Peter Balint-Kurti

Kim, S.-B., Broeck, L., Karre, S., Choi, H., Christensen, S. A., Wang, G.-F., … Balint-Kurti, P. (2021). Analysis of the transcriptomic, metabolomic, and gene regulatory responses to Puccinia sorghi in maize. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY, Vol. 2. https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.13040

Wang, Y., Holland, J., & 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

Luan, Q. L., Zhu, Y. X., Ma, S., Sun, Y., Liu, X. Y., Liu, M., … Wang, G. F. (2021). Maize metacaspases modulate the defense response mediated by the NLR protein Rp1‐D21 likely by affecting its subcellular localization. The Plant Journal, 11. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15047

Karre, S., Kim, S. B., Samira, R., & Balint‐Kurti, P. (2021). The maize ZmMIEL1 E3 ligase and ZmMYB83 transcription factor proteins interact and regulate the hypersensitive defence response. Molecular Plant Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.13057

Gentzel, I. N., Park, C. H., Bellizzi, M., Xiao, G., Gadhave, K. R., Murphree, C., … Wang, G.-L. (2020). A CRISPR/dCas9 toolkit for functional analysis of maize genes. PLANT METHODS, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-020-00675-5

Wagner, M. R., Busby, P. E., & Balint‐Kurti, P. (2020). Analysis of leaf microbiome composition of near‐isogenic maize lines differing in broad‐spectrum disease resistance. New Phytologist, 225(5), 2152–2165. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16284

Sun, Y., Zhu, Y.-X., Balint-Kurti, P. J., & Wang, G.-F. (2020). [Review of Fine-Tuning Immunity: Players and Regulators for Plant NLRs]. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE, 25(7), 695–713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2020.02.008

Wang, Y., Martins, L. B., Sermons, S., & Balint-Kurti, P. (2020). Genetic and Physiological Characterization of a Calcium Deficiency Phenotype in Maize. G3#58; Genes|Genomes|Genetics, 4(6), g3.401069.2020. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.120.401069

Samira, R., Kimball, J. A., Samayoa, L. F., Holland, J. B., Jamann, T. M., Brown, P. J., … Balint-Kurti, P. J. (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(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77684-w

Morales, L., Repka, A. C., Swarts, K. L., Stafstrom, W. C., He, Y., Sermons, S. M., … Balint-Kurti, P. J. (2020). Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of a large, diverse population of maize near-isogenic lines. PLANT JOURNAL, Vol. 103, pp. 1246–1255. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14787

Tuleski, T. R., Kimball, J., Amaral, F. P., Pereira, T. P., Tadra-Sfeir, M. Z., Oliveira Pedrosa, F., … Stacey, G. (2020). Herbaspirillum rubrisubalbicans as a Phytopathogenic Model to Study the Immune System of Sorghum bicolor. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions®, 33(2), 235–246. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-06-19-0154-R

Wagner, M. R., Roberts, J. H., Balint‐Kurti, P., & Holland, J. B. (2020). Heterosis of leaf and rhizosphere microbiomes in field‐grown maize. New Phytologist, 228(3), 1055–1069. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16730

Wagner, M. R., Tang, C., Salvato, F., Clouse, K. M., Bartlett, A., Sermons, S., … Kleiner, M. (2020, May 7). Microbe-dependent heterosis in maize (Vol. 5). Vol. 5. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.05.078766

Kim, S. B., Karre, S., Wu, Q., Park, M., Meyers, E., Claeys, H., … 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. The Plant Journal, 104(3), 581–595. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14945

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, 10(12), 1662–1676. https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.12999

Harris, J. M., Balint-Kurti, P., Bede, J. C., Day, B., Gold, S., Goss, E. M., … Alvarez, M. E. (2020). What are the Top 10 Unanswered Questions in Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions? Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions®, 10(12), MPMI-08–20-0229. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-08-20-0229-CR

He, Y., Kim, S.-B., & Balint-Kurti, P. (2019). A maize cytochrome b-c1 complex subunit protein ZmQCR7 controls variation in the hypersensitive response. PLANTA, 249(5), 1477–1485. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-019-03092-8

