Multi-environmental yield trial is very vital in assessing newly developed rice lines for its
adaptability and stability across environments especially prior to release of the newly …

Sri Lanka is blessed with a rich ecosystem diversity, however, only a small fraction of the
diverse flora and fauna in the country is known. Only around 3,000 species of fungi are …

Rice blast, caused by Magnaporthe oryzae, is a destructive disease. A total of 23 rice
genotypes, were screened using a set of 51 simple sequence repeats SSR/InDel markers …

Background Pi-ta is a major blast resistant gene, introgressed from indica rice varieties. In
this study, diversity of the Pi-ta gene of 47 Sri Lankan rice accessions was studied by …

Brown planthopper, bacterial leaf blight and rice blast disease are identified as devastating
stresses of rice cultivation. Developing host plant resistance is considered an effective and …

Rice blast fungus (Pyricularia grisea) is one of the most problematic pathogen to significantly
reduce rice production worldwide. In this study, after being inoculated with P. grisea …

Pi9 is one of the major blast resistance genes which encodes a nucleotide-binding site-
leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR) domain-containing protein. This gene was observed to show …

Rice leaf blast is a rice disease caused by fungus Pyricularia oryzae Cavara. The disease is
widely spread in all rice ecological systems in Zanzibar viz; rainfed upland, rainfed lowland …

Crop production needs to be increased locally and globally to assure food and nutritional
security of the growing population while reducing its impact on the environment …

Rice blast disease has a potential threat to rice crop and causes huge yield losses in
Pakistan and other regions of the World. Field trials were conducted and fifty diverse …