Blast resistance in rice: a review of conventional breeding to molecular approaches

G Miah, MY Rafii, MR Ismail, AB Puteh… - Molecular biology …, 2013 - Springer
Blast disease caused by the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae is the most severe
diseases of rice. Using classical plant breeding techniques, breeders have developed a …

Playing on a pathogen's weakness: using evolution to guide sustainable plant disease control strategies

J Zhan, PH Thrall, J Papaïx, L ** and DNA marker-assisted pyramiding of the three major genes for blast resistance in rice
S Hittalmani, A Parco, TV Mew, RS Zeigler… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2000 - Springer
Abstract Three major genes (Pi 1, Pi z-5 and Pi ta) for blast resistance on chromosomes 11,
6 and 12, respectively, were fine-mapped and closely linked RFLP markers identified. New …

Two Adjacent Nucleotide-Binding Site–Leucine-Rich Repeat Class Genes Are Required to Confer Pikm-Specific Rice Blast Resistance

I Ashikawa, N Hayashi, H Yamane, H Kanamori, J Wu… - Genetics, 2008 - academic.oup.com
The rice blast resistance gene Pikm was cloned by a map-based cloning strategy. High-
resolution genetic map** and sequencing of the gene region in the Pikm-containing …

The isolation and characterization of Pik, a rice blast resistance gene which emerged after rice domestication

C Zhai, F Lin, Z Dong, X He, B Yuan, X Zeng… - New …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The rice–rice blast pathosystem is of great interest, not only because of the damaging
potential of rice blast to the rice crop, but also because both the pathogen and its host are …

The arms race between Magnaporthe oryzae and rice: Diversity and interaction of Avr and R genes

B Wang, DJ Ebbole, Z Wang - Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2017 - Elsevier
Rice blast disease, caused by Magnaporthe oryzae, threatens global food security. The rice
blast pathosystem is a longstanding model system for understanding plant-microbe …

The isolation of Pi1, an allele at the Pik locus which confers broad spectrum resistance to rice blast

L Hua, J Wu, C Chen, W Wu, X He, F Lin… - Theoretical and applied …, 2012 - Springer
We report the isolation of Pi1, a gene conferring broad-spectrum resistance to rice blast
(Magnaporthe oryzae). Using loss-and gain-of-function approaches, we demonstrate that …

High-resolution map**, cloning and molecular characterization of the Pi-k h gene of rice, which confers resistance to Magnaporthe grisea

TR Sharma, MS Madhav, BK Singh, P Shanker… - Molecular Genetics and …, 2005 - Springer
In order to understand the molecular mechanisms involved in the gene-for-gene type of
pathogen resistance, high-resolution genetic and physical map** of resistance loci is …