Dr. Zoltán Tóth is a researcher at the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences. His research focuses on genetic and genomic strategies for the improvement of the pepper crop. Among other things, he is working on the identification and genetic mapping of disease resistance, as well as the development of genomic tools and pipelines. His primary research effort is concentrated on understanding the mechanisms of the infection process, host responses to pathogens, improving methods of detection, and developing management strategies for these diseases. Much of his work has focused on bacterial spot disease of pepper and tomato caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria. He is interested in resistant mechanisms in bacterial-plant interactions. Furthermore, he explores the mechanisms by which the pepper Me1 gene confers resistance against Meloidogyne disease and investigates approaches to engineering broad-spectrum and durable resistance in crops.Dr. Zoltán Tóth is involved in running several long-term field experiments to study the effect of different rates and forms of fertilizers, soil tillage and crop rotation as well as different systems of organic matter and crop residue management on either crop productivity or soil chemical, physical and biological properties.