Publications
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2024
P. Balint-Kurti and J. Pataky (2024) Reconsidering the Lessons Learned from the 1970 Southern Corn Leaf Blight Epidemic Phytopathology doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-03-24-0105-PER
Parnell, J., Pal, G., Awan, A., Vintila, S., Houdinet, G., Hawkes, C. , Balint-Kurti, P., Wagner, M., Kleiner, M. (2024) Effective seed sterilization methods require optimization across maize genotypes. Phytobiomes doi.org/10.1094/PBIOMES-12-23-0137-R
Banah, H. ; Balint-Kurti, P.; Houdinet, G.; Hawkes, C; Kudenov, M. (2024) The Quantification of Southern Corn Leaf Blight Disease using Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Autoencoder Anomaly Detection Techniques Plos One (In Press)
Krafft, D., Scarboro, C., Hsieh, W., Doherty, C., Balint-Kurti. P. Kudenov, M., (2024) Mitigating Illumination-, Leaf-, and View-Angle Dependencies in Hyperspectral Imaging Using Polarimetry. Plant Phenomics. 2024;6:0157.DOI:10.34133/plantphenomics.0157
Hudson, A., Mullens, A., Hind, S., Jamann, T., Balint-Kurti, P. (2024) Natural Variation in the Pattern-Triggered Immunity Response in Plants: Investigations, Implications and Applications . Molecular Plant Pathology 25, e13445. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.13445
Zhong. T, Zhu, M., Zhang, Q., Zhang,Y., Deng, S., Guo, C., Xu, L. , Liu, T., , Li, Y., Bi, Y., Fan, X., Balint-Kurti, P., Xu,M. (2024) The ZmWAKL-ZmWIK-ZmBLK1-ZmRBOH4 module provides quantitative resistance to gray leaf spot in maize. Nature Genetics https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-023-01644-z
2023
Hawkes C.V., Allen X., Balint-Kurti, P., Cowger, C. (2023). Manipulating the plant mycobiome to enhance resilience: ecological and evolutionary opportunities and challenges. PLOS Pathogens 19(12): e1011816. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011816
Adams, A. , Kristy, B., Gorman, M., Balint-Kurti, P., Yencho, G. C., Olukolu, B. (2023) Qmatey: an automated pipeline for fast exact matching-based alignment and strain-level taxonomic binning and profiling of metagenomes, Briefings in Bioinformatics, Volume 24, Issue 6, bbad351, https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbad351
Qiu, Y., Adhikari, P., Balint-Kurti, P., Jamann, T. (2023) Identification of loci conferring resistance to four foliar diseases of maize. in Press G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics
Neelakandan, A. K., Kabahuma, M., Yang, Q., Lopez, M., Wisser, R. J., Balint-Kurti, P., & Lauter, N. (2023). Characterization of integration sites and T-DNA structures in Agrobacterium-mediated transgenic events of maize inbred B104. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, jkad166. https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkad166
Balint‐Kurti, P., & Wang, G. F. (2023). Genetics of maize–microbe interactions. Molecular Plant Pathology, 24(7), 671.
