Mee-Sook Kim, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Paul Meznarich, Ned B. Klopfenstein, John W. Hanna, Mee-Sook Kim. 2026. Tipping the balance: Promoting beneficial fungi to keep a forest pathogen in check
• Yung-Hsiang Lan, David M. Bell, Mee-Sook Kim, David C. Shaw, Kristen L. Chadwick, Holly S.J. Kearns, Robert J. Pabst, Andrew A. Bluhm. 2026. A root rot pathogen associates with changes in forest community composition and productivity during 100 years of Douglas-fir forest development
• Jane E Stewart, Mee-Sook Kim, Jorge R Ibarra Caballero, Patrick I. Bennett, John W. Hanna, Rubén D Elías-Román, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2025. High-quality draft genome for Armillaria mexicana, a recently described species in North America
• Vladimír Antonín, Ada J. Fitz Axen, Jorge R. Ibarra Caballero, James J. Worrall, Suzanne B. Marchetti, Jane E. Stewart, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim. 2025. Epitypification of Armillaria solidipes, a cause of Armillaria root disease in North America
• Jane E Stewart, Mee-Sook Kim, Jorge R Ibarra Caballero, Patrick I. Bennett, John W. Hanna, Rubén D Elías-Román, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2025. High-quality draft genome for Armillaria mexicana, a recently described species in North America
• Hyowon Park, Jorge R. Ibarra Caballero, Jane E. Stewart, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Uk Lee, Mee-Sook Kim. 2025. Transcriptome analysis of Dryadomyces quercus-mongolicae, a fungus associated with Korean oak wilt disease that causes oak mortality in South Korea
• Tse-Yen Liu, Chao-Han Chen, Yi-Chun Ko, Zong-Chi Wu, Ting-Zhi Liao, Hsin-Han Lee, Isheng Jason Tsai, Tun-Tschu Chang, Meng-Ling Wu, Jyh-Nong Tsai, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim, Jane E. Stewart, Ndeme Atibalentja, Fred E. Brooks, Philip G. Cannon, A. Mohd Farid, Tsutomu Hattori, Hoi-Shan Kwan, Regent Yau Ching Lam, Yuko Ota, Norio Sahashi, Robert L. Schlub, Louise S. Shuey, Alvin M. C. Tang, Chia-Lin Chung. 2024. Development and evaluation of real-time quantitative PCR assays for detection and diagnosis of Phellinus noxius causing brown root rot disease
• Ada J. Fitz Axen, Mee-Sook Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Sara Ashiglar, John W. Hanna, Patrick I. Bennett, Jane E. Stewart. 2024. Fire-associated microbial shifts in soils of western conifer forests with Armillaria root disease
• John T. Dobbs, Mee-Sook Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Jane E. Stewart. 2024. Comparative genomics of conifer-associated Fusarium spp.
• Duncan Kroese, Ryan Blaedow, Kathleen M. McKeever, Rabiu Olatinwo, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim. 2024. A recent finding of Armillaria root disease on black oak (Quercus velutina) caused by Armillaria solidipes in North Carolina, USA
• Jane E. Stewart, Mee-Sook Kim, Marcus V. Warwell, John W. Hanna, Paul J. Zambino, Geral McDonald, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2024. Assessing historical and contemporary rates of white pine blister rust incidence in naturally regenerated stands of western white pine for the prioritization of restoration sites under changing climate
• John W. Hanna, Patrick I. Bennett, Maria Newcomb, Mee-Sook Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2024. Updated bioclimatic modeling of Armillaria solidipes in the Intermountain Region (USA)
• Olga Kozhar, Mee-Sook Kim, Phil G. Cannon, Jane E. Stewart, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2024. The soil microbiome associated with brown root rot pathogen (Phellinus noxius) in the Pacific Islands - Implications for disease management
• John T. Dobbs, Mee-Sook Kim, Gregory Reynolds, Nicholas Wilhelmi, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Jane E. Stewart. 2024. Fusarioid community structure among conifer nurseries of the contiguous U.S.A. and virulence of conifer-associated Fusarium commune
• John W. Hanna, Mee-Sook Kim, Patrick I. Bennett, Ashley E. Hawkins, Chris A. Lee, Kim Corella, Charles W. Barnes, Wallis L. Robinson, Duncan Kroese, William C. Woodruff, Phil G. Cannon, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2024. Ongoing surveys for Armillaria in California: DNA-based identification, bioclimatic modeling, and information for managing Armillaria root disease under changing environments
• John W. Hanna, Mee-Sook Kim, Patrick I. Bennett, Geral McDonald, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2024. Bioclimatic modeling of Armillaria altimontana in western North America