He, Y., Karre, S., Johal, G. S., Christensen, S. A., & Balint-Kurti, P. (2019). A maize polygalacturonase functions as a suppressor of programmed cell death in plants. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-019-1897-5

Morales, L., Zila, C. T., Mejia, D. E. M., Arbelaez, M. M., Balint-Kurti, P. J., Holland, J. B., & Nelson, R. J. (2019). Diverse Components of Resistance to Fusarium verticillioides Infection and Fumonisin Contamination in Four Maize Recombinant Inbred Families. TOXINS, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins11020086

Doblas-Ibáñez, P., Deng, K., Vasquez, M. F., Giese, L., Cobine, P. A., Kolkman, J. M., … Smith, L. G. (2019). Dominant, Heritable Resistance to Stewart’s Wilt in Maize Is Associated with an Enhanced Vascular Defense Response to Infection with Pantoea stewartii. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions®, 32(12), 1581–1597. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-05-19-0129-R

Kimball, J., Cui, Y., Chen, D., Brown, P., Rooney, W. L., Stacey, G., & Balint-Kurti, P. J. (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). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54802-x

Samira, R., Zhang, X., Kimball, J., Cui, Y., Stacey, G., & Balint-Kurti, P. (2019). Quantifying MAMP-induced Production of Reactive Oxygen Species in Sorghum and Maize. BIO-PROTOCOL, 9(14). https://doi.org/10.21769/bioprotoc.3304

Balint-Kurti, P. (2019). The plant hypersensitive response: concepts, control and consequences. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY, Vol. 20, pp. 1163–1178. https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.12821

Lopez-Zuniga, L. O., Wolters, P., Davis, S., Weldekidan, T., Kolkman, J. M., Nelson, R., … Balint-Kurti, P. (2019). Using Maize Chromosome Segment Substitution Line Populations for the Identification of Loci Associated with Multiple Disease Resistance. G3 (Bethesda, Md.), 9(1), 189–201. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.118.200866

Martins, L. B., Rucker, E., Thomason, W., Wisser, R. J., Holland, J. B., & Balint-Kurti, P. (2019). Validation and Characterization of Maize Multiple Disease Resistance QTL. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS, 9(9), 2905–2912. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.119.400195

Cooper, J. S., Balint-Kurti, P. J., & Jamann, T. M. (2018). Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci for Goss’s Wilt of Maize. Crop Science, 58(3), 1192–1200. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2017.10.0618

Xiaodong, 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

Sermons, S. M., & Balint-Kurti, P. J. (2018). Large Scale Field Inoculation and Scoring of Maize Southern Leaf Blight and Other Maize Foliar Fungal Diseases. Bio-Protocol, 8(5), e2745. https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.2745

Nelson, R., Wiesner-Hanks, T., Wisser, R., & Balint-Kurti, P. (2018). Navigating complexity to breed disease-resistant crops. Nature Reviews Genetics, Vol. 19, pp. 21–33. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrg.2017.82

Minker, K. R. K. R. K. R., Biedrzycki, M. L. M. L., Kolagunda, A., Rhein, S., Perina, F. J. F. J., Jacobs, S. S. S. S., … Caplan, J. L. J. L. (2018). Semiautomated confocal imaging of fungal pathogenesis on plants: Microscopic analysis of macroscopic specimens. Microscopy Research and Technique, 81(2), 141–152. https://doi.org/10.1002/jemt.22709

Yang, Q., He, Y., Kabahuma, M., Chaya, T., Kelly, A., Borrego, E., … Balint-Kurti, P. (2017). A gene encoding maize caffeoyl-CoA O-methyltransferase confers quantitative resistance to multiple pathogens. Nat Genet, 49(9), 1364–1372. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3919
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Yang, Q., He, Y., Kabahuma, M., Chaya, T., Kelly, A., Borrego, E., … Balint-Kurti, P. (2017). A gene encoding maize caffeoyl-CoA O-methyltransferase confers quantitative resistance to multiple pathogens. Nature Genetics, 49(9), 1364–1372. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3919

