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Dr. Ruey-Fen Liou
Title : |
Professor |
Highest degree : |
PhD. Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Indiana University, USA |
Specialties : |
Molecular Biology |
E-mail : |
rfliou@ntu.edu.tw |
Office : |
Room 403 中非大樓 |
Telephone : |
886-2-3366-5208 (Lab) |
FAX : |
886-2-2362-0271 |
Laboratory for Oomycete-plant interactions |
Positions
2005-Present |
Leader of teaching, Center of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University |
2004-Present |
Professor, Dept. of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University |
2010/8-2013/7 |
Chair, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University |
2012/3-2013/7 |
Chair, Master Program of Plant Medicine, National Taiwan University |
1992-2004 |
Associate Professor, Dept. of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University |
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Honors and Awards
2010 |
Excellent Teaching Award, National Taiwan University |
2007 |
Excellent Teaching Award, National Taiwan University |
2005 |
Excellent Teaching Award, National Taiwan University |
2002 |
Excellent Teaching Award, College of Bio-resources and Agriculture, National Taiwan University |
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Research Interests
- Investigation of mechanisms involved in the interactions between plants and Phytophthora parasitica, an oomycete plant pathogen able to infect a wide variety of crop species.
- Development and applications of techniques for rapid detection and genotyping of plant pathogens.
Lab Members
Publications
- Chung, C. L., Huang, S. Y., Huang, Yu. C., Tzean, S. S., Ann, P. J., Tsai, J. N., Yang, C. C., Lee, H. H., Huang, T. W., Huang, H. Y., Chang, T. T., Lee, H. L., and Liou, R. F. 2015. The genetic structure of Phellinus noxius and dissemination pattern of brown root rot disease in Taiwan. PLoS ONE 10: e0139445. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0139445
- Peng, K. C., Wang, C. W., Wu, C. H., Huang, C. T., and Liou, R. F. 2015. Tomato SOBIR1/EVR homologs are involved in elicitin perception and plant defense against the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora parasitica. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions 28: 913-926. doi: 10.1094/MPMI-12-14-0405-R.
- Chang, Y. H., Yan, H. Z., and Liou, R. F. 2015. A novel elicitor protein from Phytophthora parasitica induces plant basal immunity and systemic acquired resistance. Molecular Plant Pathology 16: 123-136. doi: 10.1111/mpp.12166.
- Huang, Y. H., Wu, H. Y., Wu, K. M., Liu, T. T., Liou, R. F., Tsai, S. F., Shiao, M. S., Ho, L. T., Tzean, S. S., and Yang, U. C. 2013. Generation and analysis of the expressed sequence tags from the mycelium of Ganoderma lucidum. PLoS ONE 8: e61127. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061127.
- Peng, K. C., Ann, P. J., Lin, C. P., Chiang, T. W., and Liou, R. F. 2013. Development of PCR methods for rapid detection of Phytophthora ramorum, a quarantine pathogen of Taiwan. Plant Pathology Bulletin 21: 53-64.
- Ni, H. F., Yang, H. R., Chen, R. S., Liou, R. F., and Hung, T. H. 2012. Botryosphaeriaceae fruit rot of mango in Taiwan: identification and pathogenicity. Botanical Studies 53: 467-478.
- Ni, H. F., Yang, H. R., Chen, R. S., Hung, T. H., and Liou, R. F. 2012. A nested multiplex PCR for species-specific identification and detection of Botryosphaeriaceae species on mango. European Journal of Plant Pathology 133: 819-828.
- Ni, H. F., Liou, R. F., Hung, T. H., Chen, R. S., and Yang, H. R. 2009. First report of a fruit rot disease of avocado caused by Neofusicoccum mangiferae. Plant Dis. 93:760. (SCI)
- Wu, C. H., H. Z. Yan, and Liou, R. F. 2008. Functional characterization of a gene family encoding polygalacturonases in Phytophthora parasitica. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 21: 480-489. doi: 10.1094/MPMI-21-4-0480.
- Tsai, H. L., Huang, L. C., Ann, P. J., and Liou, R. F., Detection of Orchid Phytophthora Disease by Nested PCR. Botanical Studies, 47 , 4 , 379 -387 , 10, 2006 (SCI)
- Yan, H. Z., and Liou, R. F., Selection of internal control genes for real-time quantitative RT-PCR assays in the oomycete plant pathogen Phytophthora parasitica., Fung. Genetics Biology 43: 430 -438.
- Yan, H. Z., and Liou, R. F. 2005. Cloning and analysis of pppg1 , an inducible endopolygalacturonase gene from the oomycete plant pathogen Phytophthora parasitica . Fungal Genetics and Biology 42: 339-350.
- Jyan, M. H., Ann, P. J., Tsai, J. N., Hsih, S. D., Chang, T. T., and Liou, R. F. 2004. Recent occurrence of Phytophthora infestans US-11 as the cause of severe late blight on potato and tomato in Taiwan. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 26: 188-192.
- Liou, M. R., Hung, C. L., and Liou, R. F. 2004. Characterization of a Cactus virus X infecting Hylocereus undatus and its detection by DAS-ELISA. Plant Pathology Bulletin 12: 27-34.
- Liou, M. R., Chen, Y. R., and Liou, R. F. 2004. Complete nucleotide sequence and genome organization of a Cactus Virus X strain from Hylocereus undatus (Cactaceae). Archives Virology 149: 1037-1043. (SCI)
- Liou, R. F., Yan, H. Z., and Hong, J. L. 2003. Molecular evidence that aphid-transmitted Alpinia mosaic virus is a tentative member of the genus Macluravirus . Archives Virology 148: 1211-1218. (SCI)
- Ann, P. J., Tsai, J. N., Wang, I. T., Shi, S. D., Hwang, J. W., and Liou, R. F.. 2003. Phytophthora fruit rot of Peach in Taiwan. Plant Pathology Bulletin 12: 181-190.
- Lin, G. G. H., Liou, R. F., Lee, H. J. 2002. The clock gene of the German cockroach and its novel linking power between vertebrate and invertebrate. Chronobiology International 19: 1023-1040. (SCI)
- Jyan, M. H., Huang, L. C., Ann, P. J., and Liou, R. F. 2002. Rapid detection of Phytophthora infestans by PCR. Plant Pathology Bulletin 11: 25-32.
- Liou, R. F., Lee, J. T., Lee, H. C., and Ann, P. J. 2002. Analysis of Phytophthora parasitica by retrotransposon-derived DNA fingerprinting. Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. 43 (1): 21-29. (SCI)
- Liou, R. F. 2001. Roles of elicitins in the biology of Phytophthora . Plant Pathology Bulletin 10: 97-104.
- Liou, M. R., Hung, C. L., and Liou, R. F. 2001. First Report of Cactus virus X on Hylocereus undatus (Cactaceae) in Taiwan. Plant Disease. 85:229. (SCI)
- Liou, R. F., Lee, J. T., and Ann, P. J. 1999. First Report of Phytophthora blight of White Arum Lily caused by Phytophthora meadii . Plant Pathology Bulletin 8, 37-40.
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