Kudenov, M., Krafft, D., Scarboro, C., Doherty, C., Balint-Kurti. P. (2023) Hybrid spatial–temporal Mueller matrix imaging spectropolarimeter for high throughput plant phenotyping. Applied Optics 62 (8), 2078-2091
Kloppe, T., Whetten, R., Kim, S-B, Powell, O., Lueck, S., Douchkov, D., Whetten, R., Hulse-Kemp, A., Balint-Kurti, P., Cowger, C. (2023) Two pathogen loci determine Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici virulence to wheat resistance gene Pm1a. New Phytologist DOI: 10.1111/nph.18809
Samira, R., Samayoa, L. F., Holland, J.B., Balint-Kurti, P. (2023) Identification and characterization of a host-specific toxic activity produced by Bipolaris cookei, causal agent of Target Leaf Spot of Sorghum. Phytopathology doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-11-22-0427-R
Mullens, A., Lipka, A.E., Balint-Kurti, P. , Jamann, T. (2023) Exploring the relationship between pattern-triggered immunity and quantitative resistance to Xanthomonas vasicola pv. vasculorum in maize. Phytopathology. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-09-22-0357-SA
Chuan, C., Zhao, Y. , Tabor, G., Phillips, J., Wolters. P., Yang, Q., Balint-Kurti. P., (2023) A Leucine Rich Repeat Receptor Kinase Gene Confers Quantitative Susceptibility to Maize Southern Leaf Blight. New Phytologist 238: 1182-1197. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18781
Gou, M., Balint-Kurti, P., Xu, M., Yang, Q. (2023). Quantitative disease resistance: multifaceted players in plant defense. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology . 65 (2), 594-610 https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13419
2022
Scarboro, G. , Doherty, C., Balint-Kurti, P., Kudenov, M. (2022) Monostatic Fiber-Based System for Measuring Mueller Matrix Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function. Applied Optics. 61 (33), 9832-9842
Martins, L., Balint-Kurti, P., and Reberg-Horton, S. C.. "Genome-wide association study for morphological traits and resistance to Peryonella pinodes in the USDA pea single-plant plus collection." G3 Genes| Genomes| Genetics (2022). https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkac168
Balint-Kurti, P., and Kim, S.-B. (2022). Close encounters in the corn field. 15.5 (2022): 802-804. , doi:10.1016/J.MOLP.2022.02.008.
2021
Ge C. , Wang, Y.G. , Lu S. , Zhao X. , Hou B-K , Balint-Kurti P., Wang G-F (2021) Multi-omics analyses reveal the regulatory network and the function of ZmUGTs in maize defense response. Frontiers in Plant Science. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.738261
Cui, Y.; Chen, D.; Jiang, Y.; Xu, D.; Balint-Kurti, P.; Stacey, G. Variation in Gene Expression between Two Sorghum bicolor Lines Differing in Innate Immunity Response. Plants 2021, 10, 1536. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10081536
Wagner, M., Tang, C., Salvato, F., Clouse, K., Bartlett, A., Vintila, S. , Phillips, L., Sermons, S., Hoffmann, M., Balint-Kurti, P., Kleiner. M. (2021) Microbe-dependent heterosis in maize. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 118 (30) e2021965118; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2021965118
Karre, S., Kim, S.-B., Samira, R.. and Balint-Kurti, P. (2021) The maize ZmMIEL1 E3 ligase and ZmMYB83 transcription factor proteins interact and regulate the hypersensitive defence response. Mol Plant Pathol. 2021; 22: 694– 709. https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.13057
Wang, Y., Holland, J., , and Balint-Kurti, P. (2021) Development and Use of a Seedling Growth Retardation Assay to Quantify and Map Loci Underlying Variation in the Maize Basal Defense Response. Phytofrontiers https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOFR-12-20-0038-R
Kim, S‐B, Van den Broeck, L, Karre, S, Choi, H., . Christensen, S., Wang, G-F, Jo, Y., Cho, W. K., Balint‐Kurti, P. (2021) Analysis of the transcriptomic, metabolomic, and gene regulatory responses to Puccinia sorghi in maize. Mol Plant Pathol. 2021; 00: 1– 15. https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.13040
