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Plant Science and Agronomy
Korea
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
79
Citations
18817
World Ranking
452
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Korea Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Korea Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Korea Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Gene
  • Biochemistry

Kee-Yoeup Paek spends much of his time researching Biochemistry, Botany, Bioreactor, Murashige and Skoog medium and Ginsenoside. The study incorporates disciplines such as Micropropagation, Explant culture, Horticulture and Sucrose in addition to Botany. His Micropropagation research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Plantlet, Phalaenopsis and Somatic embryogenesis.

His research integrates issues of Light intensity and Acclimatization in his study of Horticulture. Kee-Yoeup Paek interconnects Biomass, Dry weight, Secondary metabolite and Tissue culture in the investigation of issues within Bioreactor. The various areas that Kee-Yoeup Paek examines in his Murashige and Skoog medium study include Callus, Chlorogenic acid and Cytokinin, Auxin.

His most cited work include:

  • Production of secondary metabolites from cell and organ cultures: strategies and approaches for biomass improvement and metabolite accumulation (298 citations)
  • Application of bioreactor systems for large scale production of horticultural and medicinal plants (190 citations)
  • Jasmonic acid improves ginsenoside accumulation in adventitious root culture of Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer (166 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Kee-Yoeup Paek mostly deals with Botany, Horticulture, Bioreactor, Murashige and Skoog medium and Micropropagation. His studies in Botany integrate themes in fields like Explant culture, Food science, Sucrose and Biomass. In Food science, Kee-Yoeup Paek works on issues like Biochemistry, which are connected to Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase.

The concepts of his Horticulture study are interwoven with issues in Photosynthesis, Transpiration, Plantlet and Acclimatization. Medicinal plants is closely connected to Biotechnology in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Bioreactor. His studies deal with areas such as Kinetin and Auxin as well as Murashige and Skoog medium.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (61.56%)
  • Horticulture (27.69%)
  • Bioreactor (24.76%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2021)?

  • Botany (61.56%)
  • Bioreactor (24.76%)
  • Biomass (13.03%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Botany, Bioreactor, Biomass, Food science and Horticulture. Kee-Yoeup Paek has included themes like Somatic embryogenesis, Murashige and Skoog medium and Sucrose in his Botany study. Kee-Yoeup Paek has researched Bioreactor in several fields, including Cell culture, Suspension culture, Biotechnology and Antioxidant.

His Biomass study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Metabolite, Polyphenol, Sugar and Plant physiology. His Food science study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Polygonum, Dry weight, Methyl jasmonate and Polysaccharide. His biological study deals with issues like Micropropagation, which deal with fields such as Acclimatization.

Between 2012 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Production of secondary metabolites from cell and organ cultures: strategies and approaches for biomass improvement and metabolite accumulation (298 citations)
  • Ginsenosides: prospective for sustainable biotechnological production. (61 citations)
  • Enhancement strategies of bioactive compound production in adventitious root cultures of Eleutherococcus koreanum Nakai subjected to methyl jasmonate and salicylic acid elicitation through airlift bioreactors (42 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Botany
  • Gene
  • Biochemistry

His scientific interests lie mostly in Botany, Food science, Biomass, Bioreactor and Murashige and Skoog medium. His Botany study incorporates themes from Light intensity, Plantlet and Hypericum perforatum. His Food science research incorporates elements of Catalase, Antioxidant, Polysaccharide, Hydrogen peroxide and Methyl jasmonate.

His Biomass study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Secondary metabolite, Food additive, Biochemistry and Shoot. His Bioreactor research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Biotechnology, Suspension culture, Pulp and paper industry and Biochemical engineering. He has included themes like Kinetin, Horticulture and Sucrose in his Murashige and Skoog medium study.

Best Publications

  • Production of secondary metabolites from cell and organ cultures: strategies and approaches for biomass improvement and metabolite accumulation

    Hosakatte Niranjana Murthy;Hosakatte Niranjana Murthy;Eun-Jung Lee;Kee-Yoeup Paek

  • Effects of LEDs on net photosynthetic rate, growth and leaf stomata of chrysanthemum plantlets in vitro

    Sun-Ja Kim;Eun-Joo Hahn;Jeong-Wook Heo;Kee-Yoeup Paek

  • Application of bioreactor systems for large scale production of horticultural and medicinal plants

    K. Y. Paek;Debasis Chakrabarty;E. J. Hahn

  • Effects of temperature on oxidative stress defense systems, lipid peroxidation and lipoxygenase activity in Phalaenopsis.

