appraisal and a new integrated approach applied to leaves in a wheat (Triticum aestivum) canopy. Plant, Cell and Environment 32: 448-464.

    • Yin, X., Harbinson, J. and Struik, P.C., 2009. A model of the generalized stoichiometry of electron transport-limited C3 photosynthesis: Development and applications. p. 247-273. In A. Laisk, L. Nedbal and Govindjee (editors) Photosynthesis in Silico: Understanding Complexity from Molecules to Ecosystems. Series ‘Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration’,  Vol. 29, Springer Science + Business Media B.V., Printed in the Netherlands.

    • Yin, X. and Struik, P.C., 2008. Applying modelling experiences from the past to shape crop systems biology: The need to converge crop physiology and functional genomics. New Phytologist 179: 629-642.

    • Yin, X., 2008. Analysis of reciprocal-transfer experiment to estimate the length of phases having different responses to temperature. Annals of Botany 101: 603-611.

    • Yin, X., Harbinson, J. and Struik, P.C., 2006. Mathematical review of literature to assess alternative electron transports and interphotosystem excitation partitioning of steady-state C3 photosynthesis under limiting light. Plant, Cell and Environment 29: 1771-1782.

    • Yin, X., Struik, P.C., Tang, J., Qi, C. and Liu, T., 2005. Model analysis of flowering phenology in recombinant inbred lines of barley. Journal of Experimental Botany 56: 959-965.
    • Yin, X., Struik, P.C., van Eeuwijk, F.A., Stam, P. and Tang, J., 2005. QTL analysis and QTL-based prediction of flowering phenology in recombinant inbred lines of barley.
    • Yin, X. & H.H. van Laar, 2005. Crop Systems Dynamics: An ecophysiological model of genotype-by-environment interactions (GECROS). Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, 168 pp. ISBN 9076998558.
    • Yin, X., Struik, P.C. & Kropff, M.J., 2004. Role of crop physiology in predicting gene-to-phenotype relationships. Trends in Plant Science: 426-432.
    • Yin, X., van Oijen, M. & Schapendonk, A.H.C.M., 2004. Extension of a biochemical model for the generalized stoichiometry of electron transport limited C3 photosynthesis. Plant, Cell and Environment 27: 1211-1222.
    • Yin, X. & A.H.C.M. Schapendonk, 2004. Simulating the partitioning of biomass and nitrogen between roots and shoot in crop and grass plants. NJAS-Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences 51, 407-426.
    • Yin, X., P. Stam, M.J. Kropff & A.H.C.M. Schapendonk, 2003. Crop modeling, QTL mapping, and their complementary role in plant breeding. Agronomy Journal 95, 90-98.
    • Yin, X., J. Goudriaan, E.A. Lantinga, J. Vos & J.H.J. Spiertz, 2003. A flexible sigmoid function of determinate growth. Annals of Botany 91, 361-371.
    • Yin, X., Lantinga, E.A., Schapendonk, A.H.C.M. & Zhong, X., 2003. Some quantitative relationships between leaf area index and canopy nitrogen content and distribution. Annals of Botany 91: 893-903.
    • Yin, X., Chasalow, S., Stam, P., Kropff, M.J., Dourleijn, C.J., Bos, I. & Bindraban, P.S., 2002. Use of component analysis in QTL mapping of complex crop traits: a case study on yield in barley. Plant Breeding 121:314-319.
    • Yin, X., A.H.C.M. Schapendonk, M.J. Kropff, M. van Oijen & P.S. Bindraban, 2000. A generic equation for nitrogen-limited leaf area index and its application in crop growth models for predicting leaf senescence. Annals of Botany 85:579-585.
    • Yin, X., S. Chasalow, C.J. Dourleijn, P. Stam & M.J. Kropff, 2000. Coupling estimated effects of QTLs for physiological traits to a crop growth model: Predicting yield variation among recombinant inbred lines in barley. Heredity: Heredity 85:539-549.

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