Karre, S., Kim, B.-S., Kim, S.-B., Khangura, R.S., Sermons, S., Dilkes, B., Johal, G. (Guri) and Balint-Kurti, P. (2021) Maize Plants Chimeric for an Autoactive Resistance Gene Display a Cell Autonomous Hypersensitive Response but Non-Cell Autonomous Defense Signaling. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact., https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-04-20-0091-R
2020
Gentzel, I.N., Park, C.H., Bellizzi, M., Xiao, G., Gadhave, K., Murphree, C., Yang, Q., LaMantia, J., Redinbaugh, M., Balint-Kurti, P., Sit, T. & Wang, G-L (2020) A CRISPR/dCas9 toolkit for functional analysis of maize genes. Plant Methods 16, 133 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-020-00675-5
Samira, R., Kimball, J., Samayoa, L. F., Holland, J.B., Jamann, T., Brown, P., Stacey, G., Balint-Kurti , P. (2020). Genome-wide association analysis of the strength of the MAMP-elicited defense response and resistance to target leaf spot in sorghum. Scientific Reports 10: 20817 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77684-w
Luan QL, Zhu YX, Ma S, Sun Y, Liu XY, Liu M, Balint-Kurti PJ, Wang GF. (2020) Maize metacaspases modulate the defense response mediated by the NLR protein Rp1-D21 likely by affecting its subcellular localization. Plant J. Oct 27. doi: 10.1111/tpj.15047
Harris, J.M., Balint-Kurti, P., Bede, J.C., Day, B., Gold, S., Goss, E.M., Grenville-Briggs, L.J., Jones, K.M., Wang, A., Wang, Y. and Mitra, R.M., (2020). What are the Top 10 Unanswered Questions in Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions?. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, pp.MPMI-08. doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-08-20-0229-CR
Murphree, C, Kim, S‐B, Karre, S, Samira, R, Balint‐Kurti, P. (2020) Use of virus‐induced gene silencing to characterize genes involved in modulating hypersensitive cell death in maize. Molecular Plant Pathology. 2020; 00: 1– 15. https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.12999
Kim, S. B., Karre, S., Wu, Q., Park, M., Meyers, E., Claeys, H., Wisser, R., Jackson, D., & Balint-Kurti, P. (2020) Multiple insertions of COIN, a novel maize Foldback transposable element, in the Conring gene cause a spontaneous progressive cell death phenotype . Plant J.;10.1111/tpj.14945. doi:10.1111/tpj.14945
Wagner, M; Roberts, J; Balint-Kurti, P; Holland, J. (2020) Heterosis of leaf and rhizosphere microbiomes in field-grown maize. New Phytologist DOI:10.1111/nph.16730
Wang, Y., Martins, L. B., Sermons, S., Balint-Kurti , P. (2020) Genetic and physiological characterization of a Calcium deficiency phenotype in maize. G3:Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 10 :1963-1970; https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.120.401069
Morales, L., Repka, A C; Swarts, Kelly ; Stafstrom, William ; He, Yijian; Sermons, Shannon; Yang, Qin; Lopez-Zuniga, Luis; Rucker, Elizabeth ; Thomason, Wade; Nelson, Rebecca J.; Balint-Kurti, Peter (2020) Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of a large, diverse population of maize near-isogenic lines. Plant J, 103: 1246-1255. doi:10.1111/tpj.14787
Sun, Y., Zhu, Y-X, Balint-Kurti, P. J., Wang, G-F (2020) Fine-Tuning Immunity: Players and Regulators for Plant NLRs. Trends in Plant Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2020.02.008
Tuleski, T. R., Kimball, J., Amaral, F. P. do, Pereira, T. P., Tadra-Sfeir, M. Z., Pedrosa, F. de O., Souza, E. M. de, Balint-Kurti, P., Monteiro, R. A., and Stacey, G. 2019. Herbaspirillum rubrisubalbicans as a phytopathogenic model to study the immune system of Sorghum bicolor. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 2020 33:2, 235-246 https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-06-19-0154-R
2019
Kimball, J., Cui, Y., Chen, D., Brown, P., Rooney, W., Stacey, G., and Balint-Kurti, P. (2019) Identification of QTL for Target Leaf Spot resistance in Sorghum bicolor and investigation of relationships between disease resistance and variation in the MAMP response. Scientific Reports 9, 1-9 Article number: 18285
Wagner, MR, Busby, PE, Balint-Kurti, P., (2019) Analysis of leaf microbiome composition of near‐isogenic maize lines differing in broad‐spectrum disease resistance. New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16284
