Rice is a global food grain crop for more than one-third of the human population and a
source for food and nutritional security. Rice production is subjected to various stresses; …

Blast disease caused by the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae is the most severe
diseases of rice. Using classical plant breeding techniques, breeders have developed a …

The completion of the genome sequences of both rice and Magnaporthe oryzae has
strengthened the position of rice blast disease as a model to study plant–pathogen …

Rice is a staple and most important security food crop consumed by almost half of the
world's population. More rice production is needed due to the rapid population growth in the …

Abstract Key Message QTLs controlling the concentrations elements in rice grain were
identified in two mapping populations. The QTLs were clustered such that most genomic …

Rice blast, caused by the fungus Pyricularia grisea (Cooke) Sacc., is a serious rice (Oryza
sativa L.) disease causing considerable economic damage worldwide. DNA markers for rice …

Rice production needs to be sustained in the coming decades, as the changeable climatic
conditions are becoming more conducive to disease outbreaks. The majority of rice …

Rice blast disease caused by Magnaporthe grisea is a continuous threat to stable rice
production worldwide. In a modernized agricultural system, the development of varieties with …

The availability of the rice genome sequence enabled the global characterization of
nucleotide-binding site (NBS)–leucine-rich repeat (LRR) genes, the largest class of plant …

Climate change has significantly altered the biodiversity of crop pests and pathogens,
posing a major challenge to sustainable crop production. At the same time, with the …