Seogchan Kang

Professor of Plant Pathology & Environmental Microbiology

Seogchan Kang

Research Summary

Genetic and cellular mechanisms underpinning plant-fungal interactions with Arabidopsis thaliana and Fusarium oxysporum as a model system. Molecular genetics and comparative genomics of fungal plant pathogens. Bioinformatics.

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Most Recent Publications

Evaluation of multi-color genetically encoded Ca2+ indicators in filamentous fungi

Hye-Seon Kim, Jungeun Kim, Aram Hwangbo, Jasper Akerboom, Loren Luger, Larry Duncan, Hokyoung Son, Kirk Czymmek, Seogchan Kang, Fungal Genetics & Biology on p. 103540

Redundancy in microbiota-mediated suppression of the soybean cyst nematode

Muzammil Hussain, Peixue Xuan, Yi Xin, Haikun Ma, Yahan Zhou, Shihui Wen, M. Imran Hamid, Tianyu Wan, Jianyang Hu, Yuezhong Li, Seogchan Kang, Xingzhong Liu, Meichun Xiang, 2024, Microbiome

Characterization of genome-wide phylogenetic conflict uncovers evolutionary modes of carnivorous fungi

Weiwei Zhang, Yani Fan, Wei Deng, Yue Chen, Shunxian Wang, Seogchan Kang, Jacob Lucas Steenwyk, Meichun Xiang, Xingzhong Liu, 2024, mBio

Overexpression of an NLP protein family member increases virulence of Verticillium dahliae

Alexandra Triantafyllopoulou, Aliki K. Tzima, Evangelia G. Chronopoulou, Nikolaos E. Labrou, Seogchan Kang, Epaminondas J. Paplomatas, 2024, Plant Pathology on p. 1264-1275

Multifaceted effects of volatile organic compounds released by Fusarium oxysporum on Trichoderma biocontrol agents

Ningxiao Li, Ki Tae Kim, Carl Schlagnhaufer, Seogchan Kang, 2024, Biological Control

Trichoderma application methods differentially affect the tomato growth, rhizomicrobiome, and rhizosphere soil suppressiveness against Fusarium oxysporum

Ananda Y. Bandara, Seogchan Kang, 2024, Frontiers in Microbiology

A palisade-shaped membrane reservoir is required for rapid ring cell inflation in Drechslerella dactyloides

Yue Chen, Jia Liu, Seogchan Kang, Dongsheng Wei, Yani Fan, Meichun Xiang, Xingzhong Liu, 2023, Nature Communications on p. 7376

Multiple Roles of the Low-Affinity Calcium Uptake System in Drechslerella dactyloides, a Nematode-Trapping Fungus That Forms Constricting Rings

Xiaozhou Zhao, Yani Fan, Liao Zhang, W Zhang, Meichun Xiang, Seogchan Kang, Shunxian Wang, Xingzhong Liu, 2023, Journal of Fungi on p. 975

DhFIG_2, a gene of nematode-trapping fungus Dactylellina haptotyla that encodes a component of the low-affinity calcium uptake system, is required for conidiation and knob-trap formation

Xiaozhou Zhao, Yani Fan, Weiwei Zhang, Meichun Xiang, Seogchan Kang, Shunxian Wang, Xingzhong Liu, 2023, Fungal Genetics and Biology

Knowledge gaps, research needs and opportunities in plant disease diagonostic assay development and validation.

David Geiser, Frank Martin, Andres Espíndola, Andres Espinola, Judith Brown, T Bell, Y Yang, Seogchan Kang, 2023, Phytofrontiers on p. 51-63

Most-Cited Papers

DNA sequence-based identification of Fusarium: Current status and future directions

Kerry O’Donnell, Todd J. Ward, Vincent A.R.G. Robert, Pedro W. Crous, David M. Geiser, Seogchan Kang, 2015, Phytoparasitica on p. 583-595

Phylogenomic analysis of a 55.1-kb 19-gene dataset resolves a monophyletic fusarium that includes the fusarium solani species complex

