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Natural rice rhizospheric microbes suppress rice blast infections.
BMC plant biology - 13 May 2014
Spence Carla, Alff Emily, Johnson Cameron, Ramos Cassandra, Donofrio Nicole, Sundaresan Venkatesan, Bais Harsh
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BACKGROUND: The natural interactions between plant roots and their rhizospheric microbiome are vital to plant fitness, modulating both growth promotion and disease suppression. In rice (Oryza sativa), a globally important food crop, as much as 30% of yields are lost due to blast disease caused by fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae. Capitalizing on the abilities of naturally occurring rice soil bacteria to reduce...
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