Article
Breeding approaches for bacterial leaf blight resistance in rice (Oryza sativa L.), current status and future directions
2014-05-01
Abstract excerpt
Bacterial leaf blight (BLB) is one of the most serious threats to the rice crop in irrigated and rainfed areas of the world. It is caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae and has been known for more than a century. Through rigorous screening and selection, a number of resistant cultivars have been produced and utilized, but resistance was overcome by the development of mutant strains of pathogen and by the dynamic...
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- Literature Corpus work
- e50c81b1-b183-5f6a-a7a8-304ffcfceb5b
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10658-014-0377-x
