Development and evaluation of improved lines with broad-spectrum resistance to rice blast using nine resistance genes

Abstract Background Rice blast disease is a major restriction in rice production. That is usually managed using chemical pesticides, which are expensive in terms of cost and environment hazards. Use of blast-resistance genes to develop resistant varieties may therefore be a more economical and envir...

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Main Authors: Haichao Jiang, Zhi Li, Jia Liu, Zhikang Shen, Guanjun Gao, Qinglu Zhang, Yuqing He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-05-01
Series:Rice
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12284-019-0292-z