• Thomas C. Harrington, David C. Shaw, Jane E. Stewart, Patrick I. Bennett, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Daram Choi, Duncan Kroese, Mee-Sook Kim. 2024. Species-level recognition of the three varieties of Leptographium wageneri (cause of black stain root disease) and prediction of their potential suitable climate spaces in the western USA
• Ada Fitz Axen, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim, John W. Hanna, Patrick I. Bennett, Sara Ashiglar, Jane E. Stewart. 2024. Influence of fire on native microbial communities in forest soils associated with the fungal pathogen Armillaria solidipes
• Daram Choi, Thomas C. Harrington, David C. Shaw, Jane E. Stewart, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Duncan Kroese, Mee-Sook Kim. 2023. Phylogenetic analyses allow species-level recognition of Leptographium wageneri varieties that cause black stain root disease of conifers in western North America
• Mee-Sook Kim, John W. Hanna, Geral McDonald, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2023. Armillaria altimontana in North America: Biology and ecology
• Yu-Hsuan Chen, Jyh-Nong Tsai, Chieh Chao, Tzu-Pi Huang, Cheng-Fang Hong, Zong-Chi Wu, Ting-Zhi Liao, Isheng Jason Tsai, Hsin-Han Lee, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim, Jane E. Stewart, Ndeme Atibalentja, Fred E. Brooks, Philip G. Cannon, A. Mohd Farid, Tsutomu Hattori, Hoi-Shan Kwan, Regent Yau Ching Lam, Yuko Ota, Norio Sahashi, Robert L. Schlub, Louise S. Shuey, Alvin M. C. Tang, Chia-Lin Chung. 2023. Translocation of fungicides and their efficacy in controlling brown root rot disease
• Mee-Sook Kim, R. A. Blaedow, K. M. McKeever, R. O. Olatinwo, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2023. First report of the Armillaria root disease pathogen, Armillaria solidipes, on black oak (Quercus velutina) in North Carolina, U.S.A.
• Sari Ramon Mohali Castillo, Stephen Woodward, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim, Jane E. Stewart. 2023. Mycobiota associated with anthracnose and dieback symptoms on Theobroma cacao L. in Merida state, Venezuela
• Ruben Damian Elias-Roman, Dionicio Alvarado-Rosales, Jeny Michua-Cedillo, Salvador Ochoa-Ascencio, John W. Hanna, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim, Patricia Rivas-Valencia, Luz de L. Saavedra-Romero, Rafael Rojas-Rojas. 2023. New hosts for Desarmillaria caespitosa and Armillaria mexicana in Veracruz and Michoacan, Mexico (Nuevos hospederos para Desarmillaria caespitosa y Armillaria mexicana en Veracruz y Michoacán, México)
• Philip G. Cannon, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim, Jane E. Stewart, Chia-Lin Chung. 2022. Molecular genetics of Phellinus noxius [Chapter 3]
• Philip G. Cannon, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim, Jane E. Stewart, Chia-Lin Chung. 2022. Brown root rot disease caused by Phellinus noxius in U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands
• Jorge R. Ibarra Caballero, Bradley M. Lalande, John W. Hanna, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim, Jane E. Stewart. 2022. Genomic comparisons of two Armillaria species with different ecological behaviors and their associated soil microbial communities
• Michelle Cram, Mee-Sook Kim, Stephen Fraedrich, Rabiu Olatinwo, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2022. First Report of Armillaria root disease of Celtis laevigata caused by A. gallica in South Carolina, USA
• Mee-Sook Kim, Renate Heinzelmann, Frederic Labbe, Yuko Ota, Ruben Damian Elías-Roman, María Belen Pildain, Jane E. Stewart, Stephen Woodward, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2022. Armillaria root diseases of diverse trees in wide-spread global regions [Chapter 20]
• Olga Kozhar, Mee-Sook Kim, Jorge Ibarra Caballero, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Phil G. Cannon, Jane E. Stewart. 2022. Long evolutionary history of an emerging fungal pathogen of diverse tree species in eastern Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands
• Mee-Sook Kim, Jarkko Hantula, Juha Kaitera, Paul J. Zambino, Stephen Woodward, Bryce A. Richardson, Jane E. Stewart, Pauline Spaine, David C. Shaw, Yu Takeuchi, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2022. Recovery plan for Scots pine blister rust caused by Cronartium pini
