Rice blast disease caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae is most devastating of rice causing considerable yield losses. Development resistant varieties effective and environment friendly strategy to combat RNR 15048 (Telangana sona) (IET23746) a popular local variety possessing desirable, short-slender grain type with low glycemic index, good cooking quality having Pi2 gene for blast. However...

The virulence pattern of the isolates of Pyricularia grisea from commercial fields of the upland rice (Oryza sativa) cultivars ‘Primavera’ and ‘BRS Bonança’ was analyzed. A hundred and seventy monoconidial isolates of the pathogen virulent to ‘Primavera’ and 139 to ‘BRS Bonança’ collected from eight fields, during two years (2001-2003) were tested, under greenhouse conditions, on six newly rele...

The dominant rice blast resistance gene Pi54 cloned by map-based cloning approach from indica rice cultivar Tetep confers broad spectrum resistance to Magnaporthe oryzae. In this investigation, an orthologue of Pi54 designated as Pi54of was cloned from Oryza officinalis conferring high degree of resistance to M. oryzae and is functionally validated. We have also characterized the Pi54of protein...

Magnaporthe oryzae is the causal agent of rice blast disease, a devastating problem worldwide. This fungus has caused breakdown of resistance conferred by newly developed commercial cultivars. To address how the rice blast fungus adapts itself to new resistance genes so quickly, we examined chromosomal locations of AVR-Pita, a subtelomeric gene family corresponding to the Pita resistance gene, ...

Rice blast, caused by Magnaporthe oryzae, poses a significant threat to rice production. blast susceptibility has been observed in Japanese varieties with excellent eating quality. Enhancing resistance is essential ensure minimal use of agricultural chemicals. Two types are observed: True resistance, which type qualitative expressed major gene, and field quantitative multiple micro-acting genes...

Abstract. Gabriel MG, Alhasan U, Mary Y, Munsur Olufunmilayo A. 2022. Screening of rice germplasm for blast resistance in Nigeria. Asian J Agric 6: 1-6. Rice (Magnaporthe oryzae T.T. Hebert) M.E. Barr) is an important destructive disease that can lead to 80% yield loss. Germplasm responds differently fungus. This study aimed screen The four genotypes, namely Institute Research Tropical Agricult...

in order to study the effects of foliar application of si (5/1000 ratio), k (2/1000 ratio) and zn (2/1000 ratio) on rice (cv. tarom hashem), an on-farm experiment carried out based on randomized complete block design with three replications in 2012. some traits such as paddy yield and yield components, neck blast disease and stem borer damage were evaluated. results showed that the effect of fo...

We have identified a family of dispersed repetitive DNA sequences in the genome of Magnaporthe grisea, the fungus that causes rice blast disease. We have named this family of DNA sequences "MGR" for M. grisea repeat. Analysis of five MGR clones demonstrates that MGR sequences are highly polymorphic. The segregation of MGR sequences in genetic crosses and hybridization of MGR probes to separated...

Hyperspectral reflectance of normal and lodged rice caused by rice brown planthopper and rice panicle blast was measured at the canopy level. Over one decade broadand narrow-band vegetation indices (VIs) were calculated to simulate Landsat ETM+ with in situ hyperspectral reflectance. Principal component analysis (PCA) was utilized to obtain the front two principal components (PCs). Probabilisti...