publications

2024

1. Yoon YS†, Lee JC†, Paul NC, Park S, Ryu S, Kim H, Im S, Sang H*, Han GH*. Biological control of a novel strain Bacillus velezensis CMML21-47 against sweet potato wilt and black rot diseases. Biological Control. Revision. (†Equal contribution)

2. Liu H, Lee G, Sang H*. Exploring SDHI fungicide resistance in Botrytis cinerea through genetic transformation system and AlphaFold model-based molecular docking. Pest Management Science. Under review.

3. Ma J†, Park SW†, Kim G, Kim CS, Chang HX, Chilvers MI*, Sang H*. 2024. Characterization of SsHog1 and Shk1 using efficient gene knockout systems through repeated protoplasting and CRISPR/Cas9 ribonucleoprotein approaches in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 72:4237-4245 (†Equal contribution)

4. Park CR, Min JH, Gong Y, Sang H, Lee KH, Kim CS*. 2024. Arabidopsis thaliana ubiquitin-associated protein 2 (AtUAP2) functions as an E4 ubiquitin factor and negatively modulates dehydration stress response. Plant Molecular Biology 114:13

5. Chen JY, Sang H, Chilvers MI, Wu CH, Chang HX*. 2024. Characterization of soybean chitinase genes induced by Rhizobacteria involved in the defense against Fusarium oxysporum. Frontiers in Plant Science 15:1341181

2023

1. Kim G, Son D, Choi S, Liu H, Nam Y, Sang H*. 2023. Monitoring of benzimidazole resistance in Botrytis cinerea Isolates from strawberry in Korea and development of detection method for benzimidazole resistance. The Plant Pathology Journal 39(6): 614-624

2. Choi H†, Paul NC†, Kim HJ, Sang H*. 2023. Identification and fungicide sensitivity of Fusarium asiaticum causing seedling rot of Hinoki cypress in a Forest nursery in South Korea. Forest Pathology 53:e12837 (†Equal contribution)

3. Lee JG, Paul NC, Park S, Kim HJ, Sang H*. 2023. First report of binucleate Rhizoctonia AG-G causing root rot of Japanese bay tree (Machilus thunbergii) in Korea. Plant Disease 107:2220

4. Choi H†, Park SW†, Oh J, Kim CS, Sung GH*, Sang H*. 2023. Efficient disruption of CmHk1 using CRISPR/Cas9 ribonucleoprotein delivery in Cordyceps militaris. FEMS Microbiology Letters 370:fnad072 (†Equal contribution)

5. Ju J-H, Jon M-H, Heo M-S, Kim C-H, Paul NC, Sang H, Oh B-R*. 2023. Production of highly pure R,R‑2,3‑butanediol for biological plant growth promoting agent using carbon feeding control of Paenibacillus polymyxa MDBDO. Microbial Cell Factories 22:121

6. Liu H, Park S, Sang H*. 2023. Identification and fungicide control of Bipolaris sorokiniana causing leaf spot and blight on common hop (Humulus lupulus) in Korea. Plant Disease 107: 2939-2943

7. Ortiz V, Chang H-X, Sang H, Jacobs J, Malvick DK, Baird R, Mathew FM, Estévez de Jensen C, Wise KA, Mosquera GM, Chilvers MI*. 2023. Population genomic analysis reveals geographic structure and climatic diversification for Macrophomina phaseolina isolated from soybean and dry bean across the US, Puerto Rico, and Colombia. Frontiers in Genetics 14:1103969

8. Shi X, Sang H, Yamada T, Jung G*. 2023. First report of in vitro insensitivity to fluazinam of Clarireedia jacksonii causing dollar spot of turfgrass on New England golf courses. Plant Health Progress 24:399-402

9. Choi S†, Son D†, Chilvers MI, Kim HJ, Sang H*. 2023. First report of Diaporthe eres causing leaf spot disease on Machilus thunbergii in Korea. Plant Disease 107: 1225 (†Equal contribution)

10. Ma H, Choi S, Sang H*, Kim H-J*. 2023. First report of root rot of Dendropanax trifidus caused by Fusarium oxysporum in Korea. The Korean Journal of Mycology 51, 51-56

