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.
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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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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.
