Rice is a staple food source for more than three billion people worldwide. However, rice is vulnerable to diseases, the most destructive among them being rice blast, which is caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae (anamorph Pyricularia oryzae). This fungus attacks rice plants at all stages of development, causing annual losses of approximately 10-30% in various rice producing regions. Syntheti...

HWANG, B. K., and H. S. CHUNG. 1977. Acquired tolerance to Blasticidin-S in Pyricularia oryzae. Phytopathology 67: 421-424. Thirteen naturally-occurring isolates of Pyricularia oryzae transfers on fungicide-free media. Successive monoconidial varied in tolerance to Blasticidin-S [l-(1'-cytosinyl)-4-[L-3'cultures of Bu7 were genetically homogeneous for tolerance. amino-5-(l"-N-methylguanidino) v...