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Jian-Kui Liu is affiliated with the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in China. Their research focuses primarily on fungal biology, plant pathology, and related biological sciences. With a significant body of work in Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, their academic output spans numerous subfields including Plant Science, Cell Biology, Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, and Systematics.

The scientist's work covers various topics within fungal and plant research. Key areas include Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Fungal Biology and Applications, Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies, Lichen and fungal ecology, Plant Diversity and Evolution, and Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food.

Jian-Kui Liu has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Sajeewa S. N. Maharachchikumbura
  • Kevin D. Hyde
  • Asha J. Dissanayake
  • Milan C. Samarakoon
  • Ning-Guo Liu

Their research has been published extensively in scientific journals, with frequent contributions to venues such as:

  • Phytotaxa
  • Fungal Diversity
  • Journal of Fungi
  • Mycosphere
  • MycoKeys

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Jian-Kui Liu are:

  • FungalTraits: a user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles (2020) published in Fungal Diversity
  • Fungal diversity notes 1151-1276: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa (2020) published in Fungal Diversity
  • The numbers of fungi: is the descriptive curve flattening? (2020) published in Fungal Diversity
  • The numbers of fungi: are the most speciose genera truly diverse? (2022) published in Fungal Diversity
  • Integrative approaches for species delimitation in Ascomycota (2021) published in Fungal Diversity

In addition to journal articles, Jian-Kui Liu has published book chapters. Notably, they contributed to the book Insights on Fungal Diversity of Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes: Taxonomy and Interaction with Their Host published by Frontiers Media in 2023.

Best Publications

  • FungalTraits: a user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles

    Sergei Põlme;Sergei Põlme;Kessy Abarenkov;R. Henrik Nilsson;Björn D. Lindahl

  • The amazing potential of fungi: 50 ways we can exploit fungi industrially

    Kevin D. Hyde;Jianchu Xu;Jianchu Xu;Sylvie Rapior;Rajesh Jeewon

  • Families of Dothideomycetes

    Kevin D. Hyde;E. B.Gareth Jones;Jian Kui Liu;Hiran Ariyawansa

  • The Faces of Fungi database: fungal names linked with morphology, phylogeny and human impacts

    Subashini C. Jayasiri;Kevin D. Hyde;Kevin D. Hyde;Kevin D. Hyde;Hiran A. Ariyawansa;Hiran A. Ariyawansa;Jayarama Bhat

  • Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa

    N. N. Wijayawardene;K. D. Hyde;L. K. T. Al-Ani;L. K. T. Al-Ani;L. Tedersoo

  • Fungal diversity notes 111–252—taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa

    Guo Jie Li;Kevin D. Hyde;Kevin D. Hyde;Kevin D. Hyde;Rui Lin Zhao;Sinang Hongsanan;Sinang Hongsanan

  • Fungal diversity notes 1–110: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal species

    Jian Kui Liu;Kevin D. Hyde;Kevin D. Hyde;E. B. Gareth Jones;Hiran A. Ariyawansa;Hiran A. Ariyawansa

  • Families of Sordariomycetes

    Sajeewa S.N. Maharachchikumbura;Sajeewa S.N. Maharachchikumbura;Kevin D. Hyde;E. B.Gareth Jones;E. H.C. McKenzie

  • Finding needles in haystacks: Linking scientific names, reference specimens and molecular data for Fungi

    Conrad L. Schoch;Barbara Robbertse;Vincent Robert;Duong Vu

  • Outline of Ascomycota : 2017

    Nalin N. Wijayawardene;Kevin D. Hyde;Kevin D. Hyde;H. Thorsten Lumbsch;Jian Kui Liu

  • One stop shop: backbones trees for important phytopathogenic genera: I (2014)

    Kevin D. Hyde;R. Henrik Nilsson;S. Aisyah Alias;Hiran A. Ariyawansa

  • Towards a natural classification and backbone tree for Sordariomycetes

    Sajeewa S. N. Maharachchikumbura;Sajeewa S. N. Maharachchikumbura;Kevin D. Hyde;E. B. Gareth Jones;Eric H. C. McKenzie

  • Naming and outline of Dothideomycetes-2014 including proposals for the protection or suppression of generic names.

    Nalin N. Wijayawardene;Pedro W. Crous;Paul M. Kirk;Paul M. Kirk;David L. Hawksworth;David L. Hawksworth;David L. Hawksworth

  • Fungal diversity notes 603–708: taxonomic and phylogenetic notes on genera and species

    Kevin D. Hyde;Chada Norphanphoun;Vanessa P. Abreu;Anna Bazzicalupo

  • Fungal diversity notes 1151–1276: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa

    Kevin D. Hyde;Yang Dong;Rungtiwa Phookamsak;Rajesh Jeewon

  • Fungal diversity notes 1036–1150: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa

    Kevin D. Hyde;Danushka S. Tennakoon;Rajesh Jeewon;D. Jayarama Bhat

  • Refined families of dothideomycetes: Dothideomycetidae and pleosporomycetidae

    S. Hongsanan;K. D. Hyde;R. Phookamsak;D. N. Wanasinghe

  • The numbers of fungi: is the descriptive curve flattening?

    Kevin D. Hyde;Rajesh Jeewon;Yi Jyun Chen;Chitrabhanu S. Bhunjun

  • Revision of Phaeosphaeriaceae.

    Rungtiwa Phookamsak;Jian-Kui Liu;Eric H. C. McKenzie;Dimuthu S. Manamgoda

  • Microfungi on Tectona grandis (teak) in Northern Thailand

    Mingkwan Doilom;Mingkwan Doilom;Asha J. Dissanayake;Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe;Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe;Saranyaphat Boonmee

  • Ranking higher taxa using divergence times: a case study in Dothideomycetes

    Jian-Kui Liu;Kevin D. Hyde;Rajesh Jeewon;Alan J. L. Phillips

  • Improving ITS sequence data for identification of plant pathogenic fungi

    R. Henrik Nilsson;Kevin D. Hyde;Julia Pawłowska;Martin Ryberg

  • Epitypification and neotypification: guidelines with appropriate and inappropriate examples

    Hiran A. Ariyawansa;Hiran A. Ariyawansa;Hiran A. Ariyawansa;David L. Hawksworth;David L. Hawksworth;David L. Hawksworth;Kevin D. Hyde;Kevin D. Hyde;Kevin D. Hyde;E. B. Gareth Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin D. Hyde
Kevin D. Hyde Mae Fah Luang University
Jianchu Xu
Jianchu Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Eric H. C. McKenzie
Eric H. C. McKenzie Landcare Research
Saranyaphat Boonmee
Saranyaphat Boonmee Mae Fah Luang University
Peter E. Mortimer
Peter E. Mortimer Kunming Institute of Botany
Ali H. Bahkali
Ali H. Bahkali King Saud University
Hiran A. Ariyawansa
Hiran A. Ariyawansa National Taiwan University
Rajesh Jeewon
Rajesh Jeewon University of Mauritius
Dong-Qin Dai
Dong-Qin Dai Qujing Normal University
Kasun M. Thambugala
Kasun M. Thambugala University of Sri Jayewardenepura

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