PI, Graduates, Undergraduates

2026

• Yoo, Y. H., Yeo, J., Choi, D., Son, Y. J., Jeong, H., Park, S., ... & Hong, W. J. (2026). Unravelling mechanisms of drought tolerance in a soybean cultivar (Daewonkong roots): insights into integrative transcriptomic and metabolite analyses. BMC Plant Biology.

• Moon, S., Yoo, Y.H., Park, H.E., Min, H.J., Han, Y.E., Gho, Y.S., Hwang, W., Kim, J.H., Min, C.W., Hong, W.J. and Kim, W.T., 2026. Root‑preferential OsPUB36 modulates ROS levels and regulates root development. Plant Cell Rep., 45(1), p.6.

2025

• Kim, H.J., Kim, J.H., Kim, E.J., Son, Y.J., Hong, W.J., Kim, D.E., Je, B.I., Jung, K.H. and Kim, Y.J., 2025. Pollen-Specific OsRALF5 Regulates Pollen Tube Growth in Oryza sativa. J. Plant Biol., pp.1-13.

• Lee, S.K., Hong, W.J., Kim, E.J., Lee, C., Moon, S., Ha, S.H. and Jung, K.H., 2025. Developing an Efficient System for Hybrid Rice Seed Production Using Partial Male Sterility. Plant Biotechnol. J.

• Kim, E.J.†, Hong, W.J.†, Kim, Y.J.†, Kim, E.Y., Yun, S.D., Moon, S., Lee, S.K., Park, S.K. and Jung, K.H., 2025. Global identification of key genes for pollen germination in rice through high‐throughput screening and gene editing. J. Integr. Plant Biol. (Co-first)

• Kim, E.J., Son, Y.J., Kim, J.H., Hong, W.J., Lee, S.K., Kim, S.T., Liang, W., Moon, S., Kim, Y.J. and Jung, K.H., 2025. OsPRK1/2/3‐mediated reactive oxygen species signaling is required for pollen tube germination in rice. J. Integr. Plant Biol.

• Lim, Y., Seo, M.G., Lee, J., Hong, S., An, J.T., Jeong, H.Y., Choi, H.I., Hong, W.J., Lee, C., Park, S.J. and Kwon, C.T., 2025. Optimizing plant size for vertical farming by editing stem length regulators. Plant Biotechnol. J.

• Seo, M.G., Jeong, H.Y., Lim, Y., Hong, S., Lee, J., Hong, W.J., Lee, C., Park, S.J. and Kwon, C.T., 2025. Precise customization of plant architecture by combinatorial genetic modification of peptide ligands. Plant Commun., 6(2).

• Chandrasekaran, U., Hong, W.J. and Kim, H., 2025. Subtilases: a major prospect to the genome editing in horticultural crops. Front. Plant Sci., 15, p.1532074.

2024

• Hong, W.J.†, Moon, H.†, Shin, C. and Jung, K.H., 2024. CAFRI-Arabidopsis: an intuitive web-based functional redundancy inspector in Arabidopsis. J Plant Biol., 67(2), pp.99-108. (Co-first)

• Kim, E.J., Hong, W.J., Kang, M., Jeon, J.S., Kim, Y.J. and Jung, K.H., 2024. Overcoming functional redundancy in three actin depolymerizing factor genes for rice pollen tube growth. Plant Physiol., 195(2), pp.1134-1137. 

• Seo, M.G., Lim, Y., Hendelman, A., Robitaille, G., Beak, H.K., Hong, W.J., Park, S.J., Lippman, Z.B., Park, Y.J. and Kwon, C.T., 2024. Evolutionary conservation of receptor compensation for stem cell homeostasis in Solanaceae plants. Hort. Res. p.uhae126. 

• Lee, S.K.†, Lee, H.W.†, Hong, W.J.†, Kim, E.J., Moon, S. and Jung, K.H., 2024. Five Beta-Expansin Genes Sharing Common Expression Patterns are Redundantly Involved in Pollen Tube Growth in Rice (Oryza sativa). J. Plant Biol., pp.1-13. (Co-first) 

• Yoo, Y.H., Cho, S.Y., Lee, I., Kim, N., Lee, S.K., Cho, K.S., Kim, E.Y., Jung, K.H. and Hong, W.J., 2024. Characterization of the Regulatory Network under Waterlogging Stress in Soybean Roots via Transcriptome Analysis. Plants, 13(18), p.2538. 

