Ned B. Klopfenstein, 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
• 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
• 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
• Rosiane F. Almeida, Joao Vitor P. V Ferreira, Vitor M. Sousa, Rafael F. Alfenas, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Acelino C. Alfenas. 2025. No direct observational evidence for basidiospore-derived infection of eucalypt and rose apple (Syzygium jambos) by the myrtle rust pathogen, Austropuccinia psidii, from Brazil
• 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
• Ned B. Klopfenstein, Helen M. Maffei, Charles Shaw, Gregory M. Filip, Blakey Lockman. 2024. Armillaria root disease in conifers of western North America
• 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)
• Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2024. Temporal and spatial meanderings in forest pathology, and fun along the way
• 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
• Patrick I. Bennett, Jason R. Reinhardt, Hannah Basham, Nicole Mutchler, Christy Cleaver, John W. Hanna, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Jane E. Stewart. 2024. Aerial spore sampling to assess white pine blister rust risk in western white pine (Pinus monticola) and whitebark pine (P. albicaulis) stands at Priest River Experimental Forest in northern Idaho
• 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)
• J. T. Dobbs, M.-K Kim, G. J. Reynolds, N. Wilhelmi, Kas Dumroese, Ned B. Klopfenstein, S. W. Fraedrich, M. Cram, J. Bronson, J. E. Stewart. 2023. Fusaroid community diversity associated with conifer seedlings in forest nurseries across the contiguous USA
• 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
• John T. Dobbs, Mee‐Sook Kim, Nicklos S. Dudley, Tyler C. Jones, Aileen Yeh, Kas Dumroese, Philip G. Cannon, Robert D. Hauff, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Sean Wright, Jane E. Stewart. 2021. Fusarium spp. diversity associated with symptomatic Acacia koa in Hawaiʽi
• 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
• Rosiane F. Almeida, Patrícia S. Machado, Michelle B. Damacena, Samuel A. Santos, Lucio M. S. Guimaraes, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Acelino C. Alfenas. 2021. A new, highly aggressive race of Austropuccinia psidii infects a widely planted, myrtle rust-resistant eucalypt genotype in Brazil
• 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
• Robert L. Schlub, Caleb M. Ayin, Anne M. Alvarez, Sujan Paudel, Mohammad Arif, Brian D. Marx, Claudia Husseneder, Karl A. Schlub, Marisol Quintanilla, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Lisa F. Kennaway, Yong Zhang, Chonglu Zhong, Abel Nicodemus. 2020. Ecology of Guam’s Casuarina equisetifolia and research into its decline
• Ruben Damian Elías-Roman, Guillermo Calderon-Zavala, Rafael Guzman-Mendoza, Moises Vallejo, Ned B. Klopfenstein, J. Antonio. Mora-Aguilera. 2020. Testing resistance of rootstock materials for managing Armillaria root disease in peach orchards of Mexico
• 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
• Natalia R. Fonseca, Jorge Ibarra Caballero, Mee‐Sook Kim, Jane E. Stewart, Lucio M. S. Guimaraes, Acelino C. Alfenas, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2019. Transcriptome analysis of a powdery mildew pathogen (Podosphaera pannosa) infecting Eucalyptus urophylla: De novo assembly, expression profiling and secretome prediction
• 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
• Ruben Damian Elias-Roman, Guillermo Calderon-Zavala, Rafael Guzman-Mendoza, Moises Roberto Vallejo-Perez, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Jose Antonio. Mora-Aguilera. 2019. ‘Mondragon’: A clonal plum rootstock to enhance management of Armillaria root disease in peach orchards of Mexico
• 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
• John W. Hanna, M. -S. Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein, A. C. Ramsey, D. W. Omdal, R. L. Mulvey, B. A. Goodrich, B. A. Ferguson, L. M. Winton, E. M. Goheen, J. J. Bronson, H. S. J. Kearns, K. L. Chadwick, M. Murray, D. C. Shaw, G. I. McDonald, E. W. I. Pitman, Marcus V. Warwell. 2017. Toward a west-wide model of Armillaria root disease: New surveys needed in western Oregon, western Washington, and Alaska