David M. Geiser, Abdullah M.S. Al-Hatmi, Takayuki Aoki, Tsutomu Arie, Virgilio Balmas, Irene Barnes, Gary C. Bergstrom, Madan K. Bhattacharyya, Cheryl L. Blomquist, Robert L. Bowden, Balazs Brankovics, Daren W. Brown, Lester W. Burgess, Kathryn Bushley, Mark Busman, Jose F. Cano-Lira, Joseph D. Carrillo, Hao Xun Chang, Chi Yu Chen, Wanquan Chen, Martin Chilvers, Sofia Chulze, Jeffrey J. Coleman, Christina A. Cuomo, Z. Wilhelm de Beer, G. Sybren de Hoog, Johanna Del Castillo-Munera, Emerson M. Del Ponte, Javier Dieguez-Uribeondo, Antonio Di Pietro, Veronique Edel-Hermann, Wade H. Elmer, Lynn Epstein, Akif Eskalen, Maria Carmela Esposto, Kathryne L. Everts, Sylvia P. Fernandez-Pavıa, Gilvan Ferreira da Silva, Nora A. Foroud, Gerda Fourie, Rasmus J.N. Frandsen, Stanley Freeman, Michael Freitag, Omer Frenkel, Kevin K. Fuller, Tatiana Gagkaeva, Donald M. Gardiner, Anthony E. Glenn, Scott E. Gold, Thomas R. Gordon, Nancy F. Gregory, Marieka Gryzenhout, Josep Guarro, Beth K. Gugino, Santiago Gutierrez, Kim E. Hammond-Kosack, Linda J. Harris, Monika Homa, Cheng Fang Hong, Laszlo Hornok, Jenn Wen Huang, Macit Ilkit, Adriaana Jacobs, Karin Jacobs, Cong Jiang, Marıa del Mar Jimenez-Gasco, Seogchan Kang, Matthew T. Kasson, Kemal Kazan, John C. Kennell, Hye Seon Kim, H. Corby Kistler, Gretchen A. Kuldau, Tomasz Kulik, Oliver Kurzai, Imane Laraba, Matthew H. Laurence, Theresa Lee, Yin Won Lee, Yong Hwan Lee, John F. Leslie, Edward C.Y. Liew, Lily W. Lofton, Antonio F. Logrieco, Manuel S. Lopez-Berges, Alicia G. Luque, Erik Lysøe, Li Jun Ma, Robert E. Marra, Frank N. Martin, Sara R. May, Susan P. McCormick, Chyanna McGee, Jacques F. Meis, Quirico Migheli, N. M.I. Mohamed Nor, Michel Monod, Antonio Moretti, Diane Mostert, Giuseppina Mule, Françoise Munaut, Gary P. Munkvold, Paul Nicholson, Marcio Nucci, Kerry O’Donnell, Matias Pasquali, Ludwig H. Pfenning, Anna Prigitano, Robert H. Proctor, Stephane Ranque, Stephen A. Rehner, Martijn Rep, Gerardo Rodrıguez-Alvarado, Lindy Joy Rose, Mitchell G. Roth, Carmen Ruiz-Roldan, Amgad A. Saleh, Baharuddin Salleh, Hyunkyu Sang, Marıa Mercedes Scandiani, Jonathan Scauflaire, David G. Schmale, Dylan P.G. Short, Adnan Sisic, Jason A. Smith, Christopher W. Smyth, Hokyoung Son, Ellie Spahr, Jason E. Stajich, Emma Steenkamp, Christian Steinberg, Rajagopal Subramaniam, Haruhisa Suga, Brett A. Summerell, Antonella Susca, Cassandra L. Swett, Christopher Toomajian, Terry J. Torres-Cruz, Anna M. Tortorano, Martin Urban, Lisa J. Vaillancourt, Gary E. Vallad, Theo A.J. van der Lee, Dan Vanderpool, Anne D. van Diepeningen, Martha M. Vaughan, Eduard Venter, Marcele Vermeulen, Paul E. Verweij, Altus Viljoen, Cees Waalwijk, Emma C. Wallace, Grit Walther, Jie Wang, Todd J. Ward, Brian L. Wickes, Nathan P. Wiederhold, Michael J. Wingfield, Ana K.M. Wood, Jin Rong Xu, Xiao Bing Yang, Tapani Yli-Mattila, Sung Hwan Yun, Latiffah Zakaria, Hao Zhang, Ning Zhang, Sean X. Zhang, Xue Zhang, 2021, Phytopathology on p. 1064-1079

Kingdom-wide analysis of fungal small secreted proteins (SSPs) reveals their potential role in host association

Ki Tae Kim, Jongbum Jeon, Jaeyoung Choi, Kyeongchae Cheong, Hyeunjeong Song, Gobong Choi, Seogchan Kang, Yong Hwan Lee, 2016, Frontiers in Plant Science

Volatile compound-mediated recognition and inhibition between trichoderma biocontrol agents and fusarium oxysporum

Ningxiao Li, Alsayed Alfiky, Wenzhao Wang, Md Islam, Khoshnood Nourollahi, Xingzhong Liu, Seogchan Kang, 2018, Frontiers in Microbiology on p. 1-15

Two nuclear effectors of the rice blast fungus modulate host immunity via transcriptional reprogramming

Seongbeom Kim, Chi Yeol Kim, Sook Young Park, Ki Tae Kim, Jongbum Jeon, Hyunjung Chung, Gobong Choi, Seomun Kwon, Jaeyoung Choi, Junhyun Jeon, Jong Seong Jeon, Chang Hyun Khang, Seogchan Kang, Yong Hwan Lee, 2020, Nature Communications

Fusarium oxysporum volatiles enhance plant growth via affecting auxin transport and signaling

Vasileios Bitas, Nathaniel McCartney, Ningxiao Li, Jill Demers, Jung Eun Kim, Hye Seon Kim, Kathleen M. Brown, Seogchan Kang, 2015, Frontiers in Microbiology

Stop and smell the fungi: Fungal volatile metabolites are overlooked signals involved in fungal interaction with plants

Ningxiao Li, Alsayed Alfiky, Martha M. Vaughan, Seogchan Kang, 2016, Fungal Biology Reviews on p. 134-144

FUSARIUM-ID v.3.0: An Updated, Downloadable Resource for Fusarium Species Identification

T Torres-Cruz, B Whitaker, R Proctor, K Broders, I Laraba, H Kim, D Brown, Kerry O’Donnell, K O'Donnell, T Estrada-Rodríguez, Y Lee, K Cheong, E Wallace, C McGee, S Kang, David Geiser, 2022, Plant Disease on p. 1610-1616

Plant-endophyte associations: Rich yet under-explored sources of novel bioactive molecules and applications

Pragya Tiwari, Seogchan Kang, Hanhong Bae, 2023, Microbiological Research

Volatile compounds emitted by diverse verticillium species enhance plant growth by manipulating auxin signaling

Ningxiao Li, Wenzhao Wang, Vasileios Bitas, Krishna Subbarao, Xingzhong Liu, Seogchan Kang, 2018, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions on p. 1021-1031