Contact
ythuang@ufl.edu
ythuangmyco@gmail.com
Research
I am a mycologist interested in all kinds of symbiotic relationships of fungi with a special focus on beetle-fungus symbiosis. My research in the lab include: (1) Survey of the causal agent of Thousand Cankers Disease (TCD) (Geosmithia morbida) in the southeastern USA. I systematically deployed the fresh-cut branches of strategically selected tree species to investigate the occurrence of TCD causal agents and to study the association specificity between Geosmithia species, beetle vectors, and tree hosts. (2) Metabolic evolution of ambrosia fungi. Ambrosia fungi are an ecological assemblage that has evolved in multiple phylogenetic lineages across Fungi kingdom. I apply Biolog microarray system and metabolomics coupling with statistical analysis to investigated that do different ambrosia fungi eat (carbohydrate utilization) and provide nutrient (nutrient contents) to ambrosia beetles in a similar or different fashion.Current projects
- Survey of Geosmithia species in the SE USA.
- Metabolic evolution of ambrosia fungi.
Short Bio & Education
- 2015-present: PhD student in Forestry. School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida
- 2009-2011: : M.S. in Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University.
- 2006-2009: B.S. in Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University.
Huang, Y.-T., Skelton, J., Johnson, A.J., Kolarík, M. and Hulcr, J. Survey of Geosmithia species in
southeastern USA and their affinity with beetles and trees. Fungal Ecology (In print). 2019.
Huang, Y.-T. and Hulcr, J. 2018. Geosmithia species in Florida: common fungal symbionts of wood-boring bark beetles. University of Florida/IFAS.
Li, You, Huang, Y.-T., Kasson M.T., Maciasb, A.M., Skelton, J., Carlson, P., Yin, M., and Hulcr, J. Specific and promiscuous ophiostomatalean fungi associated with Platypodinae ambrosia beetles in the southeastern United States. 2018. Fungal Ecology. 35: 42–50.
Huang, Y.-T., Skelton, J., and Hulcr, J. 2018. Multiple evolutionary origins lead to diversity in the metabolic profiles of ambrosia fungi. Fungal Ecology. In print.
Huang, Y.-T., Kolarik, M., Kasson, M.T., and Hulcr, J. 2018. Two new Geosmithia species in G. pallida species complex from bark beetles in eastern USA. Mycologia. 109(5): 790–803.
Na, F., Carrillo, J.D., Mayorquin, J.S., Ndinga-Muniania, C., Stajich, J.E., Stouthamer, R., Huang, Y.-T., Lin, Y.-T., Chen, C.Y., Eskalen, A., 2017. Two novel fungal symbionts Fusarium kuroshium sp. nov. and Graphium kuroshium sp. nov. of Kuroshio shot hole borer (Euwallacea sp. nr. fornicatus) cause Fusarium dieback on woody host species in California. Plant Disease. In print.
Bateman, C, Huang, Y.-T., Simmons, D. R., Kasson, M.T., Hulcr, J. 2017. Ambrosia beetle Premnobius cavipennis (Scolytinae: Ipini) carries highly divergent ascomycotan ambrosia fungus, Afroraffaelea ambrosiae gen. nov. et sp. nov. (Ophiostomatales). Fungal Ecology. 25: 41–49.
Huang, Y.-T., Lucky A., Hulcr, J., and Johnson, A. 2016. A Bark Beetle Hypothenemus eruditus Westwood, 1836 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). University of Florida/IFAS.
Li, You, Gu, Xinyao, Kasson, M.T., Bateman, C., Guo, Jianjun, Huang, Y.-T., Li, Qiao, Rabaglia, R. J., Hulcr, J. 2016. Distribution, host records and symbiotic fungi of Euwallacea fornicatus (Eichhoff) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in China. Florida Entomologist. 99 (4): 801–804.
Simmons, D.R., de Beer, Z. W., Huang, Y.-T., Bateman, C., Campbell, A.S., Dreaden, T.J., Li, Y., Ploetz, R.C., Black, A., Li, H.-F., Chen, C.-Y., Wingfield, M.J., Hulcr, J. 2016. New Raffaelea species (Ophiostomatales) from the USA and Taiwan associated with ambrosia beetles and plant hosts. IMA Fungus. 7 (2): 265–273.