Zhang, X., Yang, Q., Rucker, E., Thomason, W., & 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, 130(6), 1285–1295. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-017-2888-2

Zhang, X., Valdés-López, O., Arellano, C., Stacey, G., & Balint-Kurti, P. (2017). Genetic dissection of the maize (Zea mays L.) MAMP response. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 130(6), 1155–1168. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-017-2876-6

Lennon, J. R., Krakowsky, M. D., Goodman, M., Flint-Garcia, S., & Balint-Kurti, P. J. (2017). Identification of Teosinte (Zea mays ssp. parviglumis) alleles for resistance to southern leaf blight in near isogenic maize lines. Crop Science, In Press(4), 1973–1983. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2016.12.0979

Yang, Q., Balint-Kurti, P., & Xu, M. L. (2017). Quantitative Disease Resistance: Dissection and Adoption in Maize. Molecular Plant, 10(3), 402–413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2017.02.004

Olukolu, B. A. B. A., Tracy, W. F. W. F., Wisser, R., De Vries, B., & Balint-Kurti, P. J. P. J. (2016). A genome-wide association study for partial resistance to maize common rust. Phytopathology, 106(7), 745–751. https://doi.org/10.1094/phyto-11-15-0305-r

Liu, Z., Cook, J., Melia-Hancock, S., Guill, K., Bottoms, C., Garcia, A., … Flint-Garcia, S. A. (2016). Expanding Maize Genetic resources with predomestication alleles: Maize–teosinte introgression populations. Plant Genome, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.3835/plantgenome2015.07.0053

Lennon, J. R., Krakowsky, M., Goodman, M., Flint-Garcia, S., & Balint-Kurti, P. J. (2016). Identification of alleles conferring resistance to gray leaf spot in maize derived from its wild progenitor species teosinte. Crop Science, 56(1), 209–218. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2014.07.0468

Wang, G.-F., & Balint-Kurti, P. J. (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. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.16.00224

Olukolu, B. A., Bian, Y., Vries, B. D., Tracy, W. F., Wisser, R. J., Holland, J. B., & 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. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.15.01870

Wang, G.-F., & Balint-Kurti, P. J. (2015). Cytoplasmic and Nuclear Localizations Are Important for the Hypersensitive Response Conferred by Maize Autoactive Rp1-D21 Protein. MPMI, 28(9), 1023–1031. https://doi.org/10.1094/mpmi-01-15-0014-r

Wang, G.-F., He, Y., Strauch, R., Olukolu, B., Nielsen, D., Li, X., & Balint-Kurti, P. (2015). Maize Homologs of HCT, a Key Enzyme in Lignin Biosynthesis, Bind the NLR Rp1 Proteins to Modulate the Defense Response. Plant Physiol., 9, pp.00703.2015. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.15.00703

Wang, G.-F., He, Y., Strauch, R., Olukolu, B. A., Nielsen, D., Li, X., & Balint-Kurti, P. J. (2015). Maize homologs of hydroxycinnamoyltransferase, a key enzyme in lignin biosynthesis, bind the nucleotide binding leucine-rich repeat rp1 proteins to modulate the defense response. Plant Physiology, 169(3), 2230–2243. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.15.00703

Wang, G.-F., Ji, J., EI-Kasmi, F., Dangl, J. L., Johal, G., & Balint-Kurti, P. J. (2015). Molecular and Functional Analyses of a Maize Autoactive NB-LRR Protein Identify Precise Structural Requirements for Activity. PLoS Pathog, 11(2), e1004674. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004674

Balint-Kurti, P. J., & Holland, J. B. (2015). New insight into a complex plant–fungal pathogen interaction. Nat Genet, 47(2), 101–103. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3203

Jamann, T. M., Balint-Kurti, P. J., & Holland, J. B. (2015). QTL Mapping Using High-Throughput Sequencing. Plant Functional Genomics, Vol. 1284, pp. 257–285. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2444-8_13

