Nitrogen (N) fertilization is necessary for obtaining high rice yield. But excessive N fertilizer
reduces rice plant N efficiency and causes negative effects such as environmental pollution …

Key message This is the first report of stacking two major blast resistance genes in blast
susceptible rice variety using co-transformation method to widen the resistance spectrum …

Swarna-Sub1, a ruling submergence tolerant variety of rice, showed a significant decrease
in the yield in major blast disease prone areas, which is caused by fungus Magnaporthe …

Leaf blast of rice, caused by the fungus Pyricularia oryzae, is a highly destructive disease
that severely affects rice production in India, including the intermediate hill ecology of the …

Blast disease is the most damaging disease to rice which severely reduces its productivity.
Traditional control systems are uneconomical at the business level. Utilizing resistant …

Surveys conducted during Kharif 2014 and 2015 in major Basmati rice growing areas of
Haryana revealed that the neck blast (Pyricularia grisea) incidence ranged from traces to …

Kadiri 6 (K 6) is a popular high yielding, short duration groundnut variety possessing high oil
and attractive kernel features, nevertheless K 6 is highly susceptible to late leaf spot (LLS) …