Bacterial blight caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae is one of the most serious
diseases of rice worldwide. The disease was first reported in 1884 from Japan. In the 1960s …

Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, the causative agent for bacterial leaf blight of rice,
comprises diverse groups of strains differing in biochemical and pathological characteristics …

Bacterial blight (BB) of rice caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) is a major
biotic constraint of rice production in all the major irrigated/lowland rice growing regions of …

In pathogen population analysis of 208 Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) strains that
were assembled from different parts of India, 21 pathotypes were identified on the basis of …

Molecular tools were used to analyze the genetic diversity and population structure of
Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola, the bacterial leaf streak pathogen of rice in the …

We describe the development of a polymerase chain reaction method for the rapid, precise,
and specific detection of the Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) K3a race, the bacterial …

Bacterial blight (BB) of rice caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) is a serious
problem in rice production in India especially in irrigated and rainfed lowland ecosystem. BB …

DNA polymorphism analysis and pathogenicity assays were used to characterize strains of
Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae and Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola collected from rice …

Twenty commercial varieties/advanced lines alongwith control (Super Basmati and IR 24)
were screened against bacterial leaf blight under inoculated conditions in the rice fields of …

Background Bacterial leaf blight causes significant yield losses in rice crops throughout Asia
and Africa. Although both the Asian and African strains of the pathogen, Xanthomonas …