Actinobacteria of the genus Streptomyces are part soil microbiota from rice-growing areas and along with other microorganisms, such as Trichoderma spp., combine to act natural enemies against destructive soil-borne pathogen Rhizoctonia solani, causal agent rice sheath blight disease. In this study, seven actinobacteria three fungi genera Purpureocillium were isolated soils cultivated using seri...

Potential of MoSM1, encoding for a cerato-platanin protein from Magnaporthe oryzae, in improvement of rice disease resistance was examined. Transient expression of MoSM1 in rice leaves initiated hypersensitive response and upregulated expression of defense genes. When transiently expressed in tobacco leaves, MoSM1 targeted to plasma membrane. The MoSM1-overexpressing (MoSM1-OE) transgenic rice ...

The capability of endophytic Trichoderma spp. to reduce sheath blight disease in rice caused by Rhizoctonia solani was assessed under the growth conditions established practices System Rice Intensification (SRI), compared those standard irrigated cultivation. seeds inoculated with a local isolate fungus asperellum SL2 were grown respective SRI and conventional or uninoculated plants then infect...

Bacterial leaf blight is one of the major diseases in rice and affects yields. Thus, various methods have been applied to protect rice from this disease. Here, we show systemic translocation of the human drug niclosamide (5-chloro-N-(2-chloro-4-nitrophenyl)2-hydroxybenzamide) in rice and its long-term effect on prevention of rice leaf blight. The development of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae-ind...