Rice sheath blight disease, caused by the basidiomycetous necrotroph Rhizoctonia solani,
became one of the major threats to the rice cultivation worldwide, especially after the …

Various conceptual models to describe the plant immune system have been presented. The
most recent paradigm to gain wide acceptance in the field is often referred to as the zigzag …

Abstract 'New'memories are initially labile and sensitive to disruption before being
consolidated into stable long-term memories,,,,. Much evidence indicates that this …

▪ Abstract We hypothesize that the evolutionary potential of a pathogen population is
reflected in its population genetic structure. Pathogen populations with a high evolutionary …

Crop heterogeneity is a possible solution to the vulnerability of monocultured crops to
disease,,. Both theory and observation, indicate that genetic heterogeneity provides greater …

The origin of agriculture led to the domestication of many plant species and to the
exploitation of natural resources. It took almost 10,000 years for food grain production to …

Rice is the staple diet of more than three billion people. Yields must double over the next 40
years if we are to sustain the nutritional needs of the ever-expanding global population …

The brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens (Stål), which periodically erupted in
tropical Asian rice before the 1960s, became a major threat after farmers adopted green …

▪ Abstract The usefulness of mixtures (multiline cultivars and cultivar mixtures) for disease
management has been well demonstrated for rusts and powdery mildews of small grain …

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 …