11. Park S-W†, Paul NC†, Lee K-H, Han GH, Kim H-J*, Sang H*. 2023. Identification and Characterization of Foliar Fungi Associated with Beach Vitex (Vitex rotundifolia L.). Forests 14, 220 (†Equal contribution) (†Equal contribution)

12. Lee G†, Choi H†, Liu H†, Han YH†, Paul NC, Han GH, Kim H, Kim PI, Seo SI, Song J, Sang H*. 2023. Biocontrol of the causal brown patch pathogen Rhizoctonia solani by Bacillus velezensis GH1-13 and development of a bacterial strain specific detection method. Frontiers in Plant Science 13:1091030 (†Equal contribution)

2022

1. Park CR, Nguyen VT, Min JH, Sang H, Lim GH, Kim CS*. 2022. Isolation and functional characterization of soybean BES1/BZR1 homolog 3-like 1 (GmBEH3L1) associated with dehydration sensitivity and brassinosteroid signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plants 11:2565

2. Sang H*, Chang HX, Choi S, Son D, Lee G, Chilvers MI*. 2022. Genome-wide transcriptional response of the causal soybean sudden death syndrome pathogen Fusarium virguliforme to a succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor fluopyram. Pest Management Science 78 (2): 530-540

2021

1. Paul NC, Park S, Liu H, Lee JG, Han GH, Kim H, Sang H*. 2021. Fungi Associated with Postharvest Diseases of Sweet Potato Storage Roots and In Vitro Antagonistic Assay of Trichoderma harzianum against the Diseases. Journal of Fungi 7: 927

2. Staveness D, Breunig M, Ortiz V, Sang H, Collins III JL, McAtee RC, Chilvers MI, Stephenson CRJ. 2021. Photochemically derived 1-aminonorbornanes provide structurally unique succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors with in vitro and in planta activity. Cell Reports Physical Science 2:100548

3. Paul NC†, Park SW†, Liu H, Choi S, Ma J, MacCready JS, Chilvers MI, Sang H*. 2021. Plant and Fungal Genome Editing to Enhance Plant Disease Resistance Using the CRISPR/Cas9 System. Frontiers in Plant Science 12:700925 (†Equal contribution)

4. Geiser DM et al. 2020. Phylogenomic analysis of a 55.1 kb 19-gene dataset resolves a monophyletic Fusarium that includes the Fusarium solani Species Complex. Phytopathology. 111(7):1064-1079

5. Peng J†, Sang H†, Proffer T, Gleason J, Outwater C, Jung G, Sundin GW. 2021. A method for the examination of SDHI fungicide resistance mechanisms in phytopathogenic fungi using a heterologous expression system in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Phytopathology 111(5):819-830. (†Equal contribution)

6. Choi S†, Paul NC†, Lee KH, Kim HJ*, Sang H*. 2021. Morphology, Molecular Phylogeny, and Pathogenicity of Neofusicoccum parvum, Associated with Leaf Spot Disease of a New Host, the Japanese Bay Tree (Machilus thunbergii). Forests 12: 440 (†Equal contribution)

7. Park WR, Lim DJ, Sang H, Kim E, Moon JH, Choi HS, Kim IS, Kim DK. 2021. Aphid estrogen-related receptor controls glycolytic gene expression and fecundity. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 130: 103529

2020

1. Choi HW, Lim YW, Kim MD, Kim J, Kim C, Kim CS, Do Y-S, Back CG, Sang H, Shin WC, Lee SY, Chung D, Jung HY, Choi YJ, Han JG, Choi IY, Hong SB. 2020. One Hundred Representative Fungi in Korea and Their Korean Names. The Korean Journal of Mycology 48: 355-367

2. Peng J, Rojas JA, Sang H, Proffer T, Outwater C, Vilgalys R, Sundin GW. 2020. Draft genome sequence resource for Blumeriella jaapii, the cherry leaf spot pathogen. Phytopathology 110: 1507-1510

3. Sang H*, Lee HB. 2020. Molecular Mechanisms of Succinate Dehydrogenase Inhibitor Resistance in Phytopathogenic fungi. Research in Plant Disease 26: 1-7

4. Sang H*, Kim JI. 2020. Advanced strategies to control plant pathogenic fungi by host-induced gene silencing (HIGS) and spray-induced gene silencing (SIGS). Plant Biotechnology Reports 14: 1-8

