Youwen Gong
Graduate Student
E-mail: ygong@agcenter.lsu.edu     

Major Professor: Dr. Cathie Aime

Education:

2004 - M. Sc. Plant Pathology, China Agricultural University

2000 - B. Sc. Plant Pathology, China Agricultural University

Experience:

2009-Present - Ph.D Candidate, Dept. of Plant Pathology and Crop physiology, LSU

2004-2007 - M.S. Plant Pathology, China Agricultural University

2000-2004 - B.S. Plant Protection, China Agricultural University       

Area of research:

Systematics, taxonomy, and evolution of rust fungi (Pucciniales) and their relatives.  Biodiversity of tropical Basidiomycetes; Basidiomycete phytopathogens of tropical tree crops.

Recent publications, posters, oral presentations

Gong Y, Shi X, Ma Z, Guo Z, Wang M, Wang J, Li X, Zhou L. Chemical Composition of the Fruit Essential Oil of Phellodendron chinense (Rutaceae) from China and Its Antifungal Activity against Plant Pathogenic Fungi. Journal of Essential Oil Research, in press.

Gong Y, Huang Y, Shi X, Guo Z, Wang M, Jiang W, Zhou L. Chemical Composition and Antifungal Activity of the Fruit Essential Oil of Zanthoxylum bungeanum (Rutaceae) from China. Journal of Essential Oil Research, 2009, 21(2): 174-178.

Gong Y, Zhang X, Wang X, Guo Z, Wang J, Zhou L. Effect of Essential Oil from Zanthoxylum bungeanum and Phellodendron chinense on Hyphal Morphology and Cell Wall Degrading Enzymes of Rhizoctonia solan. Natural Product Research and Development (in Chinese), 2008, 20: 193-197.

Gong Y, Wang M, Huang Y, Zhou L. Chemical Composition and Antifungal Activity of Fruit Essential Oils from Rutaceae Species Zanthoxylum bungeanum and Phellodendron chinense. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of Chinese Society for Plant Pathology (in Chinese), 2007.