Publications

PUBLICATIONS

Publications from this program

Balint-Kurti, P. J. and Carson, M. L. (2005) Analysis of Quantitative Trait Loci for Resistance to Southern Leaf Blight in Juvenile Maize. Phytopathology 96:221-225.

Balint-Kurti, P. J., Blanco^,M., MillardM., Duvick^,S., Holland^,J., Clements^,M., Holley^,R., Carson^,M and Goodman^,M. M. Registration of 20 GEM breeding families adapted for the southern US (2005). Crop Science 46:996-998

Carson, M. L., Balint-Kurti, P. J., Blanco, M., Millard, M., Duvick, S., Holley, R., Hudyncia, J., and Goodman, M. M. (2006) Registration of 9 high-yielding tropical by temperate maize germplasm lines adapted for the southern US. . Crop Science 46:1825-1826

Wisser, R. J., Balint-Kurti, P. J. and Nelson R. J. (2006) The genetic architecture of disease resistance in maize: a synthesis of published studies. Phytopathology 96:120-129.

Balint-Kurti, P.J., Krakowsky, M. D., Jines, M. P., Robertson, L. A., Molnár, T. L., Goodman M. M. and Holland J. B. (2006) Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci for Resistance to Southern Leaf Blight and Days to Anthesis in a Maize Recombinant Inbred Line Population Phytopathology 96:1067-1071

Robertson, L.A., Jines, M.P., Balint-Kurti, P.J., Kleinschmidt, C.E., White, D.G., Payne, G.A., Maragos, C.M. and Holland, J.B.(2006) Mapping of QTL for Ear Rot and Fumonisin Accumulation in Maize. Crop Science 46:1734-1743

Jines, M., Balint-Kurti, P., Robertson-Hoyt, L., Molnar, T., Holland, J., and Goodman, M. (2007) Mapping Resistance to Southern Rust In a Tropical By Temperate Maize Recombinant Inbred Topcross Population. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 114:659-667.

Balint-Kurti, P.J., J.C. Zwonitzer, R.J. Wisser, M.L. Carson, M. Oropeza-Rosas, J.B. Holland, and S.J. Szalma (2007) Precise mapping of quantitative trait loci for resistance to southern leaf blight, caused by Cochliobolus heterostrophus race O, and flowering time using advanced intercross maize lines. Genetics 176: 645–657.

Gao, X., Shim, W-B., Göbel, C., Kunze, S., Feussner, I., Meeley, R., Balint-Kurti P., and Michael Kolomiets (2007) Disruption of a maize 9-lipoxygenase results in increased resistance to fungal pathogens and reduced levels of contamination with mycotoxin fumonisin. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 20:922-933.

Balint-Kurti, P.J., J.C. Zwonitzer, M.E. Pe, G. Pea, M. Lee, and A.J. Cardinal. 2008. Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci for Resistance to Southern Leaf Blight and Days to Anthesis in Two Maize Recombinant Inbred Line Populations. Phytopathology 98:315-320.

Balint-Kurti, P., R.J. Wisser, and J. Zwonitzer. 2008. Use of the IBM Population for Precise Mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci for Gray Leaf Spot Resistance in Maize. Crop Science 48:1696-1704.

Johal, G., Balint-Kurti, P., and Weil C. 2008. Mining and harnessing natural variation - current approaches and a little MAGIC. Crop Science 48:2066-2073

Balint-Kurti, P.J. and Johal (2009). Maize Disease Resistance. Chapter in “Hand book of Maize: Its Biology” eds. Sarah Hake, Jeff Bennetzen. (Springer).pp229-250

Williams, W., Krakowsky, M., Windham, G., Balint-Kurti, P., Hawkins, L., Henry, W.. 2008. Identifying Maize Germplasm with Resistance To Aflatoxin Accumulation. Journal of Toxicology-Toxin Reviews 27:319-345.

Poland, J. , Balint-Kurti, P. , Wisser, R., Pratt, R., Nelson, R. 2009. Shades of gray: The world of quantitative disease resistance. Trends in Plant Science, 14:21-29

Zwonitzer, J., Bubeck, D., Bhattramakki, D., Goodman, M., Arellano, C., Balint-Kurti, P. 2009. Use of backcross recurrent selection and QTL mapping to identify loci contributing to southern leaf blight resistance in a highly resistant maize line. (Theoretical and Applied Genetics 118:911-25 )

Balint-Kurti, P., Yang, J., Esbroek, G.V. Jung, J. and Smith, E. (2009) Use of a maize Advanced Intercross Line population for Mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci for northern leaf blight resistance and for the investigation of multiple disease resistance. (In press, Crop Science)

Zwonitzer, J., Coles, N., Krakowsky, M., Holland, J., McMullen, M., Pratt, R. and Balint-Kurti, P. (2009) Mapping disease resistance QTL for three foliar diseases of maize in a recombinant inbred line population. (In press, Phytopathology)

Balint-Kurti, P., Simmons, S., Blum J., Ballaré C. and A. Stapleton.. 2009. Maize Loci Controlling Leaf Phyllosphere Diversity: Genetic Correlation Between Leaf Attractiveness to Novel Epiphytic Bacteria and Fungal Pathogen Infection Resistance (In Press , Mol. Plant-Microbe Int.)

