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Byung Kook Hwang

Byung Kook Hwang

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Plant Science and Agronomy
Korea
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
66
Citations
12372
World Ranking
892
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Korea Leader Award

Best Publications

  • An important role of the pepper phenylalanine ammonia-lyase gene (PAL1) in salicylic acid-dependent signalling of the defence response to microbial pathogens.

    Dae Sung Kim;Byung Kook Hwang

  • Hydrogen Peroxide Generation by the Pepper Extracellular Peroxidase CaPO2 Activates Local and Systemic Cell Death and Defense Response to Bacterial Pathogens

    Hyong Woo Choi;Young Jin Kim;Sung Chul Lee;Jeum Kyu Hong

  • Overexpression of a pepper basic pathogenesis-related protein 1 gene in tobacco plants enhances resistance to heavy metal and pathogen stresses

    Sujon Sarowar;Young Jin Kim;Eui Nam Kim;Ki Deok Kim

  • Expression and functional roles of the pepper pathogen-induced transcription factor RAV1 in bacterial disease resistance, and drought and salt stress tolerance

    Kee Hoon Sohn;Sung Chul Lee;Ho Won Jung;Jeum Kyu Hong

  • The Pepper 9-Lipoxygenase Gene CaLOX1 Functions in Defense and Cell Death Responses to Microbial Pathogens

    In Sun Hwang;Byung Kook Hwang

  • Requirement of the Cytosolic Interaction between PATHOGENESIS-RELATED PROTEIN10 and LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT PROTEIN1 for Cell Death and Defense Signaling in Pepper

    Du Seok Choi;In Sun Hwang;Byung Kook Hwang

  • Pepper pectin methylesterase inhibitor protein CaPMEI1 is required for antifungal activity, basal disease resistance and abiotic stress tolerance

    Soo Hyun An;Kee Hoon Sohn;Kee Hoon Sohn;Hyong Woo Choi;In Sun Hwang

  • Three pathogen‐inducible genes encoding lipid transfer protein from pepper are differentially activated by pathogens, abiotic, and environmental stresses

    Ho Won Jung;Woonbong Kim;Byung Kook Hwang

  • Isolation and in vivo and in vitro antifungal activity of phenylacetic acid and sodium phenylacetate from Streptomyces humidus.

    Byung Kook Hwang;Song Won Lim;Beom Seok Kim;Jung Yeop Lee

  • Pepper gene encoding a basic pathogenesis‐related 1 protein is pathogen and ethylene inducible

    Young Jin Kim;Byung Kook Hwang

  • Iron- and Reactive Oxygen Species-Dependent Ferroptotic Cell Death in Rice-Magnaporthe oryzae Interactions

    Sarmina Dangol;Yafei Chen;Byung Kook Hwang;Nam-Soo Jwa

  • Function of a novel GDSL-type pepper lipase gene, CaGLIP1, in disease susceptibility and abiotic stress tolerance

    Jeum Kyu Hong;Hyong Woo Choi;In Sun Hwang;Dae Sung Kim

  • In vivo control and in vitro antifungal activity of rhamnolipid B, a glycolipid antibiotic, against Phytophthora capsici and Colletotrichum orbiculare

    Beom Seok Kim;Jung Yeop Lee;Byung Kook Hwang

  • Phytophthora blight of pepper and its control in Korea.

    Byung Kook Hwang;Choong Hoe Kim

  • Functional roles of the pepper pathogen-induced bZIP transcription factor, CAbZIP1, in enhanced resistance to pathogen infection and environmental stresses

    Sung Chul Lee;Hyong Woo Choi;In Sun Hwang;Du Seok Choi

  • Convergent Evolution of Pathogen Effectors toward Reactive Oxygen Species Signaling Networks in Plants.

    Nam-Soo Jwa;Byung Kook Hwang

  • Diversity of antifungal actinomycetes in various vegetative soils of Korea.

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  • The Pepper Mannose-Binding Lectin Gene CaMBL1 Is Required to Regulate Cell Death and Defense Responses to Microbial Pathogens

    In Sun Hwang;Byung Kook Hwang

  • Proteomics and Functional Analyses of Pepper Abscisic Acid-Responsive 1 (ABR1), Which Is Involved in Cell Death and Defense Signaling

    Du Seok Choi;Byung Kook Hwang

  • Overexpression of lipid transfer protein (LTP) genes enhances resistance to plant pathogens and LTP functions in long-distance systemic signaling in tobacco

    Sujon Sarowar;Sujon Sarowar;Young Jin Kim;Ki Deok Kim;Byung Kook Hwang

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias Kraume
Matthias Kraume Technical University of Berlin

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