Ruey-Fen Liou - Faculty member - Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology

Ruey-Fen Liou Professor Laboratory of Plant- Microbe Biology

Areas of Expertise

Oomycete-plant interactions, Molecular Biology

Lab / Office

Room 403, Zhung Fei Building (Front Building)

Telephone

02-3366-5208 (Lab)

FAX

02-2362-0271

E-mail

rfliou@ntu.edu.tw

Oomycete-plant interactions

楊雅媛
Research Assistant

Tan, Jia Ji
M.S. Student

吳俊耀
M.S. Student

成孝軒
M.S. Student

郭芃妤
M.S. Student

賴沛宜
M.S. Student

趙彥愷
M.S. Student

江秉真
M.S. Student

陳宜豐
M.S. Student

Education:
Ph.D. Indiana University/ Molecular Biology, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
M.S. Dept. Plant Pathology and Entomology, NTU
B.S. Dept. Plant Pathology and Entomology, NTU

Experience:
2004/8– present Professor at Dept. Plant Pathology and Microbiology, NTU
2016-2018 President, Mycological Society of Republic of China
2012/3-2013/7 Chair, Master Program of Plant Medicine, NTU
2010/8-2013/7 Chair, Dept. Plant Pathology and Microbiology, NTU
2005/8-2008/7 Associate Director of Teaching Division, Center of Biotechnology, NTU
1992/8-2004/7 Associate Professor, Dept. Plant Pathology and Microbiology, NTU

Molecular Biology
Molecular Biotechniques and Principles
Molecular Detection of Plant Pathogens and Lab
Molecular Plant-microbe Interactions

