Pests and diseases pose a threat to food security, which is nowadays aggravated by climate
change and globalization. In this context, agricultural policies demand innovative …

Rice is a global food grain crop for more than one-third of the human population and a
source for food and nutritional security. Rice production is subjected to various stresses; …

Although the functions of a few effector proteins produced by bacterial and oomycete plant
pathogens have been elucidated in recent years, information for the vast majority of …

Rice (Oryza sativa) plays a significant role in achieving global food security. However, it
suffers from several biotic and abiotic stresses that seriously affect its production. Rice blast …

Rice production needs to be sustained in the coming decades, as the changeable climatic
conditions are becoming more conducive to disease outbreaks. The majority of rice …

Most agronomically important traits, including resistance against pathogens, are governed
by quantitative trait loci (QTL). QTL-mediated resistance shows promise of being effective …

Bacterial blight, blast, and sheath blight are the commonest diseases causing substantial
yield loss in rice around the world. Stacking of broad-spectrum resistance genes/QTLs into …

A meta-analysis was performed to understand the role of zinc finger domains in proteins of
resistance (R) genes cloned from different crops. We analyzed protein sequences of seventy …

The dominant rice blast resistance gene, Pi54 confers resistance to Magnaporthe oryzae in
different parts of India. In our effort to identify more effective forms of this gene, we isolated …

Metal ions are essential elements for all living organisms. However, metals can be toxic
when present in excess. In plants, metal homeostasis is partly achieved through the function …