• J. E. Stewart, N. Sahashi, T. Hattori, M. Akiba, Y. Ota, L. Shuey, R. L. Schlub, N. Atibalentia, F. Brooks, A. M. C. Tang, R. Y. C. Lam, M. W. K. Leung, L. M. Chu, H. S. Kwan, A. Mohd Farid, S. S. Lee, C. -L. Chung, H. -H. Lee, Y.- C. Huang, R. -F. Liou, J. -N. Tsai, P. G. Cannon, John W. Hanna, Ned B. Klopfenstein, M. -S. Kim. 2017. Phylogenetic and population analyses of the invasive brown root-rot pathogen (Phellinus noxius) highlight the existence of at least two distinct populations
• Natalia R. Fonseca, Lucio M. S. Guimaraes, Raul P. Pires, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Acelino C. Alfenas. 2017. Eucalypt powdery mildew caused by Podosphaera pannosa in Brazil
• Jongbum Jeon, Ki-Tae Kim, Hyeunjeong Song, Gir-Won Lee, Kyeongchae Cheong, Hyunbin Kim, Gobong Choi, Yong-Hwan Lee, Jane E. Stewart, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim. 2017. Draft genome sequence of the fungus associated with oak-wilt mortality in South Korea, Raffaelea quercus-mongolicae KACC44405
• J. E. Stewart, Amy Ross-Davis, R. N. Graҫa, A. C. Alfenas, T. L. Peever, John W. Hanna, J. Y. Uchida, R. D. Hauff, C. Y. Kadooka, M.-S. Kim, P. G. Cannon, S. Namba, S. Simeto, C. A. Pérez, M. B. Rayamajhi, D. Jean Lodge, M. Arguedas, R. Medel-Ortiz, M. A. López-Ramirez, P. Tennant, M. Glen, P. S. Machado, A. R. McTaggart, A. J. Carnegie, Ned B. Klopfenstein, M. Cleary. 2017. Genetic diversity of the myrtle rust pathogen (Austropuccinia psidii) in the Americas and Hawaii: Global implications for invasive threat assessments
• Ned B. Klopfenstein, Jane E. Stewart, Yuko Ota, John W. Hanna, Bryce A. Richardson, Amy Ross-Davis, Ruben D. Elias-Roman, Kari Korhonen, Nenad Keca, Eugenia Iturritxa, Dionicio Alvarado-Rosales, Halvor Solheim, Nicholas J. Brazee, Piotr Lakomy, Michelle R. Cleary, Eri Hasegawa, Taisei Kikuchi, Fortunato Garza-Ocanas, Panaghiotis Tsopelas, Daniel Rigling, Simone Prospero, Tetyana Tsykun, Jean A. Berube, Franck O. P. Stefani, Saeideh Jafarpour, Vladimir Antonin, Michal Tomsovsky, Geral McDonald, Stephen Woodward, Mee-Sook Kim. 2017. Insights into the phylogeny of Northern Hemisphere Armillaria: Neighbor-net and Bayesian analyses of translation elongation factor 1-α gene sequences
• M. -S. Kim, N. R. Fonseca, R. D. Hauff, P. G. Cannon, John W. Hanna, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2017. First report of the root-rot pathogen, Armillaria gallica, on koa (Acacia koa) and 'Ohi'a lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) on the island of Kaua'i, Hawai'i
• J. E. Stewart, K. Otto, G. A. Cline, Kas Dumroese, Ned B. Klopfenstein, M. -S. Kim. 2016. First report of Fusarium proliferatum causing Fusarium root disease on sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) in a forest container nursery in California
• 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?
• P. A. Hohenlohe, K. -H. Kim, S. -T. Seo, Ned B. Klopfenstein, M. -S. Kim. 2016. Genetic diversity and population structure of Raffaelea quercus-mongolicae, a fungus associated with oak mortality in South Korea
• Ned B. Klopfenstein, Eric W. I. Pitman, John W. Hanna, Phil G. Cannon, Jane E. Stewart, Norio Sahashi, Yuko Ota, Tsutomu Hattori, Mitsuteru Akiba, Louise Shuey, Robert L. Schlub, Fred Brooks, Ndeme Atibalentja, Alvin M. C. Tang, Regent Y. C. Lam, Mike W. K. Leung, L. M. Chu, H. S. Kwan, Mohd Farid bin Ahmad, Su See Lee, Hsin-Han Lee, Jyh-Nong Tsai, Yu-Ching Huang, Chia-Lin Chung, Ruey-Fen Liou, Mee-Sook Kim. 2016. A preliminary bioclimatic approach to predicting potential distribution of Phellinus noxious and geographical areas at risk from invasion
• 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
• John W. Hanna, M. V. Warwell, H. Maffei, M. L. Fairweather, J. T. Blodgett, P. J. Zambino, J. Worrall, K. S. Burns, J. J. Jacobs, S. M. Ashiglar, J. E. Lundquist, M. -S. Kim, Amy Ross-Davis, C. Hoffman, R. Mathiasen, R. Hofstetter, John D. Shaw, E. W. I. Pitman, E. V. Nelson, Geral McDonald, M. R. Cleary, S. Brar, B. Richardson, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2016. Bioclimatic modeling predicts potential distribution of Armillaria solidipes and Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas-fir) under contemporary and changing climates in the interior western U.S.A
• Saeideh Jafarpour, Khalil-Berdi Fotouhifar, Mohammad Javan-Nikhhah, Mohhamad Reza Asef, Anthony S. Davis, Amy Ross-Davis, John W. Hanna, Simona Margaritescu, Jean-Marc Moncalvo, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2016. An integrated taxonomic approach to survey Armillaria in Iran
