Dr. Baozhu Guo is a Research Plant Pathologist and is currently working at the Crop Genetics and Breeding Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Tifton, GA, USA. He received his B.S. in Plant Protection from the Shanxi Agricultural University, China, his M.S. in Plant Pathology from the University of Kentucky, and his Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from the Louisiana State University. His primary research goal is finding solutions to pre-harvest aflatoxin contamination in southern crops, especially corn and peanut, and genetic improvement of peanut resistance to other important diseases such as TSWV and leafspot. The ultimate goal of this project is to identify and select the genes/markers controlling the phenotypes to maximize selection gain in breeding. The current research goal is to develop genetic and genomic resources and tools for corn and peanut genetic improvement: (1) to evaluate corn germplasm for reduced aflatoxin contamination and to identify genes responding to Aspergillus colonization and drought stress and (2) to develop peanut genetic and genomic resources for the improvement of peanut resistance to diseases and aflatoxin contamination. He is the author of more than 100 complete scientific articles in specialized journals.
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Plant Pathology
molecular breeding
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Dr. Baozhu Guo is a Research Plant Pathologist and is currently working at the Crop Genetics and Breeding Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Tifton, GA, USA. He received his B.S. in Plant Protection from the Shanxi Agricultural University, China, his M.S. in Plant Pathology from the University of Kentucky, and his Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from the Louisiana State University. His primary research goal is finding solutions to pre-harvest aflatoxin contamination in southern crops, especially corn and peanut, and genetic improvement of peanut resistance to other important diseases such as TSWV and leafspot. The ultimate goal of this project is to identify and select the genes/markers controlling the phenotypes to maximize selection gain in breeding. The current research goal is to develop genetic and genomic resources and tools for corn and peanut genetic improvement: (1) to evaluate corn germplasm for reduced aflatoxin contamination and to identify genes responding to Aspergillus colonization and drought stress and (2) to develop peanut genetic and genomic resources for the improvement of peanut resistance to diseases and aflatoxin contamination. He is the author of more than 100 complete scientific articles in specialized journals.
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