Major Fungal Diseases of Rice Recent Advances

Major Fungal Diseases of Rice: Recent Advances provides a comprehensive overview of latest research in rice fungal pathology. There are 25 chapters dealing with the blast, sheath blight, sheath rot, brown spot and scald diseases of rice as well as some br

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Major Fungal Diseases of Rice Recent Advances Professor K. Manibhushan Rao Festschrift

by

S. Sreenivasaprasad and R. Johnson

SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.

A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.

ISBN 978-90-481-5835-5 ISBN 978-94-017-2157-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-2157-8

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© 2001 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht Originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 2001

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CONTENTS

Professor K. Manibhushan Rao- Reminiscence

vii

Professor K. Manibhushan Rao- Publications

xi

Editors' Note

XV

Genetic and pathogenic diversity of the rice blast pathogen R. SRIDHAR and U. D. SINGH

Characterisation of the rice blast pathogen populations in West Africa J. CHIPILI, S. SREENIVASAPRASAD, A.E. BROWN, N.J. TALBOT, M. HOLDERNESS, Y. SERE, S.K. NUTSUGAH, J. TWUMASI and K. DARTEY

Identification of pathogenicity determinants in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea

9

21

N.J. TALBOT, H.R.K. MCCAFFERTY, M.J. KERSHAW and K. P. DIXON

The role of mpg 1 hydrophobin in pathogenesis of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea

35

M.J. KERSHAW and N.J. TALBOT

Molecular signaling pathways involved in appressorium development by Magnaporthe grisea

49

G. C. FANG and R. A. DEAN

Molecular aspects of host-pathogen interactions in the rice-blast system

61

T. BHARGA VA and J. E. HAMER

Cytological aspects of infection by the rice blast fungus Pyricularia oryzae

87

H.KOGA

Conditions for sporulation and preservation of conidia of rice blast fungus Pyricularia grisea

Ill

S. GUOCHANG and S. SHUYUAN

Epidemiology ofrice blast disease in Korea

119

C. K. KIM

Evaluation of genetic resistance to rice blast: searching for varietal resistance stable over space and durable over time

131

S. W.AHN

Genetic studies on rice blast relationships S. KIYOSAWA and Z. LING

145

vi Genetic analysis of field resistance to leaf blast in rice

163

Genetic analysis oftwo components of field resistance, lesion size and number, to rice blast in rice varieties, Nipponbare and Juma

181

Rice sheath blight - pathogen biology and diversity

201

RFLP analysis of the PCR-amplified 28S ribosomal DNA for revision of genetic relationships in Rhizoctonia spp.

213

Protoplast fusion and DNA plasmid characterisation in Rhizoctonia so/ani

223

Phylloplane yeasts as potential biocontrol agents for rice sheath blight disease

235

Biocontrol strategies for the management of rice sheath blight disease

253

Sheath rot disease of rice: current status and control strategies

271

T. HIGASHI

M. S. ALI, D. PURBA, M. KA WASE, K. OK UNO and S. KIYOSA WA

S. BANNIZA and M. HOLDERNESS

M. MATSUMOTO and N. MATSUYAMA

T. HASHIBA, A. SASAKI and K. KATSURA

A.K. M.