Article
Wild and cultivated rice host different populations of the blast fungus, <i>Pyricularia oryzae</i> , in Mali
2023-10-10
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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> Blast is a devastating disease of rice caused by the fungus Pyricularia oryzae . The role of infected straw and seed as sources of primary inoculum in blast disease epidemics is well known. The role of alternative hosts is yet to be confirmed. The current study sought to assess if wild rice is a major source of inoculum for cultivated rice by comparing the genetic structure of P. oryzae popula...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 99aad3c2-db74-5865-895d-1c4b0ef0dad1
- DOI
- 10.1101/2023.10.10.561650