Pratt, R. C., Holland, J. B., Balint-Kurti, P. J., Coles, N. D., Zwonitzer, J. C., Casey, M. A., & McMullen, M. D. (2015). Registration of the Ki14 × B73 recombinant inbred mapping population of maize. Journal of Plant Registrations, 9(2), 262–265. https://doi.org/10.3198/jpr2014.06.0041crmp

Vontimitta, V., Olukolu, B. A., Penning, B. W., Johal, G., & Balint-Kurti, P. J. (2015). The genetic basis of flecking and its relationship to disease resistance in the IBM maize mapping population. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 128(11), 2331–2339. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-015-2588-8

Olukolu, B. A., Wang, G.-F., Vontimitta, V., Venkata, B. P., Marla, S., Ji, J., … Johal, G. (2014). A Genome-Wide Association Study of the Maize Hypersensitive Defense Response Identifies Genes That Cluster in Related Pathways. PLoS Genet, 10(8), e1004562. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1004562

Bian, Y., Yang, Q., Balint-Kurti, P. J., Wisser, R. J., & Holland, J. B. (2014). Limits on the reproducibility of marker associations with southern leaf blight resistance in the maize nested association mapping population. BMC Genomics, 15(1), 1068. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-1068

Manching, H. C., Balint-Kurti, P. J., & Stapleton, A. E. (2014). Southern leaf blight disease severity is correlated with decreased maize leaf epiphytic bacterial species richness and the phyllosphere bacterial diversity decline is enhanced by nitrogen fertilization. Front. Plant Sci., 5(AUG). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2014.00403

Santa-Cruz, J. H., Kump, K. L., Arellano, C., Goodman, M. M., Krakowsky, M. D., Holland, J. B., & Balint-Kurti, P. J. (2014). Yield Effects of Two Southern Leaf Blight Resistance Loci in Maize Hybrids. Crop Science, 54(3), 882. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2013.08.0553

Olukolu, B. A., Negeri, A., Dhawan, R., Venkata, B. P., Sharma, P., Garg, A., … Balint-Kurti, P. (2013). A connected set of genes associated with programmed cell death implicated in controlling the hypersensitive response in maize. Genetics, 193(2), 609–620. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.112.147595

Negeri, A., Wang, G.-F., Benavente, L., Kibiti, C. M., 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 autoactive resistance gene. BMC Plant Biology, 13(1), 106. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2229-13-106

Jamann, T., Nelson, R., & Balint-Kurti, P. (2013, October 11). The Genetic Basis of Disease Resistance in Maize. Translational Genomics for Crop Breeding, pp. 31–43. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118728475.ch3

Belcher, A. R., Zwonitzer, J. C., Cruz, J. S., Krakowsky, M. D., Chung, C.-L., Nelson, R., … Balint-Kurti, P. J. (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(3), 433–445. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-011-1718-1

Veturi, Y., Kump, K., Walsh, E., Ott, O., Poland, J., Kolkman, J. M., … Wisser, R. J. (2012). Multivariate Mixed Linear Model Analysis of Longitudinal Data: An Information-Rich Statistical Technique for Analyzing Plant Disease Resistance. Phytopathology, 102(11), 1016–1025. https://doi.org/10.1094/phyto-10-11-0268

Green, J. M., Appel, H., Rehrig, E. M. N., Harnsomburana, J., Chang, J.-F., Balint-Kurti, P., & Shyu, C.-R. (2012). PhenoPhyte: a flexible affordable method to quantify 2D phenotypes from imagery. Plant Methods, 8(1), 45. https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4811-8-45

Benavente, L. M., Ding, X. S., Redinbaugh, M. G., Nelson, R. S., & Balint-Kurti, P. (2012). Virus-induced gene silencing in diverse maize lines using the Brome Mosaic virus-based silencing vector. Maydica, 57(3-4), 206–214.

Wisser, R. J., Balint-Kurti, P. J., & Holland, J. B. (2011). A novel genetic framework for studying response to artificial selection. Plant Genet. Resour., 9(02), 281–283. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1479262111000359

Balint-Kurti, P., Pridgen, P., & Stapleton, A. E. (2011). Application of an antibiotic resets the maize leaf phyllosphere community and increases resistance to southern leaf blight. In Acta Horticulturae (Vol. 905, pp. 57–62).

