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Molecular Phytobacteriology Laboratory

Advisor: Dr. Hyun Gi Kong

In my laboratory, we study the lifestyle of plant pathogenic bacteria. Our research aims to develop sustainable control techniques for crop bacterial diseases by characterizing plant-pathogenic bacterial interactions through microbiome analysis at the whole-genome level, and by identifying genes and bacteria important for pathogenicity and symptom development. We also study how the social group activity of bacteria is involved in plant pathology and physiological behavior by identifying key factors involved in pathogen-bacteria interactions.

◁ Introducing our laboratory [TBA]

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'Un-Tact' Communication among the Plants

​ Fire Blight

Hahn Kwang Ho Agriculture Prize

Strawberry Bacterial Angular Spot Disease

​"Bodyguard" Bacteria in Plants

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Kong, Hyun Gi

Assistant Professor

Kong, Hyun Gi
Molecular Phytobacteriology
S20 Building 410
**@chungbuk.ac.kr

Education

  • B.A., College of Life and Resources, Dong-A University

  • M.A., Dong-A University Graduate School

  • Ph.D., Dong-A University Graduate School

 

Representative career

  • Committee member for the List of Plant Diseases in Korea

  • Editor, The Korean Society of Plant Pathology

  • Postdoctoral researcher, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology

  • ​Agricultural Researcher, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration

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Research field

  • Plant Bacterial Disease Occurrence and Ecology, Plant-Bacterial Interaction (Microbiome)


Representative research results

  • H. G. Kong et al. 2021. Microbial community dysbiosis and functional gene content changes in apple flowers due to fire blight. The Plant Pathology Journal. 37, 404–412.

  • S. -M. Lee, H. G. Kong et al. 2021. Disruption of Firmicutes and Actinobacteria abundance in tomato rhizosphere causes the incidence of bacterial wilt disease. ISME J. 15, 330–347.

  • H. G. Kong et al. 2020. Achieving similar root microbiota composition in neighbouring plants through airborne signaling. ISME J. 15, 397–408.

  • H. G. Kong et al. 2019. Inheritance of seed and rhizosphere microbial communities through plant-soil feedback and soil memory. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 11, 479–486.

  • M. -J Kwak, H. G. Kong et al. 2018. Rhizosphere microbiome structure alters to enable wilt resistance in tomato. Nature Biotechnology. 36, 1100–1109.

실험실: 교직원

Key Words: #Nature #Plant Disease #Insect #Pest #Plant_Medicine #College_of_Agriculture #Life_&_Environment_Sciences #Chungbuk_National_University #Cheongju #Chungbuk #Korea

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