Rice yield is subjected to severe losses due to adverse effect of a number of stress factors.
The most effective method of controlling reduced crop production is utilization of host …

Despite strong interest over many years, the usage of quantitative trait loci in plant breeding
has often failed to live up to expectations. A key weak point in the utilisation of QTLs is the …

Among all diseases affecting rice production, rice blast disease has the greatest impact.
Thus, monitoring and precise prediction of the occurrence of this disease are important; …

Understanding of genetic diversity is important to explore existing gene in any crop breeding
program. Most of the diversity preserved in the landraces which are well–known reservoirs …

Ferritin is a ubiquitous iron storage protein that regulates iron homeostasis and oxidative
stress in plants. Iron plays an important role in ferroptotic cell death response of rice (Oryza …

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 …

Rice blast caused by Magnaporthe oryzae is the most devastating disease of rice and poses
a serious threat to world food security. In this study, the distribution and effectiveness of 18 R …

In the past century, there have been great achievements in identifying resistance (R) genes
and quantitative trait loci (QTLs) as well as revealing the corresponding molecular …

Rice blast is the most destructive disease threatening stable rice production in rice-growing
areas. Cultivation of disease-resistant rice cultivars is the most effective way to control rice …

Molecular screening of major rice blast resistance genes was determined with molecular
markers, which showed close-set linkage to 11 major rice blast resistance genes (Pi-d2, Pi …