Plant diseases reduce crop yields and threaten global food security, making the selection of
disease-resistant cultivars a major goal of crop breeding. Broad-spectrum resistance (BSR) …

Rice is a global food grain crop for more than one-third of the human population and a
source for food and nutritional security. Rice production is subjected to various stresses; …

Blast disease caused by the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae is the most severe
diseases of rice. Using classical plant breeding techniques, breeders have developed a …

Rice blast, caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, is one of the most devastating
diseases of rice. To understand the molecular basis of Pi5-mediated resistance to M. oryzae …

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 blast disease, which is caused by the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae, is a
recurring problem in all rice-growing regions of the world. The use of resistance (R) genes in …

Blast is a serious disease caused by a fungal pathogen Pyricularia oryzae Cavara of rice
(Oryza sativa L.). The use of resistant varieties is considered one of the most efficient ways of …

Rice blast severely reduces production in both irrigated and water-stressed upland
ecosystems of tropical and temperate countries. Nearly 50 blast resistance genes have been …

Resistance (R) genes protect plants very effectively from disease, but many of them are
rapidly overcome when present in widely grown cultivars. To overcome this lack of durability …

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 …