Barbara Valent  一键邀请

BarbaraValent,professorofKansasStateUniversityResearchintheValentLabfocusesonunderstandingeffectorbiologyandbiotrophicstrategiesusedbytheascomycetefungusMagnaporthe(Pyricularia)oryzaetocausethedevastatingriceblastdiseaseHerlaboratoryiscurrentlyapplyinglivecellmicroscopyandfunctionalgenomicstounderstandhowthefunguscolonizeslivingricecellsValentcurrentlyservesasProjectDirectorfortheUSDA-NationalInstituteofFoodandAgricultureIntegratedProject(Grant#2013-68004-20378)entitled"NovelStrategiesforManagingBlastDiseasesonRiceandWheat"Inthiscapacity,sheleadsaninterdisciplinaryteamofresearchandExtensionspecialistsfromdiverseinstitutionsintheUSandinSouthAmericancountrieswherewheatblastisestablishedThegoalsaretoleverageknowledgegainedfromblastresearchtoprotectUSriceproductionfromblastdiseaseandtoprepareforandpreventestablishmentofwheatblastdiseaseintheUS