Applied Plant Biotechnology Group - Group leader

Applied Plant Biotechnology Group - Group leader

Last modified: 21. October 2022


 

Name: Dr. Szabó Zoltán
Department: Department of Microbiology and Applied
Position: Research associate
Phone: +36-28/522-000 / 4147
Room: MATE GBI Gödöllő, Szent-Györgyi A. str. 4., 2. floor, 237 room
E-mail: Szabo.Zoltan.gen@uni-mate.hu

ORCID
MTMT2: 10012535

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Scientific career

group leader, MATE, GBI, Department of Microbiology and Applied Biotechnology, Applied Plant Genomics Group (2021-)

  • Research associate (Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, 2009)
  • MSc.: agricultural sciences, Gödöllő (2003)
  • MSc.: Biology, Debrecen (2011)
  • PhD.: Plant Sciences, Gödöllő (2006)


Research interest

  • Mapping and cloning of resistance genes from pepper – molecular applications for multi-resistant pepper lines
  • Identification of resistance against Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) in tomato 
  • Identification of viruses infecting horticultural crops focusing on seed and progeny transmitted diseases 


Selected publications

  1. NMR Metabolomics Defining Genetic Variation in Pea Seed Metabolites., Ellis Noel, Hattori Chie, Cheema Jitender, Donarski James, Charlton Adrian, Dickinson Michael, Venditti Giampaolo, Kalo Peter, Szabo Zoltan, Kiss Gyorgy B., Domoney Claire:, Frontiers In Plant Science 9: 1022, 2018; doi:10.3389/fpls.2018.01022
     
  2. Kiemo F.W., Toth Z., Salamon P., Z. Szabo. Plant Disease (2021) First report of sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus infecting sweet potatoes in Hungary,.https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-05-21-0944-PDN
     
  3. Jewehan, A., Salem, Tóth, Z. Salamon P. Szabo Z. J Plant Dis Prot (2021).Screening of Solanum (sections Lycopersicon and Juglandifolia) germplasm for reactions to the tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41348-021-00535-x
     
  4. Jewehan, A., Salem, Tóth, Z. Salamon P. Szabo Z. J Gen Plant Pathol 88, 187–196 (2022). Evaluation of responses to tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) and selection of resistant lines in Solanum habrochaites and Solanum peruvianum https://doi.org/10.1007/s10327-022-01055-8
     
  5. Jewehan, A., Salem, Tóth, Z. Salamon P. Szabo Z. Arch Virol 167, 1559–1563 (2022) Isolation and molecular characterization of a tomato brown rugose fruit virus mutant breaking the tobamovirus resistance found in wild Solanum https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-022-05438-2
     

5 most significant lifetime publications

  1. Fekete C, Fung R W M, Szabo Z, Qiu W, Chang L, Schachtman D P, Kovacs L G: Up-Regulated transcripts in a compatible powdery mildew-grapevine interaction., Plant Physiol Bioch 47: (8) 732-738, 2009
     
  2. Gyulai G, Z Szabó, B Wichmann, A Bittsánszky, LWaters Jr, Z Tóth, F Dane: Conservation genetics - Heat Map analysis of nuSSRs of aDNA of archaeological watermelons (Cucurbitaceae, Citrullus l. lanatus) compared to current varieties, GENE GENOME GENOMICS 6: (1) 86-96, 2012
     
  3. Gyulai G, A Bittsánszky, Szabó Z, L Waters, G Gullner, Gy Kampfl, Gy Heltai, T Kőmíves: Phytoextraction potential of wild type and 35S-gshI transgenic poplar trees (Populus × canescens) for environmental pollutants herbicide paraquat, salt sodium, zinc sulfate and nitric oxide in vitro., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOREMEDIATION 16: (4) pp. 379-396., 2014; doi:10.1080/15226514.2013.783553
     
  4. Kiemo F.W., Salamon P., Jewehan, A., Toth Z., Z. Szabo. Plant Pathology (2021) Detection and elimination of viruses infecting sweet potatoes in Hungary. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13519
     
  5. Tóth, M.; Tóth, Z.G.; Fekete, S.; Szabó, Z.; Tóth, Z. Improved and Highly Efficient Agrobacterium rhizogenes-Mediated Genetic Transformation Protocol: Efficient Tools for Functional Analysis of Root-Specific Resistance Genes for Solanum lycopersicum cv. Micro-Tom. Sustainability 2022, 14, 6525. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14116525


other publications

  1. Gábor Gyulai and Zoltán Szabó: Genetical and morphological reconstruction of medieval melon (Cucumis melo) (15th CENT), In: Gyulai, Gábor (szerk.) Plant Archaeogenetics, Nova Science Publishers (2011)
     
  2. Gyulai G., Z. Tóth, A. Bittsánszky, Z. Szabó, G. Gullner, J. Kiss, T. Kőmíves and L. Heszky: Gene up-regulation by DNA demethylation in 35S-gshI-transgenic poplars (Populus x canescens)., Genetically Modified Plants: New Research Trends. Eds. T Wolf and J Koch, Nova Science Publisher, Inc. USA, Chapter 8, 1-22. ISBN 978-1-60456-696-3., 2008
     
  3. György Botond Kiss, Zoltán Szabó, Elena Carmen Iliescu, Márta Balogh: Identification of a Xanthomonas euvesicatoria resistance gene from pepper (Capsicum annuum) and method for generating plants with resistance (2021) Pat. Num. 11,041,165 (WO2014068346A2)