Balogh has expertise in the areas of biological control and integrated management of vegetable diseases. He conducted research aimed at developing bacteriophage-based biological control of bacterial diseases of citrus (citrus canker and citrus bacterial spot); improving efficacy of phage-based control of tomato bacterial spot by optimizing application timing and developing protective formulations; and predicting phage biological control efficacy based on basic phage characteristics. He also evaluated novel pesticides as part of integrated management strategy for the control of tomato bacterial spot.

Education:
B.S. University of Florida (2000); Plant Science
M.S. University of Florida (2002); Plant Pathology
Ph.D. University of Florida (2006); Plant Pathology

Station career:
Assistant Agricultural Scientist II December 2007-September 2009 

• Development of novel IPM strategies for the control of bacterial spot of tomato
• Prediction of bacteriophage disease control efficacy based on in vitro and in vivo tests
• Pesticide evaluation for controlling bacterial spot of pepper
• Isolation and characterization of bacteriophages associated with citrus canker [link]
• Control of citrus canker with bacteriophages [link]
• Control of citrus bacterial spot with bacteriophages [link]
• Relationship between in vivo phage multiplication ability and disease control efficacy [link]
• Pesticide evaluation for controlling tomato bacterial spot
• Improvement of bacteriophage disease control efficacy with protective formulations and application timing [link]
• Development of protective formulations for increasing bacteriophage persistence on tomato foliage [link1] [link2]
• Characterization of an IS element in the genome of  Xanthomonas campestris pv. Vesicatoria

Selected publications available from author, Botond.Balogh@po.state.ct.us

Refereed Journal Articles

• Iriarte FB, Balogh B, Momol MT and Jones JB 2007. Factors affecting survival of bacteriophage on tomato leaf surfaces. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73 6:1704-1711. [link]
• Balogh B, Canteros BI, Stall RE and Jones JB. 2007. Control of citrus canker and citrus bacterial spot with bacteriophages. Plant Disease. Accepted.
• Roberts PD, Momol MT, Ritchie L, Olson SM, Jones JB and Balogh B. 2007. Evaluation of spray programs against bacterial spot on tomato containing famoxadone, a systemic acquired resistance activator, and a biological control agent compared to copper. Crop Protection. Submitted.
• Gabriel DW, Allen C, Schell M, Denny TP, Greenberg JT, Duan YP, Flores-Cruz Z, Huang Q, Clifford JM, Presting G, González ET, Reddy J, Elphinstone J, Swanson J, Yao J, Mulholland V, Liu L, Farmerie W, Patnaikuni M, Balogh B, Norman D, Alvarez A, Castillo JA, Jones J, Saddler G, Walunas T, Zhukov A, and Mikhailova N. 2006. Identification of open reading frames unique to a select agent: Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 biovar 2. Molecular plant-microbe interactions: MPMI 19 1:69-79. [link]
• Obradovic A, Jones JB, Momol MT, Olson SM, Jackson LE, Balogh B, Guven K, Iriarte FB. 2005. Integration of biological control agents and systemic acquired resistance inducers against bacterial spot on tomato. Plant Disease, 89 (7), 712-716. [link]
• Obradovic A, Jones JB, Momol MT, Balogh B, Olson SM. 2004. Management of tomato bacterial spot in the field by foliar applications of bacteriophages and SAR inducers. Plant Disease 88 (7), 736-40. [link]
• Balogh B, Jones JB, Momol MT, Olson SM, Obradovic A, King P, Jackson LE. 2003. Improved efficacy of newly formulated bacteriophages for management of bacterial spot on tomato. Plant Disease 87(8), 949-54. [link]

Book chapters

• Obradovic A , Jones JB, Momol MT , Balogh B. Integrated Management of Tomato Bacterial Spot. IPM Series Springer, Vol III. Submitted.
• Balogh B, Momol MT, Obradovic A and Jones JB. 2007. Bacteriophages as agents for the control of plant pathogenic bacteria. In: Non-fungicidal approaches to disease control in crops. Ed. Walters D. Submitted.
• Jones JB, Jackson LE, Balogh B, Obradovic A, Iriarte FB, Momol MT. 2007. Bacteriophages for plant disease control. Annual Review of Phytopathology 45:7.1-7.18.

Other Publications

• Balogh, B. 2006. Characterization and use of bacteriophages associated with citrus bacterial pathogens for disease control. PhD dissertation. University of Florida, Gainesville. Florida. [link]
• Balogh, B. 2002. Strategies for improving the efficacy of bacteriophages for controlling bacterial spot of tomato. M.S. thesis. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. [link]