Wheat blast: a new threat to food security

Abstract Wheat blast, caused by the Magnaporthe oryzae Triticum (MoT) lineage (synonym Pyricularia oryzae Triticum lineage), is a destructive disease in South America and Bangladesh. It is primarily a disease of wheat head, which can cause yield loss up to 100% under favorable disease conditions. Th...

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Main Authors: M. Tofazzal Islam, Dipali Rani Gupta, Akbar Hossain, Krishna K. Roy, Xinyao He, Muhammad R. Kabir, Pawan K. Singh, Md. Arifur Rahman Khan, Mahfuzur Rahman, Guo-Liang Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:Phytopathology Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42483-020-00067-6