Mark Angelo O BalendresDr. Mark Balendres PhD leads a nationally recognized research group and is the Laboratory Head of the Plant Pathology Laboratory, Institute of Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture and Food Science, University of the Philippines Los Baños. He obtaind his PhD in Agricultural Sciences (Plant Pathology) from the University of Tasmania, Australia in 2017. He works across a wide range of economically important crops (and seeds) and a diverse plant pathogen, including bacteria (bacterial wilt of Solanaceae and bacterial stalk rot of corn), protozoa (potato powdery scab), fungi (vegetable and fruit anthracnose and mycotoxigenic fungi) and viruses (banana and vegetable viruses). Research outcomes from his group include the elucidation of the etiology and epidemiology of plant diseases, selection and development of? disease-resistant? crops, development of diagnostics and disease-resistance screening protocols, and development of sustainable disease management strategies. Read More Read Less