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Exploring the Distribution of Blast Resistance Alleles at the Pi2/9 Locus in Major Rice-Producing Areas of China by a Novel Indel Marker.
Plant disease - 1 Jul 2020
Tian Dagang, Lin Yan, Chen Ziqiang, Chen Zaijie, Yang Fang, Wang Feng, Wang Zonghua, Wang Mo
Abstract excerpt
Rice blast disease caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae damages cereal crops and poses a high risk to rice production around the world. Currently, planting cultivars with resistance (R) genes is still the most environment-friendly approach to control this disease. Effective identification of R genes existing in diverse rice cultivars is important for understanding the distribution of R genes and predicting...
Topics
- Alleles
- China
- Genes, Plant
- Magnaporthe
- Oryza
- Plant Diseases