Doblas-Ibáñez P., Deng K., Vasquez M., Giese L., Cobine P., Kolkman J., King H., Jamann T., Balint-Kurti P., De La Fuente L., Nelson R., Mackey D., Smith L.. (2019). Dominant, heritable resistance to Stewart’s wilt in maize is associated with an enhanced vascular defense response to infection with Pantoea stewartii. Mol. Plant-Microbe Int. 32:12, 1581-1597 doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-05-19-0129-R
Samira R., ZhangX., Kimball J, Cui Y., Stacey G , Balint-Kurti P. (2019) Quantifying MAMP-induced production of reactive oxygen species in Sorghum and Maize. Bio-Protocol DOI; 10.21769/BioProtoc.3304
He Y., Karre S., Johal G., Christensen S., Balint-Kurti P. (2019) A Maize Polygalacturonase Functions as a Suppressor of Programmed cell death in Plants. BMC Plant Biology 19 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-019-1897-5
Martins L, Rucker E, Thomason W, Wisser R J,. Holland J., Balint-Kurti P (2019) Validation and characterization of maize multiple disease resistance QTL. G3:Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 9 (9), 2905-2912 doi.org/10.1534/g3.119.400195
Balint-Kurti, P. (2019) The Hypersensitive response: Concepts, Control and Consequences. Molecular Plant Pathology. 20(8), 1163–1178. doi.org/10.1111/mpp.12821
Laura Morales *, Charles T Zila, Danilo E Moreta Mejía, Melissa Montoya Arbelaez, Peter J Balint-Kurti, James B Holland, Rebecca J Nelson (2019) Diverse mechanisms of resistance to Fusarium verticillioides infection and fumonisin contamination in four maize recombinant inbred line families. Toxins 11, 86 https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins11020086
He Y., Kim S-B, Balint-Kurti P (2019) A maize cytochrome b-c1 complex subunit protein ZmQCR7controls variation in the hypersensitive response. Planta 249 (5), 1477-1485 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-019-03092-8
Lopez-Zuniga L., Wolters P., Davis S., Weldekidan T., Kolkman J., Nelson R., Hooda K.S. , Rucker E., Thomason W., Wisser R. and Peter Balint-Kurti (2019) Using Maize Chromosome Segment Substitution Line Populations for the Identification of Loci Associated with Multiple Disease Resistance. G3: GENES, GENOMES, GENETICS 9:189-201; https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.118.200866
2018
Xie X, Olukolu,B, Yang Q, Balint-Kurti P (2018) Identification of a locus in maize controlling response to a host-selective toxin derived from Cochliobolus heterostrophus, causal agent of Southern Leaf Blight. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 131 (12), 2601-2612 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-018-3175-6
Cooper J.S., Balint-Kurti, P. , Jamann, T. M. (2018) Identification of quantitative trait loci for Goss’s wilt of maize caused by Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. Nebraskensis. 1. Crop Science. 58:1192-1200
Sermons S. and Balint-Kurti P. (2018) Large Scale Field Inoculation and Scoring of Maize Southern Leaf Blight and Other Maize Foliar Fungal Diseases. Bio-Protocols 8. DOI:10.21769/BioProtoc.2745
R. Nelson, Wiesner-Hanks, T., Wisser, R., and Balint-Kurti, P. (2018) Navigating complexity to breed disease-resistant crops.Nature Reviews Genetics 19:21-33 doi:10.1038/nrg.2017.82
2017
Q. Yang, He Y, Kabahuma M, Chaya T, Kelly A, Borrego E, Bian Y, El Kasmi F, Yang L, Teixeira P, Kolkman J, Nelson R, Kolomiets M, L Dangl J, Wisser R, Caplan J, Li X, Lauter N, Balint-Kurti P (2017) A gene encoding maize caffeoyl-CoA O-methyltransferase confers quantitative resistance to multiple pathogens. Nature Genetics 49:1364–1372 doi:10.1038/ng.3919
J. Lennon, Krakowsky, M., Goodman, M., Flint-Garcia, S., and Balint-Kurti, P. (2017). Identification of Teosinte (Zea mays ssp. parviglumis) alleles for resistance to southern leaf blight in near isogenic maize lines. Crop Science doi:10.2135/cropsci2016.12.0979
X. Zhang, Q. Yang, · Rucker, E., Thomason, W. and Balint-Kurti, P. (2017) Fine mapping of a quantitative resistance gene for gray leaf spot of maize (Zea mays L.) derived from teosinte (Z. mays ssp. parviglumis). Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2017. 130(6): p. 1285-1295.