• Mee-Sook Kim, John W. Hanna, Jane E. Stewart, Marcus V. Warwell, Geral McDonald, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2021. Predicting present and future suitable climate spaces (potential distributions) for an Armillaria root disease pathogen (Armillaria solidipes) and its host, Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), under changing climates
• B. C. Alveshere, Patrick I. Bennett, Mee-Sook Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein, J. M. LeBoldus. 2021. First report of Armillaria cepistipes causing root disease on Populus trichocarpa in Oregon, USA
• Jane E. Stewart, Mee-Sook Kim, Bradley Lalande, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2021. Pathobiome and microbial communities associated with forest tree root diseases [Chapter 15]
• Vladimir Antonin, Jane E. Stewart, Rosario Medel Ortiz, Mee-Sook Kim, Pierluigi (Enrico) Bonello, Michal Tomsovsky, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2021. Desarmillaria caespitosa, a North American vicariant of D. tabescens
• Andrea Watts, Mee-Sook Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Jane Stewart. 2021. Disease detectives: Mapping the risk of invasive forest pathogens under a changing climate
• John W. Hanna, Ned B. Klopfenstein, M. M. Cram, R. O. Olatinwo, S. W. Fraedrich, Mee-Sook Kim. 2021. First report of Armillaria root disease pathogen, Armillaria gallica, on Rhododendron, and Quercus rubra in Georgia, USA
• E. Duarte-Mata, R. D. Elías-Roman, John W. Hanna, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim. 2021. First report of the Armillaria root-disease pathogen, Armillaria gallica, associated with several woody hosts in three states of Central Mexico (Guanajuato, Jalisco, and Michoacan)
• Brandon C. Alveshere, Shawn McMurtrey, Patrick I. Bennett, Mee-Sook Kim, John W. Hanna, Ned B. Klopfenstein, James T. Blodgett, Jared M. LeBoldus. 2020. Phylogeography and host range of Armillaria gallica in riparian forests of the northern Great Plains, USA
• John T. Dobbs, Mee-Sook Kim, Nicklos S. Dudley, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Aileen Yeh, Robert D. Hauff, Tyler C. Jones, Kas Dumroese, Philip G. Cannon, Jane E. Stewart. 2020. Whole genome analysis of the koa wilt pathogen (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. koae) and the development of molecular tools for early detection and monitoring
• Marcus V. Warwell, John W. Hanna, Geral McDonald, Mee-Sook Kim, Bradley M. Lalande, Jane E. Stewart, Benjamin C. Bright, Andrew T. Hudak, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2020. Armillaria altimontana, a potential natural biological control against Armillaria root disease
• Mee-Sook Kim, Phil G. Cannon, Rachael A. Sitz, Acelino C. Alfenas, Morag Glen, Alistair R. McTaggart, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Jane E. Stewart. 2020. The need for rapid molecular diagnostics to distinguish biotypes of the myrtle rust pathogen (Austropuccinia psidii)
• Rachael A. Sitz, John W. Hanna, Jane E. Stewart, Mee-Sook Kim, Phil G. Cannon, Brent W. Oblinger, Jim T. Blodgett, John C. Guyon, Liz G. Hebertson, Robin L. Mulvey, Doug Westlind, Josh J. Bronson, Amy C. Ramsey, Sara M. Ashiglar, Melissa J. Fischer, Bill Woodruff, Greg J. Reynolds, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2020. Molecular identification and characterization of root diseases in the western USA
• Jane E. Stewart, Mee-Sook Kim, Brad Lalande, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2020. Discovering key relationships between forest disease/health and microbial communities
• Jane E. Stewart, John T. Dobbs, Stephen Fraedrich, Gregory J. Reynolds, Kas Dumroese, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim. 2020. Molecular characterization of Fusarium species associated with damping-off of conifer seedlings in tree nurseries
• Andrea R. Garfinkel, Phil G. Cannon, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Jane E. Stewart, Mee-Sook Kim. 2020. Identification of genetic groups within the invasive brown root rot pathogen, Pyrrhoderma noxium (formerly phellinus noxius)
• Marcus V. Warwell, R. A. Sitz, J. C. Guyon, E. G. Hebertson, A. L. Saavedra, J. T. Blodgett, Mee-Sook Kim, J. E. Stewart, John W. Hanna, S. M. Ashiglar, G. I McDonald, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2020. Toward DNA-based and bioclimatic modeling tools to identify Armillaria pathogens, predict host/pathogen distributions, and manage Armillaria root disease in the Intermountain Region under changing environments