Lin, Y.-T., Shih, H.-H., Huang, Y.-T., Lin, C.-S., Chen, C.-Y., 2016. Two species of beetle-associated Geosmithia in Taiwan. Fungal Science 31, 29–36.
Wu, Y.-F., Huang, Y.-T., Chang, C.-H., Cheng, A.-H., and Chen, C.-Y. 2015. Mango Malformation Disease. Proceedings of the Symposium on Important New Emerging Crop Diseases in Taiwan and Their Controls. 184: 43–50.
Huang, J.W., Chen, C.Y. and Huang, Y.-T. 2014. Introduction of Plant Diseases and Fungal Pathogens. Science Study Monthly. 53 (2): 2–11.
Huang, Y.-T. and Chen, C.Y. 2014. Leptographium globosum sp. nov., a new species with globose conidia. Mycological progress. 13(3): 841–848.
Huang, Y.-T. and Chen, C.Y. 2013. Ophiostoma denticiliatum, a new record in Taiwan. Fungal Science. 28 (1): 31–38.
Huang, Y.-T. and Chen, C.Y. 2010. Two Thielaviopsis species on carrots in Taiwan. Fungal Science 25(2): 69–74.
Huang, Y.-T., Skelton, J., and Hulcr, J. 2018. Multiple evolutionary origins lead to diversity in the metabolic profiles of ambrosia fungi. Oral presentation at International Mycological Congress 11 (IMC11). San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Huang, Y.-T., Matthew T. Kasson, Angie M Macias, Miroslav Kolarik, Jiri Hulcr. 2017. Geosmithia survey in the southeastern US. Oral presentation at the Taiwan Entomology Society Annual Meeting. Taichung, Taiwan.
Huang, Y.-T., Matthew T. Kasson, Angie M Macias, Miroslav Kolarik, Jiri Hulcr. 2017. Geosmithia survey in the southeastern US. Oral presentation at the Mycological Society of America Annual Meeting. Athens, GA, USA.
Huang, Y.-T., Matthew T. Kasson, Angie M Macias, Miroslav Kolarik, Jiri Hulcr. 2017. Geosmithia survey in the southeastern US. Oral presentation at the SFRC Grad Student Symposium. Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Huang, Y.-T., Li, H.Y., Shih, H. H., Lin, Y.T., and Chen, C.Y. 2014. Ophiostomatoid fungi in Taiwan. Oral presentation at the Conference on Mycological Resources for Sustainable Utilization. Taipei, Taiwan.
Huang, Y.-T. and Chen, C.Y. Three new species of ophiostomatoid fungi from Taiwan. 2013. Poster at the Asian Mycological Congress, Mycological Society of China. Beijing, China.
Huang, Y.-T. and Chen, C.Y. 2013. Graphium and allied fungi in Taiwan. Oral presentation at the Cross-Strait Symposium on Mycology, Mycological Society of China. Beijing, China.
Huang, Y.-T. and Chen, C.Y. 2012. Graphium and allied fungi in Taiwan. Oral presentation at the Annual Meeting, Mycological Society of Republic of China. Taipei, Taiwan.
Huang, Y.-T. and Chen, C.Y. 2010. Phialidic anamorphic fungi with long collarette. Oral presentation at the Annual Meeting, Mycological Society of Republic of China. Taichung, Taiwan.
2018: Travel Funds, Mycological Society of America
2018: Travel Funds, Office of Research, University of Florida
2018: Travel Grant, SFRC, University of Florida
2017: Oral Presentation Award, Taiwan Entomology Society Annual Meeting
2017: Travel Grant, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida
2016: Margaret Walton Fellowship, University of Virginia
2015: Graduate Research Assistantship Award, University of Florida
2013: Travel Grant, Mycological Society of Republic of China
2013: Travel Grant, Mycological Society of Republic of China
2013: Best Poster Award, 11th Asian Mycological Congress
2012: Oral Presentation Award, Mycological Society of Republic of China Annual Meeting
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