Selective publications (5 years), *corresponding

Choi, Y.-J. *, M. Görg, H.-D. Shin and M. Thines* (2020). Plasmopara elegantissima sp. nov. (Oomycota, Peronosporales), a downy mildew species specialized to Impatiens textori (balsaminaceae). Mycobiology 48(4): 304-312.

Lee, J. S., H.-D. Shin and Y.-J. Choi* (2020). Rediscovery of Seven Long-Forgotten Species of Peronospora and Plasmopara (Oomycota). Mycobiology 48(5): 331-340.

Kara, M., E. M. Soylu, A. Uysal, Ş. Kurt, Y.-J. Choi* and S. Soylu (2020). Morphological and molecular characterization of downy mildew disease caused by Peronospora variabilis on Chenopodium album in Turkey. Australasian Plant Disease Notes 15(1): 10.

Soylu, S., E. M. Soylu, M. Kara, Ş. Kurt and Y. J. Choi* (2020). First report of downy mildew disease caused by Peronospora viciae on Common Vetch (Vicia sativa) in Turkey. Plant Disease 104(6): 1876-1876.

Kim, B. R. and Y. J. Choi* (2020). Alternaria alternata causing leaf spot on Lactuca serriola in Korea. Plant Disease 104(8): 2293.

Kim, B. R., Y. J. Choi* and H. D. Shin (2020). First report of leaf spot caused by Septoria lactucae on Lactuca serriola in Korea. Plant Disease 104(2): 581-581.

Lee, J. S., B. R. Kim and Y. J. Choi* (2020). First report of white blister rust disease caused by Wilsoniana amaranthi on Amaranthus dubius in Korea. Plant Disease 104(4): 1261.

Lee, J. S., J. A. Lee and Y. J. Choi* (2020). Wilsoniana bliti causing white blister rust disease on Amaranthus blitum in Korea. Plant Disease 104(9): 2529.

Thines, M., G. J. Denton, E. J. Beal, A. Kilty, J. O. Denton, H.-D. Shin and Y.-J. Choi* (2019). Peronospora aquilegiicola sp. nov., the downy mildew affecting columbines in the UK is an invasive species from East Asia. European Journal of Plant Pathology 155(2): 515-525.

Nam, B. and Y.-J. Choi* (2019). Phytopythium and Pythium species (Oomycota) isolated from freshwater environments of Korea. Mycobiology 47(3): 261-272.

Choi, Y.-J., S. H. Lee, T. T. T. Nguyen, B. Nam and H. B. Lee (2019). Characterization of Achlya americana and A. bisexualis (Saprolegniales, Oomycota) Isolated from freshwater environments in Korea. Mycobiology 47(2): 135-142.

Heo, I., K. Hong, H. Yang, H. B. Lee, Y.-J. Choi* and S.-B. Hong (2019). Diversity of Aspergillus, Penicillium, and Talaromyces species isolated from freshwater environments in Korea. Mycobiology 47(1): 12-19.

Kim, B. R., I. H. Kim, J. S. Lee and Y. J. Choi* (2019). First Report of Downy Mildew Caused by Plasmopara viticola on Vitis coignetiae in Korea. Plant Disease 103(7): 1793.

Kim, B. R., J. S. Lee and Y. J. Choi* (2019). First report of white blister rust disease caused by Wilsoniana amaranthi on Amaranthus hybridus in Korea. Plant Disease 103(7): 1792.

Soylu, E. M., M. Kara, Ş. Kurt, A. Uysal, H. D. Shin, Y. J. Choi* and S. Soylu (2019). First report of Albugo lepidii causing white blister rust on broadleaved garden cress (Lepidium sativum) in Turkey. Plant Disease 103(10): 2698.

Soylu, E. M., M. Kara, Ş. Kurt, A. Uysal, H. D. Shin, Y. J. Choi* and S. Soylu (2018). First Report of Downy Mildew Disease Caused by Peronospora effusa on Spinach in Turkey. Plant Disease 102(9): 1854-1854.