Kump, K. L., Bradbury, P. J., Wisser, R. J., Buckler, E. S., Belcher, A. R., Oropeza-Rosas, M. A., … Holland, J. B. (2011). Genome-wide association study of quantitative resistance to southern leaf blight in the maize nested association mapping population. Nat Genet, 43(2), 163–168. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.747

Negeri, A. T., Coles, N. D., Holland, J. B., & Balint-Kurti, P. J. (2011). Mapping QTL Controlling Southern Leaf Blight Resistance by Joint Analysis of Three Related Recombinant Inbred Line Populations. Crop Science, 51(4), 1571. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2010.12.0672

Wisser, R. J., Kolkman, J. M., Patzoldt, M. E., Holland, J. B., Yu, J., Krakowsky, M., … Balint-Kurti, P. J. (2011). Multivariate analysis of maize disease resistances suggests a pleiotropic genetic basis and implicates a GST gene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108(18), 7339–7344. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1011739108

Chung, C.-L., Poland, J., Kump, K., Benson, J., Longfellow, J., Walsh, E., … Nelson, R. (2011). Targeted discovery of quantitative trait loci for resistance to northern leaf blight and other diseases of maize. Theor Appl Genet, 123(2), 307–326. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-011-1585-9

Zhang, J., Martin, J. M., Balint-Kurti, P., Huang, L., & Giroux, M. J. (2011). The Wheat Puroindoline Genes Confer Fungal Resistance in Transgenic Corn. Journal of Phytopathology, 159(3), 188–190. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0434.2010.01744.x

Chaikam, V., Negeri, A., Dhawan, R., Puchaka, B., Ji, J., Chintamanani, S., … Johal, G. (2011). Use of mutant-assisted gene identification and characterization (MAGIC) to identify novel genetic loci that modify the maize hypersensitive response. Theor Appl Genet, 123(6), 985–997. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-011-1641-5

Coles, N. D., McMullen, M. D., Balint-Kurti, P. J., Pratt, R. C., & Holland, J. B. (2010). Genetic control of photoperiod sensitivity in maize revealed by joint multiple population analysis. Genetics, 184(3), 799–812. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.109.110304

Chintamanani, S., Hulbert, S. H., Johal, G. S., & Balint-Kurti, P. J. (2010). Identification of a maize locus that modulates the hypersensitive defense response, using mutant-assisted gene identification and characterization. Genetics, 184(3), 813–825. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.109.111880

Kump, K. L., Holland, J. B., Jung, M. T., Wolters, P., & Balint-Kurti, P. J. (2010). Joint Analysis of Near-Isogenic and Recombinant Inbred Line Populations Yields Precise Positional Estimates for Quantitative Trait Loci. The Plant Genome Journal, 3(3), 142. https://doi.org/10.3835/plantgenome2010.05.0011

Balint-Kurti, P., Simmons, S. J., Blum, J. E., Ballaré, C. L., & Stapleton, A. E. (2010). Maize leaf epiphytic bacteria diversity patterns are genetically correlated with resistance to fungal pathogen infection. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 23(4), 473–484. https://doi.org/10.1094/mpmi-23-4-0473

Zwonitzer, J. C., Coles, N. D., Krakowsky, M. D., Arellano, C., Holland, J. B., McMullen, M. D., … Balint-Kurti, P. J. (2010). Mapping resistance quantitative trait loci for three foliar diseases in a maize recombinant inbred line population - Evidence for multiple disease resistance? Phytopathology, 100(1), 72–79. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-100-1-0072

Chung, C.-L., Longfellow, J. M., Walsh, E. K., Kerdieh, Z., Esbroeck, G. V., Balint-Kurti, P., & Nelson, R. J. (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(1), 103. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2229-10-103

Balint-Kurti, P. J., Yang, J., Esbroeck, G. V., Jung, J., & Smith, M. E. (2010). Use of a Maize Advanced Intercross Line for Mapping of QTL for Northern Leaf Blight Resistance and Multiple Disease Resistance. Crop Science, 50(2), 458. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2009.02.0066