Q.Yang, Balint-Kurti, P., Xu, M. (2017) Quantitative Disease Resistance: Dissection and Adoption in Maize. Molecular Plant ;10(3):402-413. doi:10.1016/j.molp.2017.02.004
X. Zhang, Valdés-López, O., Arellano, C., Stacey, G. and Balint-Kurti, P. (2017). Genetic dissection of the maize (Zea mays L.) MAMP response. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 130: 1155. doi:10.1007/s00122-017-2876-6
2016
B. Olukolu, Bian, Y., De Vries, B., Tracy, W.F., Wisser, R., Holland, J. B., and Balint-Kurti, P. J. (2016) The genetics of leaf flecking in maize and its relationship to plant defense and disease resistance. Plant Physiology 172(3): 1787–1803. DOI:10.1104/pp.15.01870
Minker K, Biedrzycki M, Kolagunda A, Rhein S, Perina F, Jacobs S, Moore, M,, Jamann, T., Yang, Q., Nelson, R., Balint-Kurti, P., Kambhamettu, C., Wisser R., and Caplan J. (2016) Semiautomated confocal imaging of fungal pathogenesis on plants: Microscopic analysis of macroscopic specimens. Microscopy Research and Technique, 81: 141-152. doi:10.1002/jemt.22709
Olukolu, B., Tracy, W., Wisser, R., De Vries, B., and Balint-Kurti, P. (2016). A genome-wide association study for partial resistance to maize common rust. Phytopathology 106:745-751.
G-F Wang and Balint-Kurti P (2016) Maize Homologs of CCoAOMT and HCT, Two Key Enzymes in Lignin Biosynthesis, Form Complexes with the NLR Rp1 Protein to Modulate the Defense Response. Plant Physiology 171(3):2166-2177. doi:10.1104/pp.16.00224
Liu, Z., Cook, J.,Melia-Hancock, S., Guill, K., Bottoms, C., Garcia, A., Ott, O., Nelson, R., Recker, J., Balint-Kurti, P., Larsson, S., Lepak, N., Buckler, E., Trimble, L., Tracy, W., McMullen, M., Flint-Garcia, S. (2016) Expanding maize genetic resources with pre-domestication alleles: maize-teosinte introgression populations. Plant Genome doi:10.3835/plantgenome2015.07.0053.
J. Lennon, M. Krakowsky, M. Goodman, S Flint-Garcia, Peter Balint-Kurti (2016) Identification of alleles conferring resistance to gray leaf spot in maize derived from its wild progenitor species teosinte (Zea mays ssp. parviglumis). Crop Science.56:209-218 doi:10.2135/cropsci2014.07.0468
2015
G-F Wang, He, Y., Strauch, R., Olukolu, B., Nielsen, D. , Li, X. and Balint-Kurti, P. (2015) Maize Homologs of Hydroxycinnamoyltransferase , a Key Enzyme in Lignin Biosynthesis, Bind the NLR Rp1 Proteins to Modulate the Defense Response. Plant Physiology.169: 2230-2243. DOI:10.1104/pp.15.00703
P. Balint-Kurti and J. Holland (2015) New insight into a complex plant–fungal pathogen interaction Nature Genetics 47, 101–103doi:10.1038/ng.3203
V. Vontimitta, Olukolu, B., Penning, B., Johal, G., Balint-Kurti, P. (2015) The genetic basis of flecking and its relationship to disease resistance in the IBM maize mapping population. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 128:2331-9 .DOI: 10.1007/s00122-015-2588-8.
G-F Wang and Balint-Kurti P. (2015) Cytoplasmic and nuclear localizations are important for the hypersensitive response conferred by maize autoactive Rp1-D21 protein. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 28, 1023-1031
G-F Wang, Ji J, EI-Kasmi, F, Dangl, J, Johal G, Balint-Kurti P. (2015) Molecular and Functional Analyses of a Maize Autoactive NB-LRR Protein Identify Precise Structural Requirements for Activity. PLOS Pathogens, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004674
R. C. Pratt, J. B. Holland, P. J. Balint-Kurti, N. D. Coles, J. Zwonitzer, M. A. Casey, and M. D. McMullen (2015) Registration of the Ki14 × B73 Recombinant Inbred Mapping Population of Maize. Journal of Plant Registrations. doi:10.3198/jpr2014.06.0041crmp.
