Plants and animals have evolved a first line of defense response to pathogens called innate
or basal immunity. While basal defenses in these organisms are well studied, there is almost …

A filamentous fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae, is a causal agent of rice blast disease, which is
one of the most serious diseases affecting cultivated rice, Oryza sativa. However, the …

Background Rice blast is the most threatening disease to cultivated rice. Magnaporthe
oryzae, its causal agent, is likely to encounter environmental challenges during invasive …

The rice blast (fungal pathogen: Magnaporthe oryzae and host: Oryza sativa) is one of the
most important model pathosystems for understanding plant–microbe interactions. Although …

Because most efforts to understand the molecular mechanisms underpinning fungal
pathogenicity have focused on studying the function and role of individual genes, relatively …

Rice blast disease caused by the filamentous Ascomycetous fungus Magnaporthe oryzae is
a major threat to rice production worldwide. The mechanisms underlying rice resistance to …

Plants are often facing several stresses simultaneously. Understanding how they react and
the way pathogens adapt to such combinational stresses is poorly documented. Here, we …

The interaction between rice and the blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea is the focus of
extensive studies on rice disease resistance and fungal infection mechanisms. Here, we …

Because of great challenges and workload in deleting genes on a large scale, the functions
of most genes in pathogenic fungi are still unclear. In this study, we developed a high …

Rice blast, caused by rice blast fungus (Magnaporthe oryzae), is a global threat to food
security, with up to 50% yield losses. Panicle blast is a severe form of rice blast, and disease …