Balint-Kurti, P. J., & Johal, G. S. (2009). Maize Disease Resistance. Handbook of Maize: Its Biology, pp. 229–250. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79418-1_12

Poland, J. A., Balint-Kurti, P. J., Wisser, R. J., Pratt, R. C., & Nelson, R. J. (2009). Shades of gray: the world of quantitative disease resistance. Trends in Plant Science, 14(1), 21–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2008.10.006

Zwonitzer, J. C., Bubeck, D. M., Bhattramakki, D., Goodman, M. M., Arellano, C., & Balint-Kurti, P. J. (2009). Use of selection with recurrent backcrossing and QTL mapping to identify loci contributing to southern leaf blight resistance in a highly resistant maize line. Theor Appl Genet, 118(5), 911–925. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-008-0949-2

Williams, W., Krakowsky, M. D., Windham, G. L., Balint-Kurti, P., Hawkins, L. K., & Henry, W. (2008). IDENTIFYING MAIZE GERMPLASM WITH RESISTANCE TO AFLATOXIN ACCUMULATION. Toxin Reviews, 27(3-4), 319–345. https://doi.org/10.1080/15569540802399838

Balint-Kurti, P. J., Zwonitzer, J. C., Pè, M. E., Pea, G., Lee, M., & Cardinal, A. J. (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(3), 315–320. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-98-3-0315

Johal, G. S., Balint-Kurti, P., & Well, C. F. (2008). [Review of Mining and Harnessing Natural Variation: A Little MAGIC]. Crop Science, 48(6), 2066–2073.

Johal, G. S., Balint-Kurti, P., & Weil, C. F. (2008). Mining and Harnessing Natural Variation: A Little MAGIC. Crop Science, 48(6), 2066. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2008.03.0150

Balint-Kurti, P. J., Wisser, R., & Zwonitzer, J. C. (2008). Use of an Advanced Intercross Line Population for Precise Mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci for Gray Leaf Spot Resistance in Maize. Crop Science, 48(5), 1696. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2007.12.0679

Gao, X., Shim, W.-B., Göbel, C., Kunze, S., Feussner, I., Meeley, R., … Kolomiets, M. (2007). Disruption of a Maize 9-Lipoxygenase Results in Increased Resistance to Fungal Pathogens and Reduced Levels of Contamination with Mycotoxin Fumonisin. MPMI, 20(8), 922–933. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-20-8-0922

Jines, M. P., Balint-Kurti, P., Robertson-Hoyt, L. A., Molnar, T., Holland, J. B., & Goodman, M. M. (2007). Mapping resistance to Southern rust in a tropical by temperate maize recombinant inbred topcross population. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 114(4), 659–667. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-006-0466-0

Balint-Kurti, P. J., Zwonitzer, J. C., Wisser, R. J., Carson, M. L., Oropeza-Rosas, M. A., Holland, J. B., & 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(1), 645–657. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.106.067892

Balint-Kurti, P. J., & Carson, M. L. (2006). Analysis of quantitative trait loci for resistance to southern leaf blight in juvenile maize. Phytopathology, 96(3), 221–225. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-96-0221

Balint-Kurti, P. J., Krakowsky, M. D., Jines, M. P., Robertson, L. A., Molnár, T. L., Goodman, M. M., & 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(10), 1067–1071. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-96-1067

Robertson-Hoyt, L. A., Jines, M. P., Balint-Kurti, P. J., Kleinschmidt, C. E., White, D. G., Payne, G. A., … Holland, J. B. (2006). QTL Mapping for Fusarium Ear Rot and Fumonisin Contamination Resistance in Two Maize Populations. Crop Science, 46(4), 1734. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2005.12-0450

Robertson-Hoyt, L. A., Jines, M. P., Balint-Kurti, P. J., Kleinschmidt, C. E., White, D. G., Payne, G. A., … Holland, J. B. (2006). QTL mapping for fusarium ear rot and fumonisin contamination resistance in two maize populations. Crop Science, 46(4), 1734–1743. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci205.12-0450