Choi, Y.-J., J. Kruse and M. Thines (2018). Hyaloperonospora erucae sp. nov. (Peronosporaceae; Oomycota), the downy mildew pathogen of arugula (Eruca sativa). European Journal of Plant Pathology 151(2): 549-555.

Choi, Y.-J., J. H. Park, J. Lee and H.-D. Shin (2018). Bremia itoana (Oomycota, Peronosporales), a specialized downy mildew pathogen on an East Asian plant, Crepidiastrum sonchifolium (Asteraceae). Mycobiology 46(4): 416-420.

Choi, Y. J., J. S. Lee, H. B. Lee and H. J. Kim (2018). First Report of Leaf Blight Caused by Curvularia verruculosa on Zoysiagrass (Zoysia japonica) in Korea. Plant Disease 102(6): 1173.

Mishra, B., Y.-J. Choi and M. Thines (2018). Phylogenomics of Bartheletia paradoxa reveals its basal position in Agaricomycotina and that the early evolutionary history of basidiomycetes was rapid and probably not strictly bifurcating. Mycological Progress 17(3): 333-341.

Park, J. H., M. Thines, H. B. Lee, H.-D. Shin and Y.-J. Choi* (2018). Bremia polycephala and Bremia sawadae spp. nov. (Peronosporaceae; Oomycota), parasitic to Northeast Asian Asteraceae. Nova Hedwigia 106(3-4): 303-314.

Ploch, S., Y.-J. Choi and M. Thines (2018). The only known white blister rust on a basal angiosperm is a member of the genus Albugo. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 18(1): 63-69.

Xu, B., Y. J. Choi, J. G. Song, S. H. Zhang, P. G. Xi, H. D. Shin and Z. De Jiang (2018). Two new species of Pustula (Albuginales, Oomycota) from Junggar Basin in China based on morphology and molecular data. Mycological Progress 17(4): 501-508.

Soylu, S., M. Kara, Ş. Kurt, A. Uysal, H. D. Shin, Y. J. Choi* and E. M. Soylu (2018). First report of white blister rust disease caused by Albugo occidentalis on spinach in Turkey. Plant Disease 102(4): 826.

Görg, M., S. Ploch, J. Kruse, V. Kummer, F. Runge, Y. J. Choi and M. Thines (2017). Revision of Plasmopara (Oomycota, Peronosporales) parasitic to Impatiens. Mycological Progress 16: 791-799.

Lee, J. S., K. D. Kim, H. S. Tae and Y. J. Choi* (2017). First report of downy mildew caused by Sclerophthora sp. on Zoysiagrass (Zoysia japonica) in Korea. Plant Disease 101(10): 1826.

Kruse, J., Y. J. Choi and M. Thines (2017). New smut-specific primers for the ITS barcoding of Ustilaginomycotina. Mycological Progress 16(3): 213-221.

Choi, Y. J., S. E. Cho and H. D. Shin (2017). First report of downy mildew caused by Plasmopara viticola on Vitis ficifolia var. sinuata in Korea. Plant Disease 101(11): 1958-1958.

Choi, Y. J., M. Thines, I. Y. Choi and H. D. Shin (2017). Perofascia is not monotypic - the description of the second taxon affecting the South American crop maca (Lepidium meyenii). Mycological Progress 16(9): 857-864.

Choi, Y. J., J. Wong, F. Runge, B. Mishra, R. Michelmore and M. Thines (2017). BrRxLR11 – a new phylogenetic marker with high resolution in the downy mildew genus Bremia and related genera. Mycological Progress 16(2): 185-190.

Kruse, J., B. Mishra, Y.-J. Choi, R. Sharma and M. Thines (2017). New smut-specific primers for multilocus genotyping and phylogenetics of Ustilaginaceae. Mycological Progress 16(9): 917-925.

Lee, J. S., H. B. Lee, H.-D. Shin and Y.-J. Choi* (2017). Diversity, phylogeny, and host-specialization of Hyaloperonospora species in Korea. Mycobiology 45(3): 139-149.

