Background: Rice (Oryza sativa) is one of the most dominating cereal crop and half of the
world has chosen it as staple food. Rice production has increased significantly but the …

Rice is one of the important crops grown worldwide and is considered as an important crop
for global food security. Rice is being affected by various fungal, bacterial and viral diseases …

Multiple pathogens cause rice various diseases affecting its yield and quality. Pyramiding
resistance genes or quantitative traits loci into rice cultivars to enhance their resistance is an …

Rice serve as a pillar for providing global food security as it is the major cereal crop for more
than half of the world's human population. The biotic and abiotic stresses causing severe …

Diseases are considered to be the major limiting factors in rice production around the globe.
Considering rice as an important cereal crop, developing disease resistant cultivars is a …

Rice diseases (bacterial, fungal, or viral) threaten food productivity. Host resistance is the
most efficient, environmentally friendly method to cope with such diverse pathogens …

In the last few decades, feeding the exponentially increasing human population has been
always the biggest challenge for our plant breeders and scientists. To meet this, every plant …

his study was performed to assess resistance potential of 142 indigenous accessions along
with two check cultivars against bacterial leaf blight disease at the University of Agriculture …

Germplasm evaluation and use for rice disease control is an ongoing process driven by
genetic adaptions of the pathogen and by the frequent introduction of new cultivars to meet …

A long-standing goal in rice disease control is to identify and incorporate broad-spectrum
durable resistance (BSDR). Although quantitative resistance can potentially contribute to …