False smut of rice, caused by Ustilaginoidea virens, has become one of the most important
diseases in rice-growing regions worldwide. The disease causes a significant yield loss and …

Kernel smut, caused by Tilletia horrida, is a disease characterized by the replacement of rice
grains with black sooty masses of teliospores or chlamydospores. Kernel smut differs from …

The intensity of rice false smut disease in selected states of northwest and south India was
studied. In northern Indian states as a whole, disease incidence (percentage of false smut …

Abstract Main Conclusion The Ustilaginoidea virens–rice pathosystem has been used as a
model for flower-infecting fungal pathogens. The molecular biology of the interactions …

Plant diseases are one of the major constraints in achieving the potential yield. Rice, the
most important food crop in the world, is attacked by a number of fungal, bacterial and viral …

Aims To characterize the geo‐distinct isolates of Ustilaginoidea virens for morpho‐molecular
and mating‐type locus diversity. Methods and Results Sixty‐one isolates of U. virens …

False smut disease (FSD) of rice incited by Ustilaginoidea virens is an emerging threat to
paddy cultivation worldwide. We investigated the spatial distribution of FSD in different …

Fifty nine isolates of Ustilaginoidea virens, the cause of false smut of rice (Oryza sativa L.),
were obtained from 46 rice hybrids in 14 counties in Sichuan, China during a survey …

False smut caused by the flower-infecting fungus, Ustilaginoidea virens has become an
important disease of rice seriously hampering production worldwide. An experiment on the …

Rice (Oryza sativa L) being one of the imperative food crops of the word contributes
immensely to the food and nutritional security of India. The cultivation of rice is changed over …