• John W. Hanna, R. L. Mulvey, Mee-Sook Kim, J. E. Stewart, B. C. Bright, Marcus V. Warwell, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2020. Bioclimatic modeling of Armillaria species in southeastern Alaska, including potentially invasive Armillaria species under changing climate
• John W. Hanna, Mee-Sook Kim, A. C. Ramsey, D. W. Omdal, R. L. Mulvey, B. A. Goodrich, B. A. Ferguson, J. J. Bronson, E. M. Goheen, K. L. Chadwick, H. S. J. Kearns, I. B. Lockman, A. K. B. LaBarge, J. E. Stewart, H. M. Maffei, B. W. Oblinger, A. L. Smith, Amy Ross-Davis, D. C. Shaw, J. M. LeBoldus, Patrick I. Bennett, B. C. Alveshere, S. M. Ashiglar, G. I McDonald, E. W. I Pitman, J. B. Donley, B. C. Bright, Marcus V. Warwell, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2020. Maximum entropy-based bioclimatic models predict areas of current and future suitable habitat for Armillaria species in western Oregon and western Washington
• Mee-Sook Kim, Andrea R. Garfinkel, Phil Cannon, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Jane E. Stewart. 2020. Development of tools for detecting, monitoring, and managing brown root rot (caused by Phellius noxius) in the Pacific Islands
• Bradley M. Lalande, John W. Hanna, Marcus V. Warwell, Mee-Sook Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Jane E. Stewart. 2020. Assessing soil microbial communities associated with tree health in a western white pine (Pinus monticola) stand
• Jared M. LeBoldus, Shawn B. McMurtrey, Brandon C. Alveshere, Patrick I. Bennett, Mee-Sook Kim, John W. Hanna, Ned B. Klopfenstein, James T. Blodgett. 2020. Phylogenetics and host distribution of Armillaria in riparian ecosystems of the northern Great Plains
• J. E. Stewart, Mee-Sook Kim, Y. Ota, N. Sahashi, John W. Hanna, M. Akiba, J. P. Ata, N. Atibalentia, F. Brooks, C.-L Chung, E. K. Dann, A. Mohd Farid, T. Hattori, S. S. Lee, K. Otto, G. S. Pegg, R. L. Schlub, L. S. Shuey, A. M. C. Tang, J.-N Tsai, P. G. Cannon, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2020. Phylogenetic and population genetic analyses reveal three distinct lineages of the invasive brown root-rot pathogen, Phellinus noxius, and bioclimatic modeling predicts differences in associated climate niches
• Jorge R. Ibarra Caballero, Jessa P. Ata, K. A. Leddy, Travis C. Glenn, Troy J. Kieran, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim, Jane E. Stewart. 2020. Genome comparison and transcriptome analysis of the invasive brown root rot pathogen, Phellinus noxius, from different geographic regions reveals potential enzymes associated with degradation of different wood substrates
• Marcus V. Warwell, John W. Hanna, Geral McDonald, Mee-Sook Kim, Bradley M. Lalande, Jane E. Stewart, Ben C. Bright, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2019. Armillaria altimontana is not associated with reduced growth or survival of western white pine (Pinus monticola) planted in northern Idaho
• John W. Hanna, Mee-Sook Kim, Amy C. Ramsey, Dan W. Omdal, Robin L. Mulvey, Betsy Goodrich, Brennan A. Ferguson, Josh J. Bronson, Kristen L. Chadwick, Jane E. Stewart, Helen M. Maffei, Geral McDonald, Eric W. I Pitman, Marcus V. Warwell, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2019. Assessing potential Armillaria spp. distributions in western Oregon, western Washington, and Alaska
• Bradley Lalande, Zaid Abdo, John W. Hanna, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Marcus V. Warwell, Joanne M. Tirocke, Mee-Sook Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Jane E. Stewart. 2019. Metagenomic approaches to determine soil microbial communities associated with Armillaria root disease
• John T. Dobbs, Mee-Sook Kim, Nicklos S. Dudley, Tyler C. Jones, Kas Dumroese, Phil G. Cannon, Robert D. Hauff, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Jane E. Stewart. 2019. Development of tools for early detection, monitoring and management of the koa wilt pathogen (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. koae) in Hawaiíi
• Jorge R. Ibarra Caballero, Jongbum Jeon, Yong-Hwan Lee, Stephen Fraedrich, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim, Jane E. Stewart. 2019. Genomic comparisons of the laurel wilt pathogen, Raffaelea lauricola, and related tree pathogens highlight an arsenal of pathogenicity related genes
• Marcus V. Warwell, Geral McDonald, John W. Hanna, Mee-Sook Kim, Bradley M. Lalande, Jane E. Stewart, Andrew T. Hudak, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2019. Armillaria altimontana is associated with healthy western white pine (Pinus monticola): Potential in situ biological control of the Armillaria root disease pathogen, A. solidipes
