Rice, the primary staple food in many countries, is subject to disease that often place major biological constraints on production. Among rice diseases, sheath blight is second only to, and often rivals rice blast in ...

Blast disease, caused by hemibiotrophic fungus Pyricularia oryzae Sacc. (teleomorph: Magnaporthe oryzae (Hebert) Barr.), previously known as Magnaporthe grisea, is the most serious disease of rice and causes high yield ...