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Tom Hsiang
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Latest papers
MdKIM1-MdMYB306 enhances apple resistance to Cytospora mali via brassinosteroid biosynthesis under sufficient potassium status.
The Plant cell · 2026
A Fungal Glycoside Hydrolase From Colletotrichum asianum Mini-Chromosomes Targets Host Chitinase to Suppress Plant Immunity.
Molecular plant pathology · 2026
Genome mining guided identification of new furo[3,2-c]pyridones phaeopyridones A-C from the endophytic fungus Phaeobotryon negundinis 12020.
Natural products and bioprospecting · 2026
Latest funding
- $204,788
Management of bentgrass cultivars for improved resistance to Fusarium patch under climate change
NSERC · 2014 · Principal investigator
- $195,000
Defense activators as an alternative to pesticides for controlling turfgrass diseases
NSERC · 2012 · Principal investigator
- $72,200
Comparative genomics of fungi
NSERC · 2007 · Principal investigator
From the 150 most recent of 187 publications.
MdKIM1-MdMYB306 enhances apple resistance to Cytospora mali via brassinosteroid biosynthesis under sufficient potassium status.
Wang Y, Du Y, Qi H, Zhang S, Jia H, Liu G, Noorin S, Hsiang T, Zhang R, Zhu M, Liang X, Sun G
A Fungal Glycoside Hydrolase From Colletotrichum asianum Mini-Chromosomes Targets Host Chitinase to Suppress Plant Immunity.
Wang R, Zhu T, Huang R, Sun W, Tang L, Huang S, Chen X, Zheng L, Hsiang T, Li Q
Genome mining guided identification of new furo[3,2-c]pyridones phaeopyridones A-C from the endophytic fungus Phaeobotryon negundinis 12020.
Ye K, Shi J, Wu H, Wang S, Lin Z, Sun J, Chen Y, Wang B, Wang R, Jiang C, Jiang Y, Hsiang T, Zhu B, Zhang L, Liu X, Zhu G
Tandyukisins K-P, New Decalin Polyketides from Trichoderma longicollum 17007 with Antitubercular Activity Against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra.
Yu J, Ning S, Di Y, Feng H, Li X, Wang K, Wang R, Ma M, Pan S, Jiang C, Jiang Y, Hsiang T, Chen J, Zhang W, Zhang L, Liu X, Zhang X, Zhu G
A catalase-mediated redox-epigenetic switch governs rice immunity hijacked by a fungal effector.
Fang Y, Wang R, Duan Y, Wang L, Zhang D, Hu H, Liu H, Huang J, Chen X, Hsiang T, Li G, Zheng L, Chen X
VcAIP1-mediated suppression of peach defense via PpADC inhibition: mechanisms and implications for peach disease management.
Hu JJ, Zhao DM, Cai MZ, Xu ML, Chu LL, Zhou Y, Hsiang T, Yin WX, Luo CX
A fungal subtilase-like protease SBT1 blocks rice immunity by erasing the MAPKKKα signaling node.
Fang Y, Wang Z, Li W, Wu J, Chen J, Xu Q, Hsiang T, Chen X
RNAI-based strategies and nanomaterial-mediated delivery for green control of clubroot disease in rapeseed.
Cui M, Xu Z, Shi Z, Cheng J, Xie J, Lin Y, Fu Y, Hsiang T, Jiang D, Chen T
IGS1 Haplotype Genotyping Enables Efficient Dissection of Population Diversity of the Wheat Stripe Rust Fungus (Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici).
Chen Y, Liang X, Zhu M, Dang H, Hao B, Ju L, Jin S, Zhan G, Yue H, Mu W, Hsiang T, Zhang R, Cai L, Kang Z, Sun G
A mini-chromosome transcription factor CaGATA1 activates aldehyde dehydrogenase to regulate pathogenicity in Colletotrichum asianum.
Zhu T, Wang R, Huang R, Sun W, Tang L, Huang S, Chen X, Hsiang T, Zheng L, Li Q
Management of bentgrass cultivars for improved resistance to Fusarium patch under climate change
Principal investigators: Hsiang, Tom
Defense activators as an alternative to pesticides for controlling turfgrass diseases
Principal investigators: Hsiang, Tom
Comparative genomics of fungi
Principal investigators: Hsiang, Tom
Development of a plant-based organic control of snow molds
Principal investigators: Hsiang, Tom
Comparative genomics of fungi
Principal investigators: Hsiang, Tom
Biology of low temperature fungi
Principal investigators: Hsiang, Tom
Replacement of 34-year-old superspeed centrifuge and rotors
Principal investigators: Boland, Gregory
Biological control of snow moulds
Principal investigators: Hsiang, Tom
Biocontrol of grey snow mould with typhula phacorrhiza
Principal investigators: Hsiang, Tom
Ecological role of homokaryons and heterokaryons
Principal investigators: Hsiang, Tom
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Yangdou Wei and Tom Hsiang: 4 shared papers
- Hung Lee and Marc Habash: 2 shared papers
- Marc Habash and Tom Hsiang: 2 shared papers
- Hung Lee and Tom Hsiang: 1 shared paper
- School of Environmental Sciences
- Department of Biology
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