Wisser, R., Kolkman, J., Yu, J., Holland, J., Krakowsky, M., Nelson, R. and Balint-Kurti, P.. 2009. Multiple disease resistance genes in maize inferred from genetic correlations in a diverse low linkage disequilibrium population (Submitted)

Chintamanani, S, Hulbert,S.H.,, Johal, G.S., Balint-Kurti, P. (2009) Identification of a Maize Locus that Modulates the Hypersensitive Defense Response, Using Mutant-Assisted Gene Identification and Characterization (MAGIC) Submitted (Genetics).

Kump, K, Holland, J, Jung, M, Wolters, P, Balint-Kurti, P. 2009 Joint Analysis of Near Isogenic and Recombinant Inbred Line Populations Yields Precise Positional Estimates for QTL. Submitted (Genetics)

Coles, N., McMullen, M. , Balint-Kurti, P., Pratt, R.,, and Holland, J. (2009) The Genetic Architecture of Maize Photoperiod Sensitivity (Submitted, Genetics)

Previous publications by Peter Balint-Kurti

Jones, D.A,. Dickinson, M.J., Balint-Kurti, P.J., Dixon, M.S. and Jones J.D.G. (1993). Two complex resistance loci revealed in tomato by classical and RFLP mapping of the Cf-2, Cf-4, Cf-5 and Cf-9 genes for resistance to Cladosporium fulvum. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions 6: 348-357.

Balint-Kurti , P.J., Dixon, M.S., Jones, D.A.., Norcott, K.A.. and Jones, J.D.G. (1994). RFLP linkage analysis of the tomato Cf-4 and Cf-9 genes for resistance to Cladosporium fulvum. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 88:691-700.

Jones, D.A., Thomas, C.M., Hammond-Kosack, K.E., Balint-Kurti, P.J. and Jones J.D.G. (1994). Isolation of the tomato Cf-9 gene for resistance to Cladosporium fulvum by transposon tagging. Science 266:789-793.

Balint-Kurti, P.J., Jones, D.A. and Jones, J.D.G., (1995). Integration of the classical and molecular maps of the short arm of tomato chromosome 1. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 90:17-26.

Thomas, C.M., Jones, D.A., Parniske, M., Harrison, K., Balint-Kurti, P.J. Hatzixanthis, K. and Jones, J.D.G. (1997). Characterization of the tomato Cf-4 gene for resistance to Cladosporium fulvum identifies sequences that determine recognitional specificity in Cf-4 and Cf-9. Plant Cell 9:2209-2224.

Balint-Kurti, P.J., Ginsburg, G., Rivero-Lezcano, O. and Kimmel, A.R. (1997). rZIP, a RING-leucine zipper protein that regulates cell fate determination during Dictyostelium development. Development 124:1203-1213.

Balint-Kurti, P.J., Ginsburg, G., Liu, J. and Kimmel, A.R. (1998). Non-autonomous regulation of a graded, PKA-mediated transcriptional activation signal for cell patterning. Development 125:3947-3954.

Balint-Kurti P. J., Clendennen S. K., Dolezelová M., Valárik M., Dolezel J., Beetham P. R. and. May G. D (2000) Identification and chromosomal localization of the monkey retrotransposon in Musa sp. Molecular and General Genetics 263:908-915.

Peumans, W. J., Zhang, W., Barre, A., Astoul, C. H., Balint-Kurti, P. J., Rovira, P., Rougè, P., May, G. D., Van Leuven, F., Truffa-Bachi, P. and Van Damme, E. J. M. (2000). Fruit-specific lectins from banana and plantain. Planta 211:546-554.

Ganapathi T. R., Higgs N. S., Balint-Kurti P. J., Arntzen C. J., May G. D and Van Eck J. M. (2001) Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of embryogenic cell suspensions of the banana cultivar Rasthali (AAB). Plant Cell Reports 20:157-162.

Balint-Kurti, P. J., Churchill, A.C.L. and May G.D. (2001). Development of a transformation system for Mycosphaerella pathogens of Banana: A tool for the study of host/pathogen interactions. FEMS Microbiol. Letters 195: 9-15.

Brummell, D. A., Balint-Kurti, P. J., Harpster, M. H., Palys, J. M., Oeller, P.W. and Gutterson, N. (2003) Inverted repeat of a heterologous 3'-terminator for high efficiency, high-throughput gene silencing. Plant Journal 33: 793-800.