Albert Ellingboe
Professor Emeritus Plant Pathology
- Address:
- 593a Russell Laboratories
- Telephone:
- null
- Email:
- ahe@plantpath.wisc.edu
- Research Fields:
- Plant Genetics
University of Minnesota, 1957
Postdoctoral Research: University of Minnesota, 1957-58
Harvard University, 1958-60
Research Interests
Genetics of host-parasite interactions
Research Description
The research in my laboratory is a genetic approach to the interactions between plants and their parasites and pathogens. By the development of a sexually competent population of the pathogen Magnaporthe grisea, the incitant of the rice blasˇ disease, we have been able to identy the genes in the pathogen that determine the specificity of the interaction with the host and to identify the genes that determine whether the specificity is expressed. The information on the genetics of the pathogen is used to identify the genes in rice that determine and control the interactions with the pathogen. The objectives are to determine the interactions of the genes in each organism and the interactions between the organisms.