Current Sources of Funding:
In the News:
The Center for Grapevine Biotechnology Hunts for Breakthroughs, Springfield Business Journal, August 2009.
A Very Special Grape, College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources News, April 2009
Researchers Seek Fungal Resistance Genes, Wines and Vines, March 2008.
Missouri State Scientists Collaborate on Research Thanks to MO Life Sciences Trust Fund Money, KSMU, March 2008.
The Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station, KSMU, July 2008.
Grapevine Biology for Hardy Wine, Latest Technology News, June, 2006.
Wine Researchers using Biotechnology, AgBios, June 2006.
Researchers Seek Out Mysteries of Grapes, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 2005
Missouri State University Department of Biology • 901 South National, Springfield, MO 65897 Phone: (417) 836-5126 Fax: (417) 836-4204 Email: biology@missouristate.edu
Office: Temple Hall
Phone: (417) 836-6289
Email: LaszloKovacs@MissouriState.edu
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Curriculum Vitae |
Selected publications
Areas of Research:
Presently, the powdery
mildew fungus (Erysiphe necator
Schwein.) is controlled by
the application of substantial amounts of fungicides. It is becoming
increasingly clear that some of these chemicals can harm the
environment, pose risk to human health, or become ineffective by the
pathogen’s ability to develop fungicide resistance. Dependence on
chemical disease control can be alleviated by the cultivation of grape
varieties that are resistant to the pathogen. We are working toward this goal by studying the interaction between
E. necator and
Vitis vinifera
in both a compatible and an incompatible interactions. For more
information on resistance breeding against powdery
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