Identification of New Resistance Loci Against Sheath Blight Disease in Rice Through Genome-Wide Association Study

Sheath blight (SB) caused by the soil borne pathogen Rhizoctonia solani is one of the most serious global rice diseases. Breeding resistant cultivar is the most economical and effective strategy to control the disease. However, no rice varieties are completely resistant to SB, and only a few reliabl...

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Main Authors: Zongxiang Chen, Zhiming Feng, Houxiang Kang, Jianhua Zhao, Tianxiao Chen, Qianqian Li, Hongbing Gong, Yafang Zhang, Xijun Chen, Xuebiao Pan, Wende Liu, Guoliang Wang, Shimin Zuo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Rice Science
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1672630818300842