Source: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV submitted to
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE GENETIC BASIS OF QUANTITATIVE RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASE IN MAIZE
Sponsoring Institution
State Agricultural Experiment Station
Project Status
COMPLETE
Funding Source
STATE
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
1012908
Grant No.
(N/A)
Cumulative Award Amt.
(N/A)
Proposal No.
(N/A)
Multistate No.
(N/A)
Project Start Date
Oct 1, 2017
Project End Date
Sep 30, 2022
Grant Year
(N/A)
Program Code
[(N/A)]- (N/A)
Project Director
Balint-Kurti, P.
Recipient Organization
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV
(N/A)
RALEIGH,NC 27695
Performing Department
Entomology and Plant Pathology
Non Technical Summary
Maize (or corn) is a very diverse crop. Some lines are much more resistant to plant diseases than others. We are interested in the genetica dn physiological reasons for those differences. We are tryoing to understand the basis of resistance to disease in order to produce more disease resistant lines for the farmer.
Animal Health Component
50%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
50%
Applied
50%
Developmental
(N/A)
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
21215101080100%
Knowledge Area
212 - Pathogens and Nematodes Affecting Plants;

Subject Of Investigation
1510 - Corn;

Field Of Science
1080 - Genetics;
Goals / Objectives
To identify and characterize loci and genes responsible for quantitative disease resistance in maize.
Project Methods
We use approaches from classical breeding, molecular biology, genetics, genomics, molecular genetics, microbiologyl, histology and physiology in our work