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; …

Rice blast is one of the most destructive diseases affecting rice production worldwide. The
development and rational use of resistant varieties has been the most effective and …

Rice, a major food crop, is grown in a wide range of ecological conditions and suffers
significant yield losses as it is constantly exposed to a wide range of environmental and …

Occurrence of multiple abiotic stresses in a single crop season has become more frequent
than before. Most of the traditional donors possessing tolerance to abiotic stresses are tall …

Magnaporthe oryzae infection causes rice blast, a destructive disease that is responsible for
considerable decrease in rice yield. Development of resistant varieties via introgressing …

Rice blast and bacterial leaf blight, are major disease, significantly threatens rice yield in all
rice growing regions under favorable conditions and identification of resistance genes and …

Pusa Basmati 1509 (PB1509) is one of the major foreign-exchange-earning varieties of
Basmati rice; it is semi-dwarf and early maturing with exceptional cooking quality and strong …

Drought stress at the reproductive stage in rice is one of the most important cause for yield
reduction, affecting both productivity and quality. All Basmati rice varieties, including the …

In the present study, we introgressed two genes each governing resistance to major
diseases of rice namely, bacterial blight (BB)(xa13 and Xa21) and blast (Pi2 and Pi54) into a …

Across the globe, rice cultivation is seriously affected by blast disease, caused by
Magnaporthe oryzae. This disease has caused heavy yield loss to farmers over the past few …