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Resistance to Multiple Temperate and Tropical Stem and Sheath Diseases of Rice.
The plant genome - 1 Mar 2018
Rosas Juan E, Martínez Sebastián, Blanco Pedro, Pérez de Vida Fernando, Bonnecarrère Victoria, Mosquera Gloria, Cruz Maribel, Garaycochea Silvia, Monteverde Eliana, McCouch Susan, Germán Silvia, Jannink Jean-Luc, Gutiérrez Lucía
Abstract excerpt
Stem rot and aggregated sheath spot are the two major stem and sheath diseases affecting rice (Oryza sativa L.) in temperate areas. A third fungal disease, sheath blight, is a major disease in tropical areas. Resistance to these diseases is a key objective in rice breeding programs but phenotyping is challenged by the confounding effects of phenological and morphological traits such as flowering time (FT) and...
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