Peter Balint-Kurti

Bio

We are interested in understanding the genetic and mechanistic bases of disease resistance in maize. Maize is a model genetic system and many resources are available with which we can address this problem. We hope that findings made will improve the resilience of the maize crop and will be extrapolated to other plant systems

We work in a number of related areas including:

• Analysis of quantitative (partial, polygenic) disease resistance
• Genetic and biochemical analysis of the maize hypersensitive defense response
• The basal response to microbes in maize and sorghum
• Multiple disease resistance in maize
• Analysis of the maize microbiome

Publications

• Effective Seed Sterilization Methods Require Optimization Across Maize Genotypes , PHYTOBIOMES JOURNAL (2024)
• Mitigating Illumination-, Leaf-, and View-Angle Dependencies in Hyperspectral Imaging Using Polarimetry , Plant Phenomics (2024)
• Natural variation in the pattern-triggered immunity response in plants: Investigations, implications and applications , MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY (2024)
• Reconsidering the Lessons Learned from the 1970 Southern Corn Leaf Blight Epidemic , PHYTOPATHOLOGY (2024)
• The ZmWAKL-ZmWIK-ZmBLK1-ZmRBOH4 module provides quantitative resistance to gray leaf spot in maize , NATURE GENETICS (2024)
• The interaction between abiotic and biotic soil factors drive heterosis expression in maize , (2024)
• The quantification of southern corn leaf blight disease using deep UV fluorescence spectroscopy and autoencoder anomaly detection techniques , PLOS ONE (2024)
• A leucine‐rich repeat receptor kinase gene confers quantitative susceptibility to maize southern leaf blight , New Phytologist (2023)
• Characterization of a Host-Specific Toxic Activity Produced by Bipolaris cookei, Causal Agent of Target Leaf Spot of Sorghum , PHYTOPATHOLOGY (2023)
• Characterization of a host-specific toxic activity produced by Bipolaris cookei, causal agent of Target Leaf Spot of Sorghum , Phytopathology® (2023)

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