Balint-Kurti, P. J., Blanco, M., Millard, M., Duvick, S., Holland, J., Clements, M., … Goodman, M. M. (2006). Registration of 20 GEM Maize Breeding Germplasm Lines Adapted to the Southern USA. Crop Science, 46(2), 996. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2005.04-0013

Carson, M. L., Balint-Kurti, P. J., Blanco, M., Millard, M., Duvick, S., Holley, R., … Goodman, M. M. (2006). Registration of Nine High-Yielding Tropical by Temperate Maize Germplasm Lines Adapted for the Southern USA [electronic resource]. Crop Science, 46(4), 1825–1826. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2005.08-0283

Wisser, R. J., Balint-Kurti, P. J., & Nelson, R. J. (2006). The Genetic Architecture of Disease Resistance in Maize: A Synthesis of Published Studies. Phytopathology, 96(2), 120–129. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-96-0120

Balint-Kurti, P., & Churchill, A. C. L. (2004). Towards a molecular understanding of Mycosphaerella/banana interactions. Banana Improvement : Cellular, Molecular Biology, and Induced Mutations.

Brummell, D. A., Balint-Kurti, P. J., Harpster, M. H., Palys, J. M., Oeller, P. W., & Gutterson, N. (2003). Inverted repeat of a heterologous 3′-untranslated region for high-efficiency, high-throughput gene silencing. The Plant Journal, 33(4), 793–800. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-313x.2003.01659.x

Ganapathi, T. R., Higgs, N. S., Balint-Kurti, P. J., Arntzen, C. J., May, G., & Van Eck, J. M. (2001). Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of embryogenic cell suspensions of the banana cultivar Rasthali (AAB). Plant Cell Reports, 20(2), 157–162. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002990000287

Balint-Kurti, P. J., May, G. D., & Churchill, A. C. L. (2001). Development of a transformation system for Mycosphaerella pathogens of banana: a tool for the study of host/pathogen interactions. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 195(1), 9–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0378-1097(00)00537-1

Peumans, W. J., Zhang, W., Barre, A., Astoul, C. H. E., Balint-Kurti, P. J., Rovira, P., … Damme, E. J. M. V. (2000). Fruit-specific lectins from banana and plantain. Planta, 211(4), 546–554. https://doi.org/10.1007/s004250000307

Identification and chromosomal localization of the monkey retrotransposon in Musa sp. (2000). Molecular and General Genetics, 263(6), 908–915. https://doi.org/10.1007/s004380000265

Balint-Kurti, P., Ginsburgt, G. T., Liu, J., & Kimmel, A. R. (1998). Non-autonomous regulation of a graded, PKA-mediated transcriptional activation signal for cell patterning. Development, 125(20), 3947–3954.

Thomas, C. M., Jones, D. A., Parniske, M., Harrison, K., Balint-Kurti, P. J., Hatzixanthis, K., & 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. The Plant Cell, 9(12), 2209. https://doi.org/10.2307/3870580

Balint-Kurti, P., Ginsburg, G., Rivero-Lezcano, O., & Kimmel, A. R. (1997). rZIP, a RING-leucine zipper protein that regulates cell fate determination during Dictyostelium development. Development, 124(6), 1203–1213.

Balint-Kurti, P. J., Jones, D. A., & Jones, J. D. G. (1995). Integration of the classical and RFLP linkage maps of the short arm of tomato chromosome 1. Theoret. Appl. Genetics, 90(1), 17–26. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00220991

Jones, D. A., Thomas, C. M., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Balint-Kurti, P. J., & Jonest, J. D. G. (1994). Isolation of the tomato Cf-9 gene for resistance to Cladosporium fulvum by transposon tagging. Science, 266(5186), 789–793.

Balint-Kurti, P. J., Dixon, M. S., Jones, D. A., Norcott, K. A., & Jones, J. D. G. (1994). RFLP linkage analysis of the Cf-4 and Cf-9 genes for resistance to Cladosporium fulvum in tomato. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 88(6-7), 691–700. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01253972

Jones, D.-A., Dickinson, M.-J., Balint-Kurti, P.-J., Dixon, M.-S., & 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(3), 348–357.