It also has implications for the control of rice blast disease, because proteins that are involved in infection could be targets for the development of new fungicides.

she recalls. “They all said rice blast is a problem. The fungus is everywhere in Italy.” Rice blast is caused by the fungus Pyricularia oryzae, which evolves rapidly and gains resistance to ...

7," an aromatic rice variety resistant to rice blast. Rice blast, a disease that affects rice quality and yield, is exacerbated by high temperatures and humidity following rainfall during the May and ...

The KRIL37 strain was originally bred by another team in 2010 in an attempt to enhance Koshihikari’s resistance to rice blast fungus 2. Although KRIL37 proved not to be the most promising ...