• Ki Hyeong Park, Seung-Yoon Oh, Myung Soo Park, Mee-Sook Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Nam Kyu Kim, Jae Young Park, Jae-Jin Kim, Sang-Kuk Han, Jong Kyu Lee, Young Woon Lim. 2018. Re-evaluation of Armillaria and Desarmillaria in South Korea based on ITS/tef1 sequences and morphological characteristics
• Amy Ross-Davis, Rodrigo N. Graca, Acelino C. Alfenas, Tobin L. Peever, John W. Hanna, Janice Y. Uchida, Rob D. Hauff, Chris Y. Kadooka, Mee-Sook Kim, Phil G. Cannon, Shigetou Namba, Nami Minato, Sofia Simeto, Carlos A. Perez, Min B. Rayamajhi, Mauricio Moran, D. Jean Lodge, Marcela Arguedas, Rosario Medel-Ortiz, M. Armando Lopez-Ramirez, Paula Tennant, Morag Glen, Alistair McTaggart, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2018. Genetic and genotypic diversity of Puccinia psidii - the cause of guava/eucalypt/myrtle rust - and preliminary predictions of global areas at risk
• Ruen Damian Elias-Roman, Rosario Medel-Ortiz, Dionicio Alvarado-Rosales, John W. Hanna, Amy Ross-Davis, Mee-Sook Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2018. Armillaria mexicana, a newly described species from Mexico
• Jane E. Stewart, Mee-Sook Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2018. Molecular genetic approaches toward understanding forest-associated fungi and their interactive roles within forest ecosystems
• Amy Ross-Davis, Jane E. Stewart, John W. Hanna, Marcus V. Warwell, Paul J. Zambino, Christy Cleaver, Geral McDonald, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Bruce Moltzan, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim. 2016. Can metagenetic studies of soil microbial communities provide insights toward developing novel management approaches for Armillaria root disease?
• Mee-Sook Kim, Jane E. Stewart, Louise Shuey, Norio Sahashi, Yuko Ota, Robert L. Schlub, Phil G. Cannon, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2016. Population genomic analyses of the brown root-rot pathogen, Phellinus noxius, examine potential invasive spread among Pacific islands
• Mee-Sook Kim, Jane E. Stewart, Nicklos Dudley, John Dobbs, Tyler Jones, Phil G. Cannon, Robert L. James, Kas Dumroese, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2015. Molecular genetic characterization of the koa-wilt pathogen (Fusarium oxysporum): Application of molecular genetic tools toward improving koa restoration in Hawai'i
• James T. Blodgett, John W. Hanna, Eric W. I. Pitman, Sara M. Ashiglar, John Lundquist, Mee-Sook Kim, Amy Ross-Davis, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2015. Bioclimatic models estimate areas with suitable climate for Armillaria spp. in Wyoming
• Sara M. Ashiglar, Phil G. Cannon, Robert L. Schlub, Mee-Sook Kim, Yuko Ota, Norio Sahashi, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2015. DNA-based characterization of wood-, butt- and root-rot fungi from the western Pacific Islands
• Phil G. Cannon, Francis Ruegorong, Puis Liegel, Victor Guerrero, Robert L. Schlub, Leonard Sigrah, Maxon Nithan, Blair Charley, Sara M. Ashiglar, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim, Bob Gavenda, Katie Friday, Erick Waguk, Yuko Ota, Norio Sahashi, Gibson Santos, Rodasio Samuel. 2014. Next logical steps in forest pathology activities for Guam, Saipan, Yap, Palau, Pohnpei, and Kosrae [Chapter X]
• Phil Cannon, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim, Yuko Ota, Norio Sahashi, Robert L. Schlub, Roger Brown, Sara M. Ashiglar, Amy Ross-Davis, John W. Hanna. 2014. Characterizing forest root‐ and butt‐rot fungi in Yap, Palau, Pohnpei, Kosrae, Guam and Saipan [Chapter III]
• Phil G. Cannon, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim, Yuko Ota, Norio Sahashi, Robert L. Schlub, Gibson Santos, Rodasio Samuel, Francis Ruegorong, Maxson Nithan, Blair Charley, Erick Waguk, Roland Quitugua, Ashley Lehman, Konrad Engleberger, Victor Guerrero, Sid Cabrerra, Manny Tenorio, Arnold Route. 2014. Phellinus noxius in Guam, Saipan, Yap, Palau, Pohnpei and Kosrae [Chapter IV]
• Phil Cannon, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Robert L. Schlub, Mee-Sook Kim, Yuko Ota, Norio Sahashi, Roland J. Quitugua, John W. Hanna, Amy Ross-Davis, J. D. Sweeney. 2014. Characterizing butt-rot fungi on USA-affiliated islands in the western Pacific
• John W. Hanna, James T. Blodgett, Eric W. I. Pitman, Sarah M. Ashiglar, John E. Lundquist, Mee-Sook Kim, Amy Ross-Davis, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2014. Climate-based species distribution models for Armillaria solidipes in Wyoming: A preliminary assessment
