Pakistan is well known for its basmati rice with long grain and aroma, as well as for non-
basmati indica varieties; however average yield is lower as compared with other countries …

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 …

Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) causes bacterial leaf blight that is a major threat to
rice production. Crop losses in extreme situations can reach up to75%, and millions of …

Bacterial Leaf Blight (BLB) is a serious disease of irrigated rice in Pakistan. All famous
varieties of Basmati rice are susceptible to bacterial blight. Survey of rice growing areas of …

ABSTRACT In Northern and Central areas of Punjab, bacterial leaf blight (BLB) disease
epidemically damaged the rice crop particularly during 1997, 2002, 2006, 2007 and 2008 …

All rice growing zones of Pakistan were surveyed during cropping season 2005-2007, for
bacterial blight of rice (Oryza sativa L.) caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv oryzae. Results …

Absence of resistance/tolerance against bacterial leaf blight (BLB), incited by Xanthomonas
oryzae pv. oryzae, in famous basmati varieties is one of the main reason for BLB epidemic in …

Bacterial blight (BB) of rice caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae is becoming a
potential threat to rice crop in many regions of the world. In order to identify resistant sources …

The present study was conducted to assess the yield losses caused by bacterial brlight of
Rice (Xanthomonas oryzae pv oryza) in Upper Dir a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province …

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is the staple food of more than three billion people in the world; most
of them live in Asia (IRRI, 2009). Rice is cultivated under diverse ecologies, ranging from …