Rice is a staple and most important security food crop consumed by almost half of the
world's population. More rice production is needed due to the rapid population growth in the …

Pyricularia oryzae anamorph of Magnaporthe oryzae is one of the most notorious fungal
pathogens causing severe economic loss in rice production worldwide. Various methods …

Rice (Oryza sativa) is a cereal crop and belongs to family Graminae which is native to Asia.
East and South Asia are the main regions for rice production in the world. China (over 210 …

Rice production needs to be sustained in the coming decades, with changing climatic
conditions becoming more conducive to the prevalence of disease outbreaks. Major rice …

Rice bacterial blight (BB), caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), is one of the
devastating diseases of rice. It is well established that the wild rice Oryza meyeriana is …

The discovery of novel plant resistance (R) genes (including their homologs and analogs)
opened interesting possibilities for controlling plant diseases caused by several pathogens …

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) feeds around half of humanity mainly in Asia, South America, and
Africa. The filamentous, ascomycete fungus Pyricularia oryzae Cavara (syn: Magnaporthe …

Two thionin genes were isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana (AT1G12660 and AT1G12663).
The resulted thionin protein has antifungal activity against potato pathogenic fungi like …

Magnaporthe oryzae that causes blast disease in rice is one of the most notorious
phytopathogenic fungi responsible for severe economic loss in rice production. The fungus …

Blast disease is one of the most important diseases of rice with the fungus Magnaporthe
oryzae as the causal agent. This research was carried out to evaluate the blast resistance in …