• Amy Ross-Davis, Rodrigo N. Graca, Acelino C. Alfenas, Tobin L. Peever, John W. Hanna, Janice Y. Uchida, Rob D. Hauff, Chris Y. Kadooka, Mee-Sook Kim, Phil G. Cannon, Shigetou Namba, Nami Minato, Sofia Simeto, Carlos A. Perez, Min B. Rayamajhi, Mauricio Moran, D. Jean Lodge, Marcela Arguedas, Rosario Medel-Ortiz, M. Armando Lopez-Ramirez, Paula Tennant, Morag Glen, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2014. Tracking the distribution of Puccinia psidii genotypes that cause rust disease on diverse myrtaceous trees and shrubs
• Sarah J. Hines, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Bryce A. Richardson, Marcus V. Warwell, Mee-Sook Kim. 2013. Return of the king: Western white pine conservation and restoration in a changing climate
• Rodrigo N. Graca, Amy Ross-Davis, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim, Tobin L. Peever, Phil G. Cannon, Cristina P. Aun, Eduardo G. Mizubuti, Acelino C. Alfenas. 2013. Rust disease of eucalypts, caused by Puccinia psidii, did not originate via host jump from guava in Brazil
• Amy Ross-Davis, Mee-Sook Kim, Jane E. Stewart, John W. Hanna, John D. Shaw, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2013. From diagnostics to metagenomics: Applications of DNA-based tools in forest pathology
• Anna Case, Sara M. Ashiglar, Phil G. Cannon, Ernesto P. Militante, Edwin R. Tadiosa, Mutya Quintos-Manalo, Nelson M. Pampolina, John W. Hanna, Fred E. Brooks, Amy Ross-Davis, Mee-Sook Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2013. DNA-based approaches to identify forest fungi in Pacific Islands: A pilot study
• Ruben D. Elias-Roman, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim, Dionicio Alvarado-Rosales, John W. Hanna, Amy Ross-Davis, Remigio Anastacio Guzman-Plazola, Guillermo Calderon-Zavala, Antonio Mora-Aguilera. 2013. DNA-based identification of Armillaria isolates from peach [Prunus persica (l.) batsch] orchards in méxico state, Mexico
• Mee-Sook Kim, John W. Hanna, Amy Ross-Davis, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2012. Application of molecular genetic tools for forest pathology
• John W. Hanna, Sara Ashiglar, Anna Case, Mary Lou Fairweather, Chris Hoffman, Mee-Sook Kim, Helen Maffei, Robert Mathiasen, Geral McDonald, Erik Nelson, Amy Ross-Davis, John D. Shaw, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2012. Armillaria root disease in the western USA
• Ruben Damian Elias Roman, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Dionicio Alvarado Rosales, Mee-Sook Kim, Anna Case, Sara M. Ashiglar, John W. Hanna, Amy L. Ross-Davis, Remigio A. Guzman Plazola. 2012. DNA-based identification of Armillaria isolates from peach orchards in Mexico state
• Ned B. Klopfenstein, John W. Hanna, M. L. Fairweather, John D. Shaw, R. Mathiasen, C. Hoffman, E. Nelson, Mee-Sook Kim, A. L. Ross-Davis. 2012. Developing a prediction model for Armillaria solidipes in Arizona
• Jane E. Stewart, John W. Hanna, Mee-Sook Kim, Rich C. Cronn, Amy L. Ross-Davis, Hardeep S. Rai, Bryce A. Richardson, Geral McDonald, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2012. De novo assembly and transcriptome characterization of an Armillaria solidipes mycelial fan
• J. E. Stewart, Z. Abdo, Kas Dumroese, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim. 2012. Virulence of Fusarium oxysporum and F. commune to Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) seedlings
• Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim, John W. Hanna, Amy L. Ross-Davis, Sara M. Ashiglar, Geral McDonald. 2012. Armillaria species: Primary drivers of forest ecosystem processes and potential impacts of climate change
• Amy L. Ross-Davis, John W. Hanna, Mee-Sook Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2012. Advances toward DNA-based identification and phylogeny of North American Armillaria species using elongation factor-1 alpha gene
• Mee-Sook Kim, Jane E. Stewart, Kas Dumroese, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2012. Occurrence of the root-rot pathogen, Fusarium commune, in forest nurseries of the midwestern and western United States
• Rodrigo Neves Graca, Amy Ross-Davis, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim, Tobin Peever, Phil Cannon, Janice Uchida, Acelino Couto Alfenas. 2011. Tracking down worldwide Puccinia psidii dispersal