    Mohammad Babar Ali;Eun-Joo Hahn;Kee-Yoeup Paek

  • Methyl jasmonate and salicylic acid elicitation induces ginsenosides accumulation, enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant in suspension culture Panax ginseng roots in bioreactors

    Mohammad Babar Ali;Kee-Won Yu;Eun-Joo Hahn;Kee-Yoeup Paek

  • Jasmonic acid improves ginsenoside accumulation in adventitious root culture of Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer

    Kee-Won Yu;Wenyuan Gao;Eun-Joo Hahn;Kee-Yoeup Paek

  • Copper toxicity in Withania somnifera: Growth and antioxidant enzymes responses of in vitro grown plants

    Serida Khatun;Mohammad Babar Ali;Eun-Joo Hahn;Kee-Yoeup Paek

  • Phenolics metabolism and lignin synthesis in root suspension cultures of Panax ginseng in response to copper stress

    Mohammad Babar Ali;Nisha Singh;Abdullah Mohammad Shohael;Eun Joo Hahn

  • Methyl jasmonate and salicylic acid induced oxidative stress and accumulation of phenolics in Panax ginseng bioreactor root suspension cultures.

    Mohammad Babar Ali;Eun-Joo Hahn;Kee-Yoeup Paek

  • Ginsenoside production by hairy root cultures of Panax ginseng: influence of temperature and light quality

    Kee-Won Yu;Hosakatte Niranjana Murthy;Hosakatte Niranjana Murthy;Eun-Joo Hahn;Kee-Yoeup Paek

  • Photon flux density and light quality induce changes in growth, stomatal development, photosynthesis and transpiration of Withania Somnifera (L.) Dunal. plantlets

    Sang-Ho Lee;Rajesh Kumar Tewari;Eun-Joo Hahn;Kee-Yoeup Paek

  • Effects of light emitting diodes (LEDs) on the in vitro induction and growth of bulblets of Lilium oriental hybrid ‘Pesaro’

    Mei-Lan Lian;H.N Murthy;H.N Murthy;Kee-Yoeup Paek

  • Production of adventitious roots and secondary metabolites by Hypericum perforatum L. in a bioreactor

    Xi-Hua Cui;Debasis Chakrabarty;Debasis Chakrabarty;Eun-Jung Lee;Kee-Yoeup Paek

  • Effect of light on oxidative stress, secondary metabolites and induction of antioxidant enzymes in Eleutherococcus senticosus somatic embryos in bioreactor

    A.M. Shohael;M.B. Ali;K.W. Yu;E.J. Hahn

  • Optimization of culturing conditions for the production of biomass and phenolics from adventitious roots ofEchinacea angustifolia

    Chun-Hua Wu;Yaser Hassan Dewir;Yaser Hassan Dewir;Eun-Joo Hahn;Kee-Yoeup Paek

  • Production of biomass and useful compounds from adventitious roots of high-value added medicinal plants using bioreactor.

    Md. Abdullahil Baque;Sang-Hyun Moh;Eun-Jung Lee;Jian-Jiang Zhong

  • Sucrose-induced osmotic stress affects biomass, metabolite, and antioxidant levels in root suspension cultures of Hypericum perforatum L.

    Xi-Hua Cui;Hosakatte Niranjana Murthy;Hosakatte Niranjana Murthy;Chun-Hua Wu;Kee-Yoeup Paek

  • Pilot-scale culture of adventitious roots of ginseng in a bioreactor system

    Sung Mee Choi;Sung Ho Son;Seung Rho Yun;Oh Woung Kwon

  • Effects of light intensities on antioxidant enzymes and malondialdehyde content during short-term acclimatization on micropropagated Phalaenopsis plantlet

    Mohammad Babar Ali;Eun-Joo Hahn;Kee-Yoeup Paek

  • Adventitious root growth and ginsenoside accumulation in Panax ginseng cultures as affected by methyl jasmonate

    Yun-Soo Kim;Eun-Joo Hahn;Hosakatte Niranjana Murthy;Hosakatte Niranjana Murthy;Kee-Yoeup Paek

  • Rapid propagation of Phalaenopsis from floral stalk-derived leaves

    So-Young Park;Hosakatte N. Murthy;Kee-Yoeup Paek

  • Application of bioreactors for large-scale micropropagation systems of plants

    Kee-Yoeup Paek;Eun-Joo Hahn;Sung-Ho Son

  • Detection of DNA methylation changes during somatic embryogenesis of Siberian ginseng (Eleuterococcus senticosus)

    Debasis Chakrabarty;Kee-Won Yu;Kee Yoeup Paek

  • Lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzyme activities of Euphorbia millii hyperhydric shoots

    Y.H. Dewir;Y.H. Dewir;D. Chakrabarty;D. Chakrabarty;M.B. Ali;E.J. Hahn

Frequent Co-Authors

Eun-Joo Hahn
Eun-Joo Hahn Chungbuk National University
Debasis Chakrabarty
Debasis Chakrabarty National Botanical Research Institute
Rajesh Kumar Tewari
Rajesh Kumar Tewari University of Lucknow
Jian-Jiang Zhong
Jian-Jiang Zhong Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Toyoki Kozai
Toyoki Kozai Chiba University
Edward C. Yeung
Edward C. Yeung University of Calgary
Suk-Yoon Kwon
Suk-Yoon Kwon Sungkyunkwan University
Sang-Soo Kwak
Sang-Soo Kwak Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology
Haeng-Soon Lee
Haeng-Soon Lee Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology

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