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Genome comparison of two Magnaporthe oryzae field isolates reveals genome variations and potential virulence effectors.
BMC genomics - 16 Dec 2013
Chen Chenxi, Lian Bi, Hu Jinnan, Zhai Huanchen, Wang Xingxing, Venu R C, Liu Erming, Wang Zhilong, Chen Meilian, Wang Baohua, Wang Guo-Liang, Wang Zonghua, Mitchell Thomas K
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BACKGROUND: Rice blast caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae is an important disease in virtually every rice growing region of the world, which leads to significant annual decreases of grain quality and yield. To prevent disease, resistance genes in rice have been cloned and introduced into susceptible cultivars. However, introduced resistance can often be broken within few years of release, often due to...
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