• Ned B. Klopfenstein, John W. Hanna, R. N. Graca, A. L. Ross-Davis, P. G. Cannon, A. C. Alfenas, Mee-Sook Kim. 2011. Approaches to predicting current and future distributions of Puccinia psidii in South America under climate change scenarios
• Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim, John W. Hanna, Bryce A. Richardson, John E. Lundquist. 2011. Approaches to predicting potential impacts of climate change on forest disease: An example with Armillaria root disease
• Dean E. Pearson, Mee-Sook Kim, Jack L. Butler. 2011. Rocky Mountain Research Station invasive species visionary white paper
• Geral McDonald, John W. Hanna, Aaron L. Smith, Helen M. Maffei, Mee-Sook Kim, Amy L. Ross-Davis, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2011. Preliminary report on the ecology of Armillaria in the East Cascades of Oregon
• Yuko Ota, Mee-Sook Kim, Hitoshi Neda, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Eri Hasegawa. 2011. The phylogenetic position of an Armillaria species from Amami-Oshima, a subtropical island of Japan, based on elongation factor and ITS sequences
• Mee-Sook Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2011. Molecular identification of Armillaria gallica from the Niobrara Valley Preserve in Nebraska
• Mee-Sook Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Geral McDonald. 2010. Effects of forest management practices and environment on occurrence of Armillaria species
• Bryce A. Richardson, Marcus V. Warwell, Mee-Sook Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Geral McDonald. 2010. Integration of population genetic structure and plant response to climate change: sustaining genetic resources through evaluation of projected threats
• Mee-Sook Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein, John W. Hanna, P. Cannon, R. Medel, A. Lopez. 2010. First report of Armillaria root disease caused by Armillaria tabescens on Araucaria araucana in Veracruz, Mexico
• Philip G. Cannon, Acelino Couto Alfenas, Rodrigo Neves Graca, Mee-Sook Kim, Tobin L. Peever, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2010. Determining if there are lines of guava rust (Puccinia psidii) that could seriously impact ohia (Metrosideros polymorpha), in Hawaii
• Mee-Sook Kim, Bryce A. Richardson, Geral I. McDonald, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2010. Genetic diversity and structure of western white pine (Pinus monticola) in North America: A baseline study for conservation, restoration, and addressing impacts of climate change
• Bryce A. Richardson, Gerald Rehfeldt, Mee-Sook Kim. 2009. Congruent climate-related genecological responses from molecular markers and quantitative traits for western white pine (Pinus monticola)
• Bryce A. Richardson, Mee-Sook Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Yuko Ota, Kwan Soo Woo, Richard C. Hamelin. 2009. Tracking the footsteps of an invasive plant pathogen: Intercontinental phylogeographic structure of the white-pine-blister-rust fungus, Cronartium ribicola
• Jack L. Butler, Dean E. Pearson, Mee-Sook Kim. 2009. Invasive Species Working Group: Research Summary and Expertise Directory
• Brian W. Geils, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim, Pauline Spaine, Bryce A. Richardson, Paul J. Zambino, Charles Shaw, James Walla, Russ Bulluck, Laura Redmond, Kent Smith. 2009. Recovery plan for Scots pine blister rust caused by Cronartium flaccidum (Alb. & Schwein.) G. Winter and Peridermium pini (Pers.) Lév. [syn. C. asclepiadeum (Willd.) Fr., Endocronartium pini (Pers.) Y. Hiratsuka]
• Ned B. Klopfenstein, J. E. Lundquist, John W. Hanna, Mee-Sook Kim, Geral McDonald. 2009. First report of Armillaria sinapina, a cause of armillaria root disease, associated with a variety of forest tree hosts on sites with diverse climates in Alaska
• W. Keith Moser, Edward L. Barnard, Ronald F. Billings, Susan Crocker, Andrew Gray, George G. Ice, Mee-Sook Kim, Richard Reid, Sue U. Rodman, William McWilliams. 2009. Impacts of nonnative invasive species on US forests and recommendations for policy and management
• John T. Kliejunas, Brian W. Geils, Jessie A. Glaeser, Ellen Michaels Goheen, Paul Hennon, Mee-Sook Kim, Harry Kope, Jeff Stone, Rona Sturrock, Susan J. Frankel. 2009. Review of literature on climate change and forest diseases of western North America
• Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim, John W. Hanna, Bryce A. Richardson, John E. Lundquist. 2009. Approaches to predicting potential impacts of climate change on forest disease: an example with Armillaria root disease