5. Roth MG, Oudman KA, Griffin A, Jacobs JL, Sang H, Chilvers MI. 2020. Diagnostic qPCR assay to detect Fusarium brasiliense, a causal agent of soybean sudden death syndrome and root rot of dry bean. Plant Disease 104: 246-254

2019

1. Park JH, Oh J, Sang H, Shrestha B, Lee H, Koo J, Cho SI, Choi JS, Lee MI, Kim J, Sung GH. 2019. Identification and antifungal susceptibility profiles of Cyberlindnera fabianii in Korea. Mycobiology 47: 449-456

2. Noel ZA, Sang H, Roth MG, Chilvers MI. 2019. Convergent evolution of C239S mutation in Pythium s.l. β-tubulin coincides with inherent insensitive to ethaboxam. Phytopathology 109: 2087-2095

3. Chang HX, Tan R, Hartman GL, Sang H, Wen Z, Domier LL, Whitham SA, Wang D, Chilvers MI. 2019. Foliar Chlorosis of Sudden Death Syndrome is a Dominant Susceptibility Trait Controlled by Two STAY-GREEN Genes of Soybean. Plant Physiology 180:711-717

4. Lee J, Sang H, Popko J, Jung G. 2019. Dollar spot control on a creeping bentgrass and annual bluegrass fairway, 2018. Plant Dis Managagment Report 13:T010

5. Wang J†, Sang H†, Jacobs JL, Oudman K, Hanson L, Chilvers MI. 2019. Soybean sudden death syndrome causal agent Fusarium brasiliense present in Michigan. Plant Disease (†Equal contribution). 103:1234-1243

6. Sang H, Popko J, Jung G. 2019. Evaluation of a Sclerotinia homoeocarpa population with multiple fungicide resistance phenotypes under differing selection pressures. Plant Disease 103:685-690

7. Sang H, Chang HX, Chilvers MI. 2019. A Sclerotinia sclerotinia transcription factor involved in sclerotial development and virulence on pea. mSphere 4: e00615-18

2018

1. Popko J†, Sang H†, Lee J, Yamada T, Hoshino Y, Jung G. 2018. Resistance of Sclerotinia homoeocarpa field isolates to succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor fungicides. Plant Disease 102: 2625-2631. (†Equal contribution)

2. Sang H, Jacobs JL, Wang J, Mukankusi C, Chilvers MI. 2018. First report of Fusarium cuneirostrum from common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) in Uganda. Plant Disease 102:2639

3. Jacobs JL, Oudman K, Sang H, Chilvers MI. 2018. First report of Fusarium brasiliense causing root rot of dry bean, in the United States. Plant Disease 102: 2035

4. Sang H, Witte A, Jacobs JL, Wang J, Chang HX, Roth MG, Chilvers MI. 2018. Fluopyram sensitivity and functional characterization of SdhB in Fusarium solani species complex causing soybean sudden death syndrome. Frontiers in Microbiology 9:2335

5. Green R, Sang H, Im J, Jung G. 2018. Chlrothalonil biotransformation by cytochrome P450 monooxygenases in Sclerotinia homoeocarpa. FEMS Microbiology Letters 365: fny214

6. Chang HX, Noel ZA, Sang H, Chilvers MI. 2018. Annotation resource of tandem repeat-containing effectors in fifty fungi. Fungal Genetics and Biology 119: 7-19

7. Sang H, Hulvey JP, Green R, Xu H, Im J, Chang T, Jung G. 2018. A xenobiotic detoxification pathway through transcriptional regulation in filamentous fungi. mBio 9: e00457-18

8. Chang HX, Sang H, Wang J, McPhee KE, Zhuang X, Porter LD, Chilvers MI. 2018. Exploring the genetics of lesion and nodal resistance in pea (Pisum sativum L.) to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum using genome-wide association studies and RNA-Seq. Plant Direct 2:1-17

9. Kessler D†, Sang H†, Bousquet A, Hulvey J, Garcia D, Rhee S, Jung G. 2018. Nucleic adaptability of heterokaryons to fungicides in a multinucleate fungus of Sclerotinia homoeocarpa. Fungal Genetics and Biology 115:64-77