• Kim, E.Y., Yun, S.D., Kim, M.H., Kim, J.H., Oh, S.A., Lee, J.H., Son, Y.J., Hong, W.J., Yun, C.M., Moon, S. and Jung, K.H., 2024. Pollen-expressed plant U-box protein, OsPUB14 involves in rice fertility and degrades OsMTD2. J. Plant Biol., pp.1-11. 

• Yun, C.M.†, Hong, W.J.†, Kim, H.J., Kim, J.H., Son, Y.J., Noh, G., Park, C.W., Li, H., Liang, W., Hong, C.O. and Lee, K.M., 2024. Protein Involved in Tip Elongation (PITE) regulates root hair growth in rice. Physiol. Plant., 176(6), p.e14625. (Co-first)

• Hwang, W.†, Hong, W.J.†, Kim, E.J., Kim, J., Moon, S. and Jung, K.H., 2024. The Rice Online Expression Profiles Array Database Version 2 (ROADv2): An Interactive Atlas for Rice Functional Genomics. Rice, 17, p.75. (Co-first)

2023

• Kim, Y.-H., Park, C.-W., Hong, W.-J., Jo, I.H., Kim, K.K., Kim, Y.-J., 2023. Protocol for efficient ginseng transformation. Plant Cell Tiss. Organ Cult. 153, 429–437. 

• Lee, C., Lee, Y.-S., Hong, H.-C., Hong, W.-J., Koh, H.-J., Jung, K.-H., 2023. Reinterpretation of anthocyanins biosynthesis in developing black rice seeds through gene expression analysis. PLoS One 18, e0286539. 

• Jang, M.-J.† , Hong, W.-J.† , Park, Y.-S., Jung, K.-H., Kim, S., 2023. Genomic basis of multiphase evolution driving divergent selection of zinc-finger homeodomain genes. Nucleic Acids Res. gkad489. (Co-first)

• Lee, S.K., Hong, W.-J., Kim, E.-J., Moon, S., Kim, Y.-J., Park, S.-K., Jung, K.-H., 2023. Functional Characterization of OsRac6 Involved in Pollen Germination in Rice. J. Plant Biol. 

• Jiang, X., Hong, W.-J., Lee, S.-K., Jung, K.-H., 2023. Genome-Wide Identification and Analysis of Collar Region-Preferential Genes in Rice. Plants 12, 2959. 

• Kim, E.-J., Kim, J.-H., Hong, W.-J., Kim, E.Y., Kim, M.-H., Lee, S.K., Min, C.W., Kim, S.T., Park, S.K., Jung, K.-H., Kim, Y.-J., 2023. Rice pollen-specific OsRALF17 and OsRALF19 are essential for pollen tube growth. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 

2017~2022 

• Noh, G., Kim, J.-H., Cho, S.W., Kim, Y.-H., Jung, J.-Y., Hong, W.-J., Jung, K.-H., Park, G., Son, H.-J., Jo, I.H., Song, Y.H., Kim, S.T., Kim, Y.-J., 2022. Overexpression of the ginseng GH18 gene confers salinity tolerance in Arabidopsis. Plant Biotechnol. Rep. 16, 683–696. 

• Moon, S., Kim, Y.-J., Park, H.E., Kim, J., Gho, Y.S., Hong, W.-J., Kim, E.-J., Lee, S.K., Suh, B.-C., An, G., Jung, K.-H., 2022. OsSNDP3 Functions for the Polar Tip Growth in Rice Pollen Together with OsSNDP2, a Paralog of OsSNDP3. Rice 15, 39. 

• Hong, W.-J., Kim, E.-J., Yoon, J., Silva, J., Moon, S., Min, C.W., Cho, L.-H., Kim, S.T., Park, S.K., Kim, Y.-J., Jung, K.-H., 2022. A myosin XI adaptor, TAPE, is essential for pollen tube elongation in rice. Plant Physiol. kiac299. 

