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D-Index
51
Citations
11084
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17058
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7032

Peter J. Balint-Kurti publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter J. Balint-Kurti sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 135 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Peter J. Balint-Kurti D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter J. Balint-Kurti sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 51 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Peter J. Balint-Kurti is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the interface of plant science and molecular biology, with significant contributions in agricultural and biological sciences. Within these fields, their work spans several subfields including plant science, genetics, molecular biology, agronomy and crop science, and cell biology.

The scientist's research addresses key topics such as plant-microbe interactions and immunity, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, genetics and plant breeding, legume nitrogen fixing symbiosis, plant disease resistance and genetics, plant pathogenic bacteria studies, and wheat and barley genetics and pathology.

Peter J. Balint-Kurti has published extensively in a range of scientific venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Molecular Plant Pathology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • New Phytologist
  • The Plant Journal

Their recent published papers include:

  • Fine-Tuning Immunity: Players and Regulators for Plant NLRs, 2020, Trends in Plant Science
  • Heterosis of leaf and rhizosphere microbiomes in field-grown maize, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Microbe-dependent heterosis in maize, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • What are the Top 10 Unanswered Questions in Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions?, 2020, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
  • Quantitative disease resistance: Multifaceted players in plant defense, 2022, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Among frequent collaborators, Peter J. Balint-Kurti works with researchers including Maggie R. Wagner, Shannon Sermons, Manuel Kleiner, James B. Holland, and Kayla M. Clouse. These partnerships have contributed to the scientist's substantial publication record.

Best Publications

  • Isolation of the tomato Cf-9 gene for resistance to Cladosporium fulvum by transposon tagging

    David A. Jones;Colwyn M. Thomas;Kim E. Hammond-Kosack;Peter J. Balint-Kurti

  • Shades of gray: the world of quantitative disease resistance.

    Jesse A. Poland;Peter J. Balint-Kurti;Randall J. Wisser;Randall J. Wisser;Richard C. Pratt

  • Genome-wide association study of quantitative resistance to southern leaf blight in the maize nested association mapping population

    Kristen L Kump;Peter J Bradbury;Peter J Bradbury;Randall J Wisser;Edward S Buckler;Edward S Buckler

  • Characterization of the tomato Cf-4 gene for resistance to Cladosporium fulvum identifies sequences that determine recognitional specificity in Cf-4 and Cf-9.

    Colwyn M. Thomas;David A. Jones;Martin Parniske;Kate Harrison

  • The plant hypersensitive response: concepts, control and consequences.

    Peter Balint‐Kurti;Peter Balint‐Kurti

  • Navigating complexity to breed disease-resistant crops.

    Rebecca Nelson;Tyr Wiesner-Hanks;Randall Wisser;Peter Balint-Kurti

  • The genetic architecture of disease resistance in maize: a synthesis of published studies.

    Randall J Wisser;Peter J Balint-Kurti;Rebecca J Nelson

  • Agrobacterium -mediated transformation of embryogenic cell suspensions of the banana cultivar Rasthali (AAB)

    T. R. Ganapathi;N. S. Higgs;P. J. Balint-Kurti;C. J. Arntzen

  • A gene encoding maize caffeoyl-CoA O-methyltransferase confers quantitative resistance to multiple pathogens

    Qin Yang;Yijian He;Mercy Kabahuma;Timothy Chaya

  • Disruption of a maize 9-lipoxygenase results in increased resistance to fungal pathogens and reduced levels of contamination with mycotoxin fumonisin

    Xiquan Gao;Won-Bo Shim;Cornelia Göbel;Susan Kunze

  • Multivariate analysis of maize disease resistances suggests a pleiotropic genetic basis and implicates a GST gene

    Randall J. Wisser;Judith M. Kolkman;Megan E. Patzoldt;James B. Holland

  • 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

    Peter Balint-Kurti;John C Zwonitzer;Randall J Wisser;Martin Carson

  • QTL Mapping for Fusarium Ear Rot and Fumonisin Contamination Resistance in Two Maize Populations

    Leilani A. Robertson-Hoyt;Michael P. Jines;Peter J. Balint-Kurti;Craig E. Kleinschmidt

  • 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

    D. A. Jones;M. J. Dickinson;P. J. Balint-Kurti;M. S. Dixon

  • Genetic Control of Photoperiod Sensitivity in Maize Revealed by Joint Multiple Population Analysis

    Nathan D. Coles;Michael D. McMullen;Peter J. Balint-Kurti;Richard C. Pratt

  • Fruit-specific lectins from banana and plantain.

    Willy J. Peumans;Wenling Zhang;Annick Barre;Corinne Houlès Astoul

  • Quantitative Disease Resistance: Dissection and Adoption in Maize

    Qin Yang;Peter Balint-Kurti;Mingliang Xu

  • Molecular and Functional Analyses of a Maize Autoactive NB-LRR Protein Identify Precise Structural Requirements for Activity

    Guan Feng Wang;Jiabing Ji;Farid EI-Kasmi;Jeffery L. Dangl

  • Maize Leaf Epiphytic Bacteria Diversity Patterns Are Genetically Correlated with Resistance to Fungal Pathogen Infection

    Peter Balint-Kurti;Susan J. Simmons;James E. Blum;Carlos L. Ballaré

  • Resistance loci affecting distinct stages of fungal pathogenesis: use of introgression lines for QTL mapping and characterization in the maize--Setosphaeria turcica pathosystem.

    Chia-Lin Chung;Joy M Longfellow;Ellie K Walsh;Zura Kerdieh

Frequent Co-Authors

James B. Holland
James B. Holland North Carolina State University
Rebecca J. Nelson
Rebecca J. Nelson Cornell University
Jonathan D. G. Jones
Jonathan D. G. Jones University of East Anglia
Major M. Goodman
Major M. Goodman North Carolina State University
David A. Jones
David A. Jones Australian National University
Gary Stacey
Gary Stacey University of Missouri
Jesse Poland
Jesse Poland King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Edward S. Buckler
Edward S. Buckler Cornell University
Peter J. Bradbury
Peter J. Bradbury United States Department of Agriculture

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