Year	Article
2021	NbSOBIR1 partitions into plasma membrane microdomains and binds ER-localized NbRLP1 Frontiers in Plant Science vol.12,page.721548 Li, Yi-Hua, Ke, Tai-Yu, Shih, Wei-Che, Liou, Ruey-Fen, and Wang, Chao-Wen
2020	Soil is not a reservoir for Phellinus noxius Phytopathology vol.110,no.2,page.362-369 Wu ZC, Chang YY, Lai QJ, Lin HA, Tzean SS, Liou RF, Tsai IJ, Chung CL
2018	Two genes encoding GH10 xylanases are essential for the virulence of the oomycete plant pathogen Phytophthora parasitica Current Genetics vol.64,no.4,page.931-943 Lai, M.-W., and Liou, R.-F.*
2017	Comparative and population genomic landscape of Phellinus noxius: A hypervariable fungus causing root rot in trees Molecular Ecology vol.26,no.22,page.6301-6316 Chung CL, Lee TJ, Akiba M, Lee HH, Kuo TH, Liu D, Ke HM, Yokoi T, Roa MB, Lu MJ, Chang YY, Ann PJ, Tsai JN, Chen CY, Tzean SS, Ota Y, Hattori T, Sahashi N, Liou RF, Kikuchi T, Tsai IJ.
2017	Phellinus noxius: molecular diversity among isolates from Taiwan and its phylogenetic relationship with other species of Phellinus based on sequences of the ITS region Botanical Studies vol.58,no.1,page.9 Tsai JN, Ann PJ, Liou RF, Hsieh WH, Ko WH.
2017	PpMID1 plays a role in the asexual development and virulence of Phytophthora parasitica Frontiers in Microbiology vol.8,page.610 Hwu, F. Y., Lai, M. W., and Liou, R. F.*
2016	Development of oligonucleotide microarrays for simultaneous multi-species identification of Phellinus tree-pathogenic fungi Microbial Biotechnology vol.9,no.2,page.235-244 Tzean, Y. and Shu, P.-Y. and Liou, R.-F. and Tzean, S.-S.
2015	臺灣臺北及宜蘭地區褐根病菌之遺傳變異分析植物病理學會刊 vol.24,no.2,page.77-88 黃郁晴 ; 張東柱 ; 鍾嘉綾 ; 劉瑞芬
2015	Tomato SOBIR1/EVR homologs are involved in elicitin perception and plant defense against the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora parasitica Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions vol.28,no.8,page.913-926 Peng, K.-C. and Wang, C.-W. and Wu, C.-H. and Huang, C.-T. and Liou, R.-F.
2015	The genetic structure of Phellinus noxius and dissemination pattern of brown root rot disease in Taiwan PLoS ONE vol.10,no.10 Chung, C.-L. and Huang, S.-Y. and Huang, Y.-C. and Tzean, S.-S. and Ann, P.-J. and Tsai, J.-N. and Yang, C.-C. and Lee, H.-H. and Huang, T.-W. and Huang, H.-Y. and Chang, T.-T. and Lee, H.-L. and Liou, R.-F.
2015	A novel elicitor protein from Phytophthora parasitica induces plant basal immunity and systemic acquired resistance Molecular Plant Pathology vol.16,no.2,page.123-136 Chang, Y.-H. and Yan, H.-Z. and Liou, R.-F.
2014	應用溫水處理防治愛文檬果採收後果腐病效果評估植物病理學會刊 vol.23,no.2,page.125-138 倪蕙芳 ; 黃巧雯 ; 劉瑞芬 ; 洪挺軒 ; 楊宏仁
2013	Generation and Analysis of the Expressed Sequence Tags from the Mycelium of Ganoderma lucidum PLoS ONE vol.8,no.5 Huang, Y.-H. and Wu, H.-Y. and Wu, K.-M. and Liu, T.-T. and Liou, R.-F. and Tsai, S.-F. and Shiao, M.-S. and Ho, L.-T. and Tzean, S.-S. and Yang, U.-C.
2012	開發檢疫菌Phytophthora ramorum之PCR快速檢測技術植物病理學會刊 vol.21,no.2,page.53-64 彭可均；安寶貞；林筑蘋；江迪蔚；劉瑞芬
2012	New Botryosphaeriaceae fruit rot of mango in Taiwan: Identification and pathogenicity Botanical Studies vol.53,no.4,page.467-478 Ni, H.-F. and Yang, H.-R. and Chen, R.-S. and Liou, R.-F. and Hung, T.-H.
2012	A nested multiplex PCR for species-specific identification and detection of Botryosphaeriaceae species on mango European Journal of Plant Pathology vol.133,no.4,page.819-828 Ni, H.-F. and Yang, H.-R. and Chen, R.-S. and Hung, T.-H. and Liou, R.-F.
2010	First report of fruit rot disease of mango caused by Botryosphaeria dothidea and Neofusicoccum mangiferae in Taiwan Plant Disease vol.94,no.1 Ni, H.F. and Liou, R.F. and Hung, T.H. and Chen, R.S. and Yang, H.R.
2009	First report of a fruit rot disease of avocado caused by neofusicoccum mangiferae Plant Disease vol.93,no.7 Ni, H.F. and Liou, R.F. and Hung, T.H. and Chen, R.S. and Yang, H.R.
2008	Functional characterization of a gene family encoding polygalacturonases in Phytophthora parasitica Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions vol.21,no.4,page.480-489 Wu, C.-H. and Yan, H.-Z. and Liu, L.-F. and Liou, R.-F.
2006	Selection of internal control genes for real-time quantitative RT-PCR assays in the oomycete plant pathogen Phytophthora parasitica Fungal Genetics and Biology vol.43,no.6,page.430-438 Yan, H.-Z. and Liou, R.-F.
2006	Detection of orchid Phytophthora disease by nested PCR Botanical Studies vol.47,no.4,page.379-387 Tsai, H.-L. and Huang, L.-C. and Ann, P.-J. 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 vol.42,no.4,page.339-350 Yan, H.-Z. and Liou, R.-F.
2004	引起紅龍果斑駁病徵之Cactus Virus X的鑑定與免疫檢測植物病理學會刊 vol.13,no.1,page.27-34 劉命如 ; 洪建龍 ; 劉瑞芬
2004	Complete nucleotide sequence and genome organization of a Cactus virus X strain from Hylocereus undatus (Cactaceae) Archives of Virology vol.149,no.5,page.1037-1043 Liou, M.R. and Chen, Y.R. and Liou, R.F.
2003	鶯歌桃果實疫病植物病理學會刊 vol.12,no.3,page.181-190 安寶貞 ; 蔡志濃 ; 王姻婷 ; 石信德 ; 黃振文 ; 劉瑞芬
2003	Molecular evidence that aphid-transmitted Alpinia mosaic virus is a tentative member of the genus Macluravirus Archives of Virology vol.148,no.6,page.1211-1218 Liou, R.F. and Yan, H.Z. and Hong, J.L.
2002	The period gene of the German cockroach and its novel linking power between vertebrate and invertebrate Chronobiology International vol.19,no.6,page.1023-1040 Lin, G.G.-H. and Liou, R.-F. and Lee, H.-J.
2002	Rapid Detection of Phytophthora infestans by PCR 植物病理學會刊 vol.11,no.1,page.25-32 簡明宏 ; 黃麗君 ; 安寶貞 ; 劉瑞芬
2002	Analysis of Phytophthora parasitica by retrotransposon-derived DNA fingerprinting Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica vol.43,no.1,page.21-29 Liou, R.-F. and Lee, J.-T. and Lee, H.-C. and Ann, P.-J.
2001	疫病菌誘導蛋白elicitins之研究現況植物病理學會刊 vol.10,no.3,page.97-104 劉瑞芬
1999	First Report of Phytophthora blight of White Arum Lily caused by Phytophthora meadii Plant Pathology Bulletin vol.8,page.37-40 Ruey-Fen Liou , Jent-Turn Lee , and Pao-Jen Ann
1993	Snake venom cardiotoxin can rapidly induce actin polymerization in intact platelets Biochemical Journal vol.290,no.2,page.591-594 Liou, R.-F. and Chang, W.-C. and Chu, S.-T. and Chen, Y.-H.
1993	Conversion of a trans-spliced C.elegans gene into a conventional gene by introduction of a splice donor site EMBO Journal vol.12,no.3,page.1249-1255 Conrad, R. and Liou, R.F. and Blumenthal, T.
1990	trans-Spliced Caenorhabditis elegans mRNAs retain trimethylguanosine caps Molecular and Cellular Biology vol.10,no.4,page.1764-1768 Liou, R.-F. and Blumenthal, T.
1987	Interaction of snake venom cardiotoxin (a membrane-disruptive polypeptide) with human erythrocytes Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry vol.73,no.1,page.69-76 Chen, Y.-H. and Liou, R.-F. and Hu, C. and Juan, C.-C. and Yang, J.T.

Year	Article
1995	Complete nucleotide sequence of beauveria bassiana 5.8s rRNA coding gene and flanking internal transcribed spacers Mitochondrial DNA vol.5,no.6,page.381-383 Shih, H.L. and Lin, C.P. and Liou, R.F. and Tzean, S.S.

About Us

◆ Interactions between Phytophthora and host plants

1. 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.

2. Development and applications of techniques for rapid detection and genotyping of plant pathogens.