• Hong, W.-J.† , Lee, S.K.† , Kim, S.-H.† , Kim, Y.-J., Moon, S., Kim, E.-J., Silva, J., Jung, K.-H., 2022. Comparative transcriptome analysis of pollen and anther wall reveals novel insights into the regulatory mechanisms underlying anther wall development and its dehiscence in rice. Plant Cell Rep. 41, 1229–1242. (Co-first)

• Kim, E.-J., Hong, W.-J., Kim, Y.-J., Jung, K.-H., 2022. Transcriptome Analysis of Triple Mutant for OsMADS62, OsMADS63, and OsMADS68 Reveals the Downstream Regulatory Mechanism for Pollen Germination in Rice (Oryza sativa). Int. J. Mol. Sci. 23, 239. 

• Cho, L.-H., Yoon, J., Tun, W., Baek, G., Peng, X., Hong, W.-J., Mori, I.C., Hojo, Y., Matsuura, T., Kim, S.-R., Kim, S.-T., Kwon, S.-W., Jung, K.-H., Jeon, J.-S., An, G., 2022. Cytokinin increases vegetative growth period by suppressing florigen expression in rice and maize. Plant J. 110, 1619–1635. 

• Young Chae, G.†, Hong, W.-J.†, Jeong Jang, M., Jung, K.-H., Kim, S., 2021. Recurrent mutations promote widespread structural and functional divergence of MULE-derived genes in plants. Nucleic Acids Res. 49, 11765–11777.
  (Co-first)

• Hong, W.-J.†, Jiang, X.†, Choi, S.-H., Kim, Y.-J., Kim, S.-T., Jeon, J.-S., Jung, K.-H., 2021. A Systemic View of Carbohydrate Metabolism in Rice to Facilitate Productivity. Plants 10, 1690. (Co-first)

• Van Nguyen, T., Kim, S.-W., Min, C.-W., Gupta, R., Lee, G.-H., Jang, J.-W., Rathi, D., Shin, H.-W., Jung, J.-Y., Jo, I.-H., Hong, W.-J., Jung, K.-H., Kim, S., Kim, Y.-J., Kim, S.-T., 2021. Optimization of Protein Isolation and Label-Free Quantitative Proteomic Analysis in Four Different Tissues of Korean Ginseng. Plants 10, 1409. 

• Min, M.K., Kim, R., Hong, W.-J., Jung, K.-H., Lee, J.-Y., Kim, B.-G., 2021. OsPP2C09 Is a Bifunctional Regulator in Both ABA-Dependent and Independent Abiotic Stress Signaling Pathways. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 22, 393. 

• Lee, C., Hong, W.-J., Jung, K.-H., Hong, H.-C., Kim, D.-Y., Ok, H.-C., Choi, M.-S., Park, S.-K., Kim, J., Koh, H.-J., 2021b. Arachis hypogaea resveratrol synthase 3 alters the expression pattern of UDP-glycosyltransferase genes in developing rice seeds. PLoS One 16, e0245446. 

• Yoon, J., Cho, L.-H., Kim, S.-R., Tun, W., Peng, X., Pasriga, R., Moon, S., Hong, W.-J., Ji, H., Jung, K.-H., Jeon, J.-S., An, G., 2021. CTP synthase is essential for early endosperm development by regulating nuclei spacing. Plant Biotechnol. J. 19, 2177–2191. 

• Lee, S.K., Hong, W.-J., Silva, J., Kim, E.-J., Park, S.K., Jung, K.-H., Kim, Y.-J., 2021. Global Identification of ANTH Genes Involved in Rice Pollen Germination and Functional Characterization of a Key Member, OsANTH3. Front. Plant Sci. 12.

• Lee, C., Chung, C.-T., Hong, W.-J., Lee, Y.-S., Lee, J.-H., Koh, H.-J., Jung, K.-H., 2021. Transcriptional Changes in the Developing Rice Seeds Under Salt Stress Suggest Targets for Manipulating Seed Quality. Front. Plant Sci. 12.

• Kim, Y.-J.†, Kim, M.-H.†, Hong, W.-J.†, Moon, S., Kim, S.T., Park, S.K., Jung, K.-H., 2021. OsMTD2-mediated reactive oxygen species (ROS) balance is essential for intact pollen-tube elongation in rice. Plant J. 107, 1131–1147. (Co-first)

• Kim, Y.-J., Kim, M.-H., Hong, W.-J., Moon, S., Kim, E.-J., Silva, J., Lee, J., Lee, S., Kim, S.T., Park, S.K., Jung, K.-H., 2021. GORI, encoding the WD40 domain protein, is required for pollen tube germination and elongation in rice. Plant J. 105, 1645–1664. 