• Mee-Sook Kim, Jack L. Butler. 2009. Invasive Species Science Update (No. 3)
• John W. Hanna, A. L. Smith, H. M. Maffei, Mee-Sook Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2008. Survey of Armillaria spp. in the Oregon East Cascades: Baseline data for predicting climatic influences on Armillaria root disease
• John W. Hanna, Mee-Sook Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Aaron L. Smith, Helen M. Maffei. 2008. Determination of suitable climate space for Armillaria ostoyae in the Oregon East Cascades
• Mee-Sook Kim, Bryce A. Richardson, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2008. Western forest diseases and climate relations: Root diseases and climate change
• Phil Cannon, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim, John W. Hanna, Dionicio Alvarado Rosales. 2008. An Armillaria survey in Mexico: A basis for determining evolutionary relationships, assessing potentially invasive pathogens, evaluating future impacts of climate change, and developing international collaborations in forest pathology
• Mee-Sook Kim, Jack L. Butler. 2008. Invasive Species Science Update (No. 1)
• Mee-Sook Kim, Jack L. Butler. 2008. Invasive Species Science Update (No. 2)
• Jane E. Stewart, Mee-Sook Kim, Robert L. James, Kas Dumroese, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2006. Molecular characterization of Fusarium oxysporum and fusarium commune isolates from a conifer nursery
• Geral McDonald, Bryce A. Richardson, Paul J. Zambino, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim. 2006. Pedicularis and Castilleja are natural hosts of Cronartium ribicola in North America: A first report
• Mee-Sook Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Richard C. Hamelin. 2005. Application of molecular genetic tools to studies of forest pathosystems [Chapter 2]
• Raini C. Rippy, Jane E. Stewart, Paul J. Zambino, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Joanne M. Tirocke, Mee-Sook Kim, Walter G. Thies. 2005. Root diseases in coniferous forests of the Inland West: potential implications of fuels treatments
• J. A. Hoff, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Geral McDonald, Jonalea Tonn, Mee-Sook Kim, Paul J. Zambino, Paul F. Hessburg, J. D. Rodgers, T. L. Peever, L. M. Carris. 2004. Fungal endophytes in woody roots of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) and ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)
• Mee-Sook Kim, S. J. Brunsfeld, Geral McDonald, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2003. Effect of white pine blister rust (Cronartium ribicola) and rust-resistance breeding on genetic variation in western white pine Pinus monticola)
• Mee-Sook Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Geral McDonald, Kathiravetpillai Arumuganathan. 2001. Use of flow cytometry, fluorescence microscopy, and PCR-based techniques to assess intraspecific and interspecific matings of Armillaria species

• Program
  

  Fire, Fuels, and Smoke

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/programs/ffs
  Station

  Pacific Northwest Research Station
• Project
  

  Detection, modeling, and management of Armillaria root disease to support forest productivity

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/projects/armillariarootdisease
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Project
  

  Development of genomic-based tools for detecting, tracking, and monitoring invasive pathogens introduced in U.S. tree nurseries and restoration sites

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/projects/bil-development-genomic-based-tools-detecting-tracking
  Station

  Pacific Northwest Research Station
• Project
  

  Development of DNA-based, diagnostic tools to detect and identify invasive forest pathogens in the field and ports of entry

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/projects/bil-development-dna-based-diagnostic-tools
  Station

  Pacific Northwest Research Station

Articles

• Article
  

  Science You Can Use: Tipping the balance: Promoting beneficial fungi to keep a forest pathogen in check

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/articles/science-you-can-use-tipping-balance-promoting-beneficial-fungi-keep-forest-pathogen

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Ph.D., Plant Pathology, 1999
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln, M.S., Forest Biology, 1995
• Korea University, M.A., Forest Genetics and Ecology, 1993
• Kookmin University, B.A., Forestry, 1991