Lee, J. S., H.-D. Shin, H. B. Lee and Y.-J. Choi* (2017). Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Peronospora Species (Oomycota) Parasitic to Stellaria and Pseudostellaria in Korea, with the Introduction of Peronospora casparyi sp. nov. Mycobiology 45(4): 263-269.

Petrželová, I., Y. J. Choi, M. Jemelková, I. Doležalová, J. Kruse, M. Thines and M. Kitner (2017). Confirmation of Peronospora agrimoniae as a distinct species. European Journal of Plant Pathology 147(4): 887-896.

Soylu, E. M., M. Kara, Ş. Kurt, A. Uysal, H. D. Shin, Y. J. Choi* and S. Soylu (2017). First report of downy mildew disease caused by Perofascia lepidii on garden cress Lepidium sativum in Turkey. Plant Disease 101(10): 1827-1827.

Nguyen, T. T. T., Y.-J. Choi and H. B. Lee (2017). Isolation and Characterization of Three Unrecorded Zygomycete Fungi in Korea: Cunninghamella bertholletiae, Cunninghamella echinulata, and Cunninghamella elegans. Mycobiology 45(4): 318-326.

Thines, M. and Y. J. Choi (2016). Evolution, diversity, and taxonomy of the Peronosporaceae, with focus on the genus Peronospora. Phytopathology 106: 6-18.

Kruse, J., M. Thines and Y. J. Choi* (2016). The presumably North American species Plasmopara wilsonii is present in Germany on the ornamental plant Geranium phaeum. European Journal of Plant Pathology 145(4): 999-1005.

Park, J.-H., S.-B. Hong, Y. J. Choi and H. D. Shin (2016). Dinemasporium japonicum on Polytrichum commune from Korea. Mycotaxon 131(2): 413-418.

Rector, B. G., S. Wang, Y. J. Choi and M. Thines (2016). First report of Albugo lepidii causing white rust on broadleaved pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium) in Nevada and California. Plant Disease 100(1): 229-230.

Kunjeti, S. G., A. Anchieta, F. N. Martin, Y.-J. Choi, M. Thines, R. W. Michelmore, S. T. Koike, C. Tsuchida, W. Mahaffee, K. V. Subbarao and S. J. Klosterman (2016). Detection and Quantification of Bremia lactucae by Spore Trapping and Quantitative PCR. 106(11): 1426-1437.

Choi, Y. J., I. Y. Choi, K. J. Lee and H. D. Shin (2016). First report of downy mildew caused by Peronospora belbahrii on Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum) in Korea. Plant Disease 100(11): 2335-2335.

Choi, Y. J. *, G. Beakes, S. Glockling, J. Kruse, B. Nam, L. Nigrelli, S. Ploch, H. D. Shin, R. G. Shivas, S. Telle, H. Voglmayr and M. Thines (2015). Towards a universal barcode of oomycetes – a comparison of the cox1 and cox2 loci. Molecular Ecology Resources 15(6): 1275-1288.

Choi, Y. J. *, S. J. Klosterman, V. Kummer, H. Voglmayr, H. D. Shin and M. Thines (2015). Multi-locus tree and species tree approaches toward resolving a complex clade of downy mildews (Straminipila, Oomycota), including pathogens of beet and spinach. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 86: 24-34.

Choi, Y. J. * and M. Thines (2015). Host jumps and radiation, not co-divergence drives diversification of obligate pathogens. A case study in downy mildews and Asteraceae. PLoS One 7: e0133655.

Denton, G., E. Beal, A. Kilty, J. Denton, Y. J. Choi and M. Thines (2015). Characterisation and risk assessment of the emerging Peronospora disease on Aquilegia. Mycological Progress 14(69): 1-10.

Thines, M., S. Telle, Y. J. Choi, Y. P. Tan and R. G. Shivas (2015). Baobabopsis, a new genus of graminicolous downy mildews from tropical Australia, with an updated key to the genera of downy mildews. IMA Fungus 6(2): 483-491.