• Kim, E.-J., Hong, W.-J., Tun, W., An, G., Kim, S.-T., Kim, Y.-J., Jung, K.-H., 2021. Interaction of OsRopGEF3 Protein With OsRac3 to Regulate Root Hair Elongation and Reactive Oxygen Species Formation in Rice (Oryza sativa). Front. Plant Sci. 12.

• Chandran, A.K.N.†, Hong, W.-J.†, Abhijith, B.†, Lee, J., Kim, Y.-J., Park, S.K., Jung, K.-H., 2020. Rice Male Gamete Expression Database (RMEDB): A Web Resource for Functional Genomic Studies of Rice Male Organ Development. J. Plant Biol. 63, 421–430. (Co-first)

• Peng Yuan, D.†, Xu, X.F.†, Hong, W.-J.†, Wang, S.T., Jia, X.T., Liu, Y., Li, Shuang, Li, Z.M., Sun, Q., Mei, Q., Li, Shuai, Jung, K.-H., Wei, S.H., Xuan, Y.H., 2020. Transcriptome analysis of rice leaves in response to Rhizoctonia solani infection and reveals a novel regulatory mechanism. Plant Biotechnol. Rep. 14, 559–573. (Co-first)

• Yoon, J., Cho, L.-H., Yang, W., Pasriga, R., Wu, Y., Hong, W.-J., Bureau, C., Wi, S.J., Zhang, T., Wang, R., Zhang, D., Jung, K.-H., Park, K.Y., Périn, C., Zhao, Y., An, G., 2020. Homeobox transcription factor OsZHD2 promotes root meristem activity in rice by inducing ethylene biosynthesis. J. Exp. Bot. 71, 5348–5364. 

• Moon, S.†, Hong, W.-J.†, Kim, Y.-J.†, Chandran, A.K.N., Gho, Y.-S., Yoo, Y.-H., Nguyen, V.N.T., An, G., Park, S.K., Jung, K.-H., 2020. Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Gene Regulatory Mechanism of UDT1 on Anther Development. J. Plant Biol. 63, 289–296. (Co-first)

• Jang, S.-W.†, Yoou, M.-H.†, Hong, W.-J.†, Kim, Y.-J., Lee, E.-J., Jung, K.-H., 2020. Re-Analysis of 16S Amplicon Sequencing Data Reveals Soil Microbial Population Shifts in Rice Fields under Drought Condition. Rice 13, 44. (Co-first)

• Kim, E.-J., Park, S.-W., Hong, W.-J., Silva, J., Liang, W., Zhang, D., Jung, K.-H., Kim, Y.-J., 2020. Genome-wide analysis of RopGEF gene family to identify genes contributing to pollen tube growth in rice (Oryza sativa). BMC Plant Biol. 20, 95. 

• Yoo, Y.-H., Kim, Y.-J., Moon, S., Gho, Y.-S., Hong, W.-J., Kim, E.-J., Jiang, X., Jung, K.-H., 2020. Fast Track to Discover Novel Promoters in Rice. Plants 9, 125. 

• Shin, N.-H.†, Trang, D.T.†, Hong, W.-J.†, Kang, K., Chuluuntsetseg, J., Moon, J.-K., Yoo, Y.-H., Jung, K.-H., Yoo, S.-C., 2020. Rice Senescence-Induced Receptor-Like Kinase (OsSRLK) Is Involved in Phytohormone-Mediated Chlorophyll Degradation. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 21, 260. (Co-first)

• Hong, W.-J.†, Jiang, X.†, Ahn, H.R., Choi, J., Kim, S.-R., Jung, K.-H., 2020. Systematic Analysis of Cold Stress Response and Diurnal Rhythm Using Transcriptome Data in Rice Reveals the Molecular Networks Related to Various Biological Processes. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 21, 6872. (Co-first)

• Ahmar, S., Saeed, S., Khan, M.H.U., Ullah Khan, S., Mora-Poblete, F., Kamran, M., Faheem, A., Maqsood, A., Rauf, M., Saleem, S., Hong, W.-J., Jung, K.-H., 2020. A Revolution toward Gene-Editing Technology and Its Application to Crop Improvement. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 21, 5665. 