• N. R. Fonseca, L. M. S. Guimaraes, R. P. Pires, Ned B. Klopfenstein, M. -S. Kim, A. C. Alfenas. 2016. Ongoing molecular studies of Eucalyptus powdery mildew in Brazil
• Amy Ross-Davis, Jane E. Stewart, Matt Settles, John W. Hanna, John D. Shaw, Andrew T. Hudak, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2016. Fine-scale variability of forest soil fungal communities in two contrasting habitat series in northern Idaho, USA identified with microbial metagenomics
• Uk Lee, Sukhyun Joo, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim. 2016. Efficacy of washing treatments in the reduction of postharvest decay of chestnuts (Castanea crenata 'Tsukuba') during storage
• K. S. Burns, J. W. Hanna, Ned B. Klopfenstein, M.-S. Kim. 2016. First report of the Armillaria root disease pathogen, Armillaria sinapina, on subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) and quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) in Colorado
• 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
• Sara M. Ashiglar, Phil G. Cannon, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2015. Aggressive root pathogen Phellinus noxius and implications for western Pacific Islands
• 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
• M. T. Mmbaga, L. Mackasmiel, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2015. Differentiation of Corynespora cassiicola and Cercospora sp. in leaf-spot diseases of Hydrangea macrophylla using a PCR-mediated method
• Amy Ross-Davis, Matt Settles, John W. Hanna, John D. Shaw, Andrew T. Hudak, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2015. Using a metagenomic approach to improve our understanding of Armillaria root disease
• S. M. Ashiglar, F. Brooks, Phil G. Cannon, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2015. Preliminary survey of wood-associated fungi in southeast O'ahu of Hawai'i using DNA-based identification
• 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 G. Cannon, Marjorie Falanruw, Francis Ruegorong, Richard A. MacKenzie, Katie Friday, Amy Ross-Davis, Sara M. Ashiglar, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Zhangfeng Liu, Mohammad Golabi, Chancy Thomas Iyekar. 2014. The causes of mangrove death on Yap, Palau, Pohnpei and Kosrae [Chapter II]
• 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]
• Sara M. Ashiglar, John W. Hanna, Amy Ross-Davis, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2014. The USDA Forest Service-RMRS forest fungi collection: Resource for fungal identification, developing biological controls, predicting invasive pathogens, and predicting potential impacts of climate change
• 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
• Amy Ross-Davis, Jane E. Stewart, John W. Hanna, John D. Shaw, Andrew T. Hudak, Terrie B. Jain, Bob J. Denner, Russell T. Graham, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Joanne M. Tirocke, Mee-Sook Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2014. Forest soil microbial communities: Using metagenomic approaches to survey permanent plots
• Christ W. Hoffman, Robert L. Mathiasen, Richard W. Hofstetter, Mary Lou Fairweather, John D. Shaw, John W. Hanna, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2014. Survey for Armillaria by plant associations in northern Arizona
• Ned B. Klopfenstein, John W. Hanna, P. G. Cannon, R. Medel-Ortiz, D. Alvarado-Rosales, F. Lorea-Hernandez, R. D. Elias-Roman, M. -S. Kim. 2014. First report of the Armillaria root-disease pathogen, Armillaria gallica, associated with several woody hosts in three states of Mexico
• N. Keca, Ned B. Klopfenstein, M.-S. Kim, H. Solheim, S. Woodward. 2014. Initial characterization of unidentified Armillaria isolate from Serbia using LSU-IGS1 and TEF-1a genes
• E.V. Nelson, M. L. Fairweather, S. M. Ashiglar, John W. Hanna, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2013. First report of the Armillaria root disease pathogen, Armillaria gallica, on Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) in Arizona
• 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
• R. James Cook, Robert L. Edmonds, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Willis Littke, Geral McDonald, Daniel Omdahl, Karen Ripley, Charles Shaw, Rona Sturrock, Paul Zambino. 2013. Opportunities for addressing laminated root rot caused by Phellinus sulphuracens in Washington's forests: A Report from the Washington State Academy of Sciences in cooperation with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources
• Amy Ross-Davis, J. E. Stewart, John W. Hanna, M.-S. Kim, B. J. Knaus, Richard Cronn, H. Rai, Bryce A. Richardson, G. I. McDonald, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2013. Transcriptome of an Armillaria root disease pathogen reveals candidate genes involved in host substrate utilization at the host­-pathogen interface
• 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
• R. D. Elias-Roman, R. A. Guzman-Plazola, Ned B. Klopfenstein, D. Alvarado-Rosales, G. Calderon-Zavala, J. A. Mora-Aguilera, M.-S. Kim, R. Garcia-Espinosa. 2013. Incidence and phylogenetic analyses of Armillaria spp. associated with root disease in peach orchards in the State of Mexico, Mexico
• M. B. Rayamajhi, P. D. Pratt, Ned B. Klopfenstein, A. L. Ross-Davis, L. Rodgers. 2013. First report of Puccinia psidii caused rust disease epiphytotic on the invasive shrub Rhodomyrtus tomentosa in Florida
• 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
• Ned B. Klopfenstein, John W. Hanna, Amy Ross-Davis, Jane E. Stewart, Yuko Ota, Rosario Medel-Ortiz, Miguel Armando Lopez-Ramirez, Ruben Damian Elias-Roman, Dionicio Alvarado-Rosales, Mee-Sook Kim. 2013. Armillaria phylogeny based on tef-1α sequences suggests ongoing divergent speciation within the boreal floristic kingdom
• 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
• John W. Hanna, Ned B. Klopfenstein, M. -S. Kim, S. M. Ashiglar, A. L. Ross-Davis, G. I. McDonald. 2012. Discovery of cryptic Armillaria solidipes genotypes within the Colorado Plateau
• John W. Hanna, R. N. Graca, M. -S. Kim, A. L. Ross-Davis, R. D. Hauff, J. W. Uchida, C. Y. Kadooka, M. B. Rayamajhi, M. Arguedas Gamboa, D. Jean Lodge, R. Medel Medel-Ortiz, A. Lopez Ramirez, P. G. Cannon, A. C. Alfenas, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2012. A bioclimatic approach to predict global regions with suitable climate space for Puccina psidii
• 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, Kas Dumroese, Ned B. Klopfenstein, M. -S. Kim. 2012. Occurrence of the root-rot pathogen, Fusarium commune, in midwestern and western United States
• 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
• Ned B. Klopfenstein, Brian W. Geils. 2011. II. Pathogens
• 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
• R. N. Graca, A. C. Alfenas, A. L. Ross-Davis, Ned B. Klopfenstein, M. -S. Kim, T. L. Peever, P. G. Cannon, J. Y. Uchida, C. Y. Kadooka, R. D. Hauff. 2011. Multilocus genotypes indicate differentiation among Puccinia psidii populations from South America and Hawaii
• Amy L. Ross-Davis, John W. Hanna, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2011. DNA-based identification and phylogeny of North American Armillaria species
• 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
• M.-S. Kim, John W. Hanna, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2010. First report of an Armillaria root disease pathogen, Armillaria gallica, associated with several new hosts in Hawaii
• 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
• M.-S. Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Y. Ota, S. K. Lee, K.-S. Woo, S. Kaneko. 2010. White pine blister rust in Korea, Japan and other Asian regions: comparisons and implications for North America
• Bryce A. Richardson, A. K. M. Ekramoddoulah, J.-J. Liu, M.-S. Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2010. Current and future molecular approaches to investigate the white pine blister rust pathosystem
• Ned B. Klopfenstein, Brian W. Geils. 2010. Invasive Species Science Update (No. 4)
• Ned B. Klopfenstein, Brian W. Geils. 2009. Summary of taxa-specific research: 2. pathogens
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Bryce A. Richardson, Ned B. Klopfenstein, P. J. Zambino, G. I. McDonald, Brian W. Geils, L. M. Carris. 2008. Influence of host resistance on the genetic structure of the white pine blister rust fungus in the western United States
• John W. Hanna, Ned B. Klopfenstein, M. -S. Kim. 2007. First report of the root-rot pathogen, Armillaria nabsnona, from Hawaii
• John W. Hanna, Ned B. Klopfenstein, M. -S. Kim, G. I. McDonald, J. A. Moore. 2007. Phylogeographic patterns of Armillaria ostoyae in the western United States