2014
Y. Bian, Q. Yang, P. Balint-Kurti, R. Wisser, J. Holland (2014) Limits on the reproducibility of marker associations with southern leaf blight resistance in the maize nested association mapping population. BMC Genomics 2014, 15:1068
B Olukolu, Wang G-F, Vontimitta V, Venkata BP , Marla S, Ji J, Gachomo E, Chu K, Negeri A, Benson J, Nelson R , Bradbury P, Nielsen D, Holland J B, Balint-Kurti PJ and Johal G. (2014) A Genome-Wide Association Study of the Maize Hypersensitive Defense Response Identifies Genes That Cluster in Related Pathways. PLoS Genetics DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004562
Manching, H. Balint-Kurti, P. and Stapleton, A. (2014) Nitrogen stress reduces fungal pathogen symptoms and dampens the correlation between disease and early-season bacterial epiphyte diversity in maize. Frontiers in Plant Science doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00403
Santa-Cruz, J. H., Kump, K. L., Arellano, C. , Goodman, M., Krakowsky, M. D., Holland, J. B. , Balint-Kurti, P. J. (2014) Evaluation of two southern leaf blight resistance QTL for their effect on yield and disease resistance in isogenic maize hybrids. Crop Science 54: 882-894
2013
Benavente, L., Ding, X., Redinbaugh, M., Nelson, R., and Balint-Kurti, P. (2013) Virus-Induced Gene Silencing in Diverse Maize Lines Using the Brome Mosaic Virus-based silencing vector. Maydica 57(3/4):206-214
Negeri, A., Wang, G-F., Benavente, L., Kibiti, C., Chaikam, V., Johal, G., Balint-Kurti, P. (2013) Characterization of temperature and light effects on the defense response phenotypes associated with the maize RP1-D21 gene. BMC Plant Biology 13:106
Olukolu, B., Negeri, A., Dhawan, R. , Venkata, B. P. , Sharma, P., Garg, A. , Gachomo, E. , Marla, S., Chu, K., Hasan, A. , Ji, J. , Chintamanani, S., Green, J. , Holland, J., Wisser, R. , Shyu, C.-R., Johal, G., Balint-Kurti, P. (2013) A genome-wide association analysis identifies loci that modulate hypersensitive response caused by a maize auto-active resistance gene. Genetics 193:609-620
2012
Green, J.M, Appel, H., Rehrig, E. M., Harnsomburana, J., Chang, J-F., Balint-Kurti, P., Shyu, C-R., (2012) PhenoPhyte: A flexible affordable method to quantify visual 2D phenotypes. Plant Methods. 8:45. doi:10.1186/1746-4811-8-45
Veturi, Y., Kump, K., Walsh, E., Oliver, O., Poland , J., Kolkman, J., Balint-Kurti, P., Holland, J., Wisser , R., (2012) Multivariate mixed linear model analysis of longitudinal data: an information-rich statistical technique for analyzing disease resistance data. Phytopathology 102, 1016-1025
Belcher, A., Zwonitzer, J., Santa Cruz, J., Krakowsky, M., Chung, C-L. Nelson, R., Arellano, C., Balint-Kurti, P. (2012) Analysis of Quantitative Disease Resistance to Southern Leaf Blight and of Multiple Disease Resistance in Maize Using Near-Isogenic Lines. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 124:433-445. .
2011
Balint-Kurti, P., Pridgen, P. and Stapleton, A.. (2011). Application of an antibiotic resets the maize leaf phyllosphere community and increases resistance to southern leaf blight. Acta Hort. (Ishs) 905:57-62. http://www.actahort.org/books/905/905_4.htm
Chaikam, V. Negeri, A, Dhawan, D., Puchaka, B. , Ji, J., Chintamanani,, S., Gachomo, E., Zillmer, A., Doran, T., Weil, C., Balint-Kurti, P., Johal, G. (2011) Use of Mutant-Assisted Gene Identification and Characterization (MAGIC) to identify novel genetic loci that modify the maize hypersensitive response . Theoretical and Applied Genetics 123(6):985-97.
