Background Rice blast disease is one of the most serious and recurrent problems in rice-
growing regions worldwide. Most resistance genes were identified by linkage mapping …

Magnaporthe oryzae is the causative agent of rice blast, a devastating disease in rice
worldwide. Based on the gene-for-gene paradigm, resistance (R) proteins can recognize …

Wheat blast disease, caused by Magnaporthe oryzae Triticum pathotype, was first reported
in 1985 from Brazil, and since then it has emerged as a major threat to global wheat …

Rice blast is one of the most destructive diseases of rice worldwide, and the causative agent
is the filamentous ascomycete Magnaporthe oryzae. With the successful cloning of more and …

Phytopathogenic microorganisms, including the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae,
secrete a myriad of effector proteins to facilitate infection. Utilizing the transient expression of …

Key message This is the first report of stacking two major blast resistance genes in blast
susceptible rice variety using co-transformation method to widen the resistance spectrum …

Rice blast disease caused by the fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae, is one of the most
devastating diseases of rice. Deciphering molecular mechanism of host-pathogen …

Genetic variation of the rice blast (Pyricularia oryzae) population in Thailand was
investigated based on the nucleotide sequence of three avirulence genes, AVR‐Pi9, AVR …

Rice and Magnaporthe oryzae constitutes an ideal pathosystem for studying host-pathogen
interaction in cereals crops. There are two alternative hypotheses, viz. Arms race and Trench …

Common wild rice (Oryza rufipogon Griff.) is invaluable genetic resource for rice resistance
breeding. Whole-genome re-sequencing was conducted to systematically analyze the …