Peter Balint-Kurti

USDA Asst. Professor

USDA-ARS Research Plant Pathologist/Geneticist

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USDA-ARS Maize Disease Resistance Genetics at NC State

Research Goals

1. To identify and map new sources of fungal resistance from diverse
maize germplasm.

2. To characterize the mode of action of quantitative resistance genes
and eventually clone the genes themselves.

We are concentrating on two important corn diseases; Gray Leaf Spot and Southern Corn Leaf Blight. We are generating near-isogenic lines and developing controlled environment assays to help analyze quantitative resistance at a phenotypic and molecular level. A collection of genetically diverse maize lines is being characterized for disease resistance in the field and quantitative trait loci are being mapped in appropriate populations.

Education

• Ph.D. Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Institute, Norwich, UK, 1994. "Genetic mapping and analysis of two tomato genes for resistance to Cladosporium fulvum."
• BA (Plant molecular biology) - Cambridge University, UK, 1990.

Contact Information

Dr. Peter Balint-Kurti
Department of Plant Pathology
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7616

(919) 513-3516 (Office)
(919) 515-7376 (Lab)
(919) 856-4816 (Fax)
Office: 3418 Gardner Hall
Lab: 3412 Gardner Hall
Peter.Balint-Kurti@ars.usda.gov