Negeri, A ., Coles, N., Holland, J., Balint-Kurti, P.. Mapping QTL controlling southern leaf blight resistance by joint analysis of three related recombinant inbred line populations (2011) Crop Science 51:1571-1579
Wisser, R., Kolkman, J., Patzoldt, M., Holland, J., Yu, J., Krakowsky, M., Nelson, R., and Balint-Kurti, P. (2011) : Multivariate analysis of maize disease resistances suggests a pleiotropic genetic basis and implicates a GST gene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108:7339-7344
Kump, K., Bradbury, P., Buckler, E., Belcher, A., Oropeza-Rosas, M., Wisser, R., Zwonitzer, J., Kresovich, S., McMullen, M., Ware, D., Balint-Kurti, P., and Holland, J. (2011) Genome-wide association study of quantitative resistance to southern leaf blight in the maize nested association mapping population. Nature Genetics 43:163-168
Wisser, R., Balint-Kurti, P, Holland, J. (2011) A novel genetic framework for studying response to artificial selection. Plant Genetic Resources. Published Online DOI:10.1017/S1479262111000359
Chung,C-L., Poland, J., Kump, K., Benson, J., Longfellow, J., Walsh, E., Balint-Kurti, P. and Nelson, R. (2011)Targeted discovery of quantitative trait loci for resistance to northern leaf blight and other diseases of maize. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 123:307-326
2010
Kump, K., Holland, J., Jung, M., Wolters, P., Balint-Kurti, P. (2010) Joint analysis of near isogenic and recombinant inbred line populations yields precise positional estimates for QTL. Plant Genome 3:142–153
Zhang, J., Martin, J., Balint-Kurti, P., Huang, L., Giroux, M. (2010). The wheat puroindoline genes confer fungal resistance in transgenic corn. Journal of Phytopathology 159:188-190
Chung C-L, Longfellow, J., Walsh, E., Kerdieh, Z., Van Esbroeck, G., Balint-Kurti, P., Nelson, R. (2010). Resistance loci affecting distinct stages of fungal pathogenesis: use of introgression lines for QTL mapping and characterization in the maize - Setosphaeria turcica pathosystem . BMC Plant Biology 10:103.
Chintamanani, S, Hulbert,S.H.,, Johal, G.S., Balint-Kurti, P. (2010) Identification of a Maize Locus that Modulates the Hypersensitive Defense Response, Using Mutant-Assisted Gene Identification and Characterization (MAGIC). , Genetics 184: 813–825
Balint-Kurti, P., Yang, J., Esbroek, G.V. Jung, J. and Smith, E. (2010) 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. Crop Science 50: 458-466.
Zwonitzer, J., Coles, N., Krakowsky, M., Holland, J., McMullen, M., Pratt, R. and Balint-Kurti, P. (2010) Mapping disease resistance QTL for three foliar diseases of maize in a recombinant inbred line population. -Evidence for Multiple Disease Resistance? Phytopathology 100:72-79.
Coles, N., McMullen, M. , Balint-Kurti, P., Pratt, R.,, and Holland, J. (2010) Genetic Control of Photoperiod Sensitivity in Maize Revealed by Joint Multiple Population Analysis Genetics 184: 799–812
Balint-Kurti, P., Simmons, S., Blum J., Ballaré C. and A. Stapleton.. (2010). Maize Leaf Epiphytic Bacteria Diversity Patterns Are Genetically Correlated with Resistance to Fungal Pathogen Infection. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 23: 473-484
2008
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. (2008). 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.( 2008). Use of backcross recurrent selection and QTL mapping to identify loci contributing to SLB resistance in a highly resistant maize line. Theor. Appl. Genet. 118:911-25
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., R.J. Wisser, and J. Zwonitzer.( 2008). Use of the an Advanced Intercross Population for Precise Mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci for Gray Leaf Spot Resistance in Maize. Crop Science 48:1696-1704.
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.
2007
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. Mol. Plant-Microbe Int. 20:922-933.
Balint-Kurti, P.J., Zwonitzer, J.C. Wisser, R.J., Carson, M.L., Oropeza-Rosas, M., Holland, J.B., and Szalma, S.J. (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.
2006
Jines, M., Balint-Kurti, P., Robertson-Hoyt, L., Molnar, T., Holland, J., and Goodman, M. (2006) Mapping Resistance to Southern Rust In a Tropical By Temperate Maize Recombinant Inbred Topcross Population. TAG 114:659-667.
