Genetic control of plant diseases has traditionally included the deployment of single immune
receptors with nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) domain architecture. These …

Pusa Basmati 1121 (PB1121), an elite Basmati rice cultivar is vulnerable to salinity at
seedling stage. A study was undertaken to impart seedling-stage salt tolerance into PB1121 …

Plants play a vital role in the everyday life of all organisms on earth. Sometimes, however,
plants become infected with a virus. This can have a devastating effect on the ecosystem …

Key message Target genes in rice can be optimally silenced if inserted in antisense or
hairpin orientation in the RTBV-derived VIGS vector and plants grown at 28° C and 80 …

Key message This is the first report of stacking two major blast resistance genes in blast
susceptible rice variety using co-transformation method to widen the resistance spectrum …

While there has been great progress in the development of plant breeding over the last
decade, the selection of suitable plants for human consumption began over 13,000 years …

Rice blast, caused by Magnaporthe oryzae, threatens rice production in most of the rice-
growing areas in China, especially in regions that have grown Oryza sativa subsp. japonica …

In this study, the re-sequencing data from 3,000 rice genomes project (3 K RGP) was used to
analyze the allelic variation at the rice blast resistance (R) Pid3 locus. A total of 40 …

While it is crucial for developing countries like Malaysia to achieve self-sufficiency in rice
(Oryza sativa L.), it is equally critical to be able to produce high-quality rice, specifically …

Bacterial blight, caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), is the most important
bacterial disease in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Our previous studies have revealed that the …