• Hong, W.-J.†, Kim, Y.-J.†, Kim, E.-J., Kumar Nalini Chandran, A., Moon, S., Gho, Y.-S., Yoou, M.-H., Kim, S.T., Jung, K.-H., 2020. CAFRI-Rice: CRISPR applicable functional redundancy inspector to accelerate functional genomics in rice. Plant J. 104, 532–545. (Co-first)

• Yoo, Y.-H.†, Hong, W.-J.†, Jung, K.-H., 2019. A Systematic View Exploring the Role of Chloroplasts in Plant Abiotic Stress Responses. Biomed Res. Int. 2019, e6534745. (Co-first)

• Kim, E.-J., Kim, Y.-J., Hong, W.-J., Lee, C., Jeon, J.-S., Jung, K.-H., 2019. Genome-wide Analysis of Root Hair Preferred RBOH Genes Suggests that Three RBOH Genes are Associated with Auxin-mediated Root Hair Development in Rice. J. Plant Biol. 62, 229–238. 

• Hong, W.-J.†, Kim, Y.-J.†, Chandran, A.K.N.†, Jung, K.-H., 2019. Infrastructures of systems biology that facilitate functional genomic study in rice. Rice 12, 15. (Co-first)

• Moon, S., Cho, L.-H., Kim, Y.-J., Gho, Y.-S., Jeong, H.Y., Hong, W.-J., Lee, C., Park, Hyon, Jwa, N., Dangol, S., Chen, Y., Park, Hayeong, Cho, H.-S., An, G., Jung, K.-H., 2019. RSL Class II Transcription Factors Guide the Nuclear Localization of RHL1 to Regulate Root Hair Development. Plant Physiol. 179, 558–568. 

• Moon, S., Chandran, A.K.N., Kim, Y.-J., Gho, Y., Hong, W.-J., An, G., Lee, C., Jung, K.-H., 2019. Rice RHC Encoding a Putative Cellulase is Essential for Normal Root Hair Elongation. J. Plant Biol. 62, 82–91. 

• Yoo, Y.-H., Kim, M., Chandran, A.K.N., Hong, W.-J., Ahn, H.R., Lee, G.T., Kang, S., Suh, D., Kim, J.-O., Kim, Y.-J., Jung, K.-H., 2019. Genome-Wide Transcriptome Analysis of Rice Seedlings after Seed Dressing with Paenibacillus yonginensis DCY84T and Silicon. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 20, 5883. 

• Yang, J., Cho, L.-H., Yoon, J., Yoon, H., Wai, A.H., Hong, W.-J., Han, M., Sakakibara, H., Liang, W., Jung, K.-H., Jeon, J.-S., Koh, H.-J., Zhang, D., An, G., 2019. Chromatin interacting factor OsVIL2 increases biomass and rice grain yield. Plant Biotechnol. J. 17, 178–187. 

• Hong, W.-J., Jung, K.-H., 2018. Comparative Analysis of Flanking Sequence Tags of T-DNA/Transposon Insertional Mutants and Genetic Variations of Fast-neutron Treated Mutants in Rice. J. Plant Biol. 61, 80–84. 

• Hoang, T.V., Vo, K.T.X., Hong, W.-J., Jung, K.-H., Jeon, J.-S., 2018. Defense Response to Pathogens Through Epigenetic Regulation in Rice. J. Plant Biol. 61, 1–10. 

• Chandran, A.K.N., Bhatnagar, N., Yoo, Y.-H., Moon, S., Park, S.-A., Hong, W.-J., Kim, B.-G., An, G., Jung, K.-H., 2018. Meta-expression analysis of unannotated genes in rice and approaches for network construction to suggest the probable roles. Plant Mol. Biol. 96, 17–34. 

• Hong, W.-J.†, Chandran, A.K.N.†, Jeon, J.-S., Jung, K.-H., 2017. Construction and application of functional gene modules to regulatory pathways in rice. J. Plant Biol. 60, 358–379. (Co-first)

• Hong, W.-J., Yoo, Y.-H., Park, S.-A., Moon, S., Kim, S.-R., An, G., Jung, K.-H., 2017. Genome-wide identification and extensive analysis of rice-endosperm preferred genes using reference expression database. J. Plant Biol. 60, 249–258.