2017

1. Li J†, Sang H†, Guo H, Popko JT, He L, White JC, Dhankher OP, Jung G, Xing B. 2017. Antifungal mechanisms of ZnO NPs and Ag nanoparticles to Sclerotinia homoeocarpa. Nanotechnology 28:155101. (†Equal contribution)

2. Allan-Perkins E, Cambell-Nelson K, Popko JT, Sang H, Jung G. 2017. Investigating selection of demethylation inhibitor fungicide insensitive Sclerotinia homoeocarpa isolates by boscalid, flurprimidol, and paclobutrazo. Crop science 57:S-301–S-309

3. Morshedloo MR, Craker LE, Salami A, Nazeri V, Sang H, Maggi F. 2017. Effect of prolonged water stress on essential oil content, compositions, and gene expression patterns of mono- and sesquiterpene synthesis in two oregano (Origanum vulgare L.) subspecies. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 111:119-128

4. Sang H, Popko J, Chang T, Jung G. 2017. Molecular mechanisms involved in qualitative and quantitative resistance to the dicarboximide fungicide iprodione in Sclerotinia homoeocarpa field isolates. Phytopathology 107:198-207

2007-2016

1. Popko JT, Sang H, Jung G. 2016. Snow mold control on a creeping bentgrass and annual bluegrass fairway, 2014-2015. Plant Dis Management Report 10:T036

2. Green R, Sang H, Chang T, Allan E, Petit E, Jung G. 2016. Draft genome sequence of the turfgrass pathogen Sclerotinia homoeocarpa (HRS10 and HRI11). Genome announcements 4(1):e01715-15

3. Lee JH, Min GY, Shim GY, Kim DS, Sang H, Jung G, Kwak YS. 2015. Toothpick-aided detection of Sclerotinia homoeocarpa in the turfgrass leaf canopy, thatch, and soil in relation to dollar spot infection centers. Weed & Turfgrass Science 4:376-382

4. Sang H†, Hulvey J†, Popko JT, Lopes J, Swaminathan A, Chang T, Jung G. 2015. A pleiotropic drug resistance transporter is involved in reduced sensitivity to multiple fungicide classes in Sclerotinia homoeocarpa. Molecular Plant Pathology 16:251-261. (†Equal contribution)

5. Popko JT, Sang H, Jung G. 2015. Control of a fungicide resistant dollar spot population on a creeping bentgrass and annual bluegrass fairway, 2014. Plant Dis Management Report 9:T002

6. Deng JX, Sang H, Hwang YS, Lim BS, Yu SH. 2013. Postharvest fruit rot caused by Pestalotiopsis sp. on grape in Korea. Australasian Plant Disease Notes 8: 111-114

7. Sang H, An TJ, Kim CS, Shin GS, Sung GH, Yu SH. 2013. Two novel Talaromyces species isolated from medicinal crops in Korea. Journal of Microbiology 51:704-708

8. Sang H, An TJ, Kim CS, Choi YP, Deng JX, Paul NC, Sung GH, Yu SH. 2013. Penicillium daejeonium sp. nov., a new species isolated from a grape and schisandra fruit in Korea. Journal of Microbiology 51:536-539

9. Hulvey J, Popko JT, Sang H, Berg A, Jung G. 2012. Overexpression of ShCYP51B and ShatrD in Sclerotinia homoeocarpa isolates exhibiting practical field resistance to a demethylation inhibitor fungicide. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78:6674-6682

10. Paul NC, Deng JX, Sang H, Choi YP, Yu SH. 2012. Distribution and antifungal activity of endophytic fungi in different growth stages of chili pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) in Korea. Plant Pathology Journal 28: 10-19

11. Deng JX, Paul NC, Sang H, Lee JH, Hwang YS, Yu SH. 2012. First report on isolation of Penicillium adametzioides and Purpureocillium lilacinumfrom decayed fruit of cheongsoo grapes in Korea. Mycobiology 40: 66-71

12. Sang H, Choi YP, Yu SH. 2010. Phylogenetic analysis, morphology and pathogenicity of Penicillium spp. associated with blue mold of apple in Korea. Journal of Agricultural Science 37: 341-350

13. Kim WK, Sang H, Woo SK, Park MS, Paul NC, Yu SH. 2007. Six species of Penicillium associated with blue mold of grape. Mycobiology 35:180-185