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Gene pyramiding enhances durable blast disease resistance in rice.
Scientific reports - 14 Jan 2015
Fukuoka Shuichi, Saka Norikuni, Mizukami Yuko, Koga Hironori, Yamanouchi Utako, Yoshioka Yosuke, Hayashi Nagao, Ebana Kaworu, Mizobuchi Ritsuko, Yano Masahiro
Abstract excerpt
Effective control of blast, a devastating fungal disease of rice, would increase and stabilize worldwide food production. Resistance mediated by quantitative trait loci (QTLs), which usually have smaller individual effects than R-genes but confer broad-spectrum or non-race-specific resistance, is a promising alternative to less durable race-specific resistance for crop improvement, yet evidence that validates the...
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