• Paul J. Zambino, Bryce A. Richardson, Geral McDonald, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim. 2007. A paradigm shift for white pine blister rust: Non-Ribes alternate hosts for Cronartium ribicola in North America
• Bryce A. Richardson, Paul J. Zambino, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Geral McDonald, Lori M. Carris. 2007. Assessing host specialization among aecial and telial hosts of the white pine blister rust fungus, Cronartium ribicola
• Paul J. Zambino, Bryce A. Richardson, Geral McDonald, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim. 2006. Non-Ribes alternate hosts of white pine blister rust: What this discovery means to whitebark pine
• M. -S. Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein, John W. Hanna, G. I. McDonald. 2006. Characterization of North American Armillaria species: Genetic relationships determined by ribosomal DNA sequences and AFLP markers
• 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
• Bryce A. Richardson, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Tobin L. Peever. 2005. Assessing forest-pathogen interactions at the population level [Chapter 3]
• Geral McDonald, Paul J. Zambino, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2005. Naturalization of host-dependent microbes after introduction into terrestrial ecosystems [Chapter 5]
• Mee-Sook Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Richard C. Hamelin. 2005. Application of molecular genetic tools to studies of forest pathosystems [Chapter 2]
• J. W. Hudgins, G. I . McDonald, P. J. Zambino, Ned B. Klopfenstein, V. R. Franceschi. 2005. Anatomical and cellular responses of Pinus monticola stem tissues to invasion by Cronartium ribicola
• 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
• Geral McDonald, Philip D. Tanimoto, Thomas M. Rice, David E. Hall, Jane E. Stewart, Paul J. Zambino, Jonalea Tonn, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim. 2005. Fuels planning: science synthesis and integration; environmental consequences fact sheet 13: Root Disease Analyzer-Armillaria Response Tool (ART)
• M. T. Mmbaga, Ned B. Klopfenstein, M. -S. Kim, N. C. Mmbaga. 2004. PCR-based identification of Erysiphe pulchra and Phyllactinia guttata from Cornus florida using ITS-specific primers
• Jill A. Hoff, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Jonalea Tonn, Geral McDonald, Paul J. Zambino, Jack D. Rogers, Tobin L. Peever, Lori M. Carris. 2004. Roles of Woody Root-Associated Fungi in Forest Ecosystem Processes: Recent Advances in Fungal Identification
• 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)
• Bryce A. Richardson, Steven J. Runsfeld, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2002. DNA from bird-dispersed seed and wind-disseminated pollen provides insights into postglacial colonization and population genetic structure of whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis)
• Bryce A. Richardson, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Steven J. Brunsfeld. 2002. Assessing Clark's nutcracker seed-caching flights using maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA of whitebark pine
• John E. Lundquist, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2001. Integrating concepts of landscape ecology with the molecular biology of forest pathogens
• 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
• G. M. Tabor, Thomas L. Kubisiak, Ned B. Klopfenstein, R. B. Hall, Henry S. McNabb. 2000. Bulked segregant analysis identifies molecular markers linked to Melampsora medusae resistance in Populus deltoides
• Ned B. Klopfenstein, Y. W. Chun, M. -S. Kim, M. A. Ahuja, M. C. Dillon, R. C. Carman, Lane Eskew. 1997. Micropropagation, genetic engineering, and molecular biology of Populus

• Program
  

  Forest and Woodland Ecosystems

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/programs/fwe
  Station

  Rocky Mountain 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
• Center or Group
  

  Invasive Species Working Group

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/centers/invasivespeciesworkinggroup
  Station

  Rocky Mountain 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
• Article
  

  Forest root disease: Fire vs. natural biological controls

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/articles/forest-root-disease-fire-vs-natural-biological-controls

• Iowa State University, Ph.D., Plant Pathology, 1985
• Iowa State University, Ames, IA, B.S., Biology, with a minor in Chemistry, 1976