Plant breeders have developed crop plants that are resistant to pests, but the continual
evolution of pathogens creates the need to iteratively develop new control strategies …

Key message A novel recessive bacterial blight resistance locus designated as a xa-45 (t)
was identified from Oryza glaberrima accession IRGC 102600B, transferred to O. sativa and …

A number of rice resistance genes, called Xa genes, have been identified that confer
resistance against various strains of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), the causal …

Rice cultivation has drastically increased in Africa over the last decade. During this time, the
region has also seen a rise in the incidence of rice bacterial blight caused by the pathogen …

Bacterial blight (BB) disease reduces the yield of rice varieties and hybrids considerably in
many tropical rice growing countries like India. The present study highlights the …

Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) is a serious pathogen of rice causing bacterial leaf
blight disease. Resistant varieties and breeding programs are being hampered by the …

Bacterial blight (BB) of rice caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), remains a
major production constraint in rice cultivation especially in irrigated and rainfed lowland …

Rice is an important staple food for more than half of the world's population. Though the
genetic potential of commonly cultivated varieties of rice is diminished due to various biotic …

Cassava bacterial blight, caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis (Xam), is the
most important bacterial disease affecting this crop. A continuous surveillance of the …

The field of Phytobacteriology is rapidly advancing and changing, because of recent
advances in genomics and molecular plant pathology, but also due to the global spread of …