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., Jines, M., Balint-Kurti, P., Kleinschmidt, C., White, D., Payne, G., Maragos, C. and Holland, J.(2006) Mapping of QTL for Ear Rot and Fumonisin Accumulation in Maize. Crop Science 46:1734-1743.
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.
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.
2005
Balint-Kurti, P. J., Blanco, M., Millard M., 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
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.
Pre-2005
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.
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.
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.
Peumans, W., Zhang, W., Barre, A., Astoul, C., Balint-Kurti, P., Rovira, P., Rougè, P., May, G., Van Leuven, F., Truffa-Bachi, P. and Van Damme, E. (2000). Fruit-specific lectins from banana and plantain. Planta 211:546-554.
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. Molec. and Gen. Genet. 263:908-915.
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., 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.
Thomas, C., Jones, D., Parniske, M., Harrison, K., Balint-Kurti, P., Hatzixanthis, K. and Jones, J. (1997). Characterization of the tomato Cf-4 gene for resistance to C. fulvum identifies sequences that determine recognitional specificity in Cf-4 and Cf-9. Plant Cell 9:2209-2224.
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. TAG 90:17-26.
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., 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. TAG 88:691-700.
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 C. fulvum. Molec. Plant-Microbe Int. 6: 348-357.
Book Chapters etc.
Jamann, T., Balint-Kurti, P. and Holland, J. (2014) QTL Mapping Using High-Throughput Sequencing. In press. Chapter in "Plant Functional Genomics:" Ed J. Alonso,
Balint-Kurti, P., Shew, D. and Cowger, C. (2014) Host Resistance. In Press. Chapter in “Plant Pathology: Concepts and Laboratory Excercises” Ed.s Ownley, B,. and Trigiano, R.
Jamann, T., Nelson, R. and Balint-Kurti, P. (2013). Maize Disease Resistance. Chapter 3“Translational Genomics for Crop Breeding, Volume I: Biotic Stresses” Eds. Roberto Tuberosa and Rajeev Varshney (Wiley-Blackwell)
Balint-Kurti, P.J., and G.S. Johal. (2011). Use of Mutant-assisted Gene Identification and Characterization (MAGIC) to Identify Useful Alleles for Crop Improvement ISB News Reports January 2011:pp.1-3.
Balint-Kurti, P.J. and Johal, G.S. (2008). Maize Disease Resistance. Chapter in “The Maize Handbook”, eds. Sarah Hake, Jeff Bennetzen. Chapter in “Handbook of Maize: Its Biology” eds. Sarah Hake, Jeff Bennetzen. (Springer).pp229-250
Balint-Kurti, P. and Churchill, A. (2004) Towards a molecular understanding of Mycosphaerella/banana interactions. In Banana Improvement: Cell. and Molec. Biology, and Induced Mutations. pp.147-160. S.M. Jain (Editor) Kluwer.
Mercier, J., Howie W.J., and Balint-Kurti P. (2001). A detached leaf assay to evaluate the resistance of banana to Mycosphaerella fijiensis. Phytopathology 91:S61. (Abstract)
Balint-Kurti, Firoozabady, Moy, Y., Mercier, R., Fong,., Wong, and Gutterson. (2001) Better bananas – the biotech way. Infomusa 10:vi..
Rogers, K.C., Ginsburg, G.T., Mu, X., Gollop, R., Balint-Kurti, P.J., Louis, J.M. and Kimmel, A.R. (1997), The cAMP gene family of D. discoideum: expression, regulation, function. Dictyostelium-A Model System for Cell and Devel. Biol. (Universal Acad. Press, Inc.) 163-172.
Balint-Kurti, P.J. (1994). The cloned tomato peroxidase genes pTAP1 and pTAP2 correspond to the linked isozymes Prx2 and Prx3. Tomato Genetics Co-op. Report 44:5.
Balint-Kurti, P., Jones, D. and Jones, J. (1994). Dominance of Lapageria (Lpg) is reversed in crosses with Lycopersicon pennellii. Tomato genetics Co-op. Report 44:5.
Jones, D.A., Balint-Kurti, P.J., Dickinson, M.J., Dixon, M.S. and Jones, J.D.G. (1992). Locations of genes for resistance to C. fulvum on the classical and RFLP maps of tomato. Tomato Genetics Co-op Report 42