Advances in Rice Blast Research provides a complete overview of the research undertaken on the rice-blast pathosystem. This book gathers in one volume the most recent works on rice blast fungus genetics and molecular biology of pathogenicity, rice blast fungus population studies, and genetics and molecular biology of rice resistance to blast, including resistance gene cloning. It also presents the latest results on resistance breeding and resistance management strategies, epidemiology and disease management.
This book is a must for plant pathologists and breeders working on rice blast and also to plant pathologists and breeders dealing with fungal diseases in general, because the rice-blast pathosystem is a model in plant pathology. Advances in Rice Blast Research provides a complete overview of the research undertaken on the rice-blast pathosystem. This book gathers in one volume the most recent works on rice blast fungus genetics and molecular biology of pathogenicity, rice blast fungus population studies, and genetics and molecular biology of rice resistance to blast, including resistance gene cloning. It also presents the latest results on resistance breeding and resistance management strategies, epidemiology and disease management.
This book is a must for plant pathologists and breeders working on rice blast and also to plant pathologists and breeders dealing with fungal diseases in general, because the rice-blast pathosystem is a model in plant pathology.

Klappentext

Advances in Rice Blast Research provides a complete overview of the research undertaken on the rice-blast pathosystem. This book gathers in one volume the most recent works on rice blast fungus genetics and molecular biology of pathogenicity, rice blast fungus population studies, and genetics and molecular biology of rice resistance to blast, including resistance gene cloning. It also presents the latest results on resistance breeding and resistance management strategies, epidemiology and disease management. This book is a must for plant pathologists and breeders working on rice blast and also to plant pathologists and breeders dealing with fungal diseases in general, because the rice-blast pathosystem is a model in plant pathology. Advances in Rice Blast Research provides a complete overview of the research undertaken on the rice-blast pathosystem. This book gathers in one volume the most recent works on rice blast fungus genetics and molecular biology of pathogenicity, rice blast fungus population studies, and genetics and molecular biology of rice resistance to blast, including resistance gene cloning. It also presents the latest results on resistance breeding and resistance management strategies, epidemiology and disease management. This book is a must for plant pathologists and breeders working on rice blast and also to plant pathologists and breeders dealing with fungal diseases in general, because the rice-blast pathosystem is a model in plant pathology.

Zusammenfassung
Proceedings of the 2nd International Rice Blast Conference, 4-8 August 1998, Montpellier, France

Inhalt
Host resistance: resistance genes.- Genetic analysis of blast resistance in IR varieties.- Cloning of the rice blast resistance gene Pi-b.- Characterization of blast resistance in the durably resistant rice cultivar Moroberekan.- Mapping of leaf and neck blast resistance genes with RFLP, RAPD and resistance gene analogs in rice.- Identification of DNA markers linked to partial resistance for blast disease in rice across four locations.- Marker assisted backcross gene introgression of major genes for blast resistance in rice.- New tools for resistance gene characterisation in rice.- Host resistance: defense reactions.- Genetic dissection of disease resistance pathways in rice.- Induction of acquired resistance in rice to rice blast by syringolin and elicitor from Pseudonzonas syringae pv. syringae.- A blast lesion mimic mutant of rice.- Fungitoxic responses of rice leaves and calli as related to blast resistance.- Induced resistance against rice blast.- Breeding and selection strategies.- Breeding strategy for rice blast resistance in Egypt.- Breeding for blast resistance in rice in West Africa.- Resistance to blast in hybrid rice.- Effective control of rice blast disease with 'Shasanishiki' multiline.- Use of lineage exclusion in a multi-objective rice breeding program.- Lineage-exclusion tests for blast resistance in Southern India.- Spatial and temporal stability of genetic resistance to rice blast.- Lineage-exclusion resistance breeding: pyramiding of blast resistance genes for management of rice blast in India.- Epidemiology and integrated disease management.- Silicon management of blast in upland and irrigated rice ecosystems.- The effect of plant age on the spatial and temporal dynamics of rice blast in Arkansas.- Effect of varietal field resistance forcontrol of rice blast.- Exploring optimum application programs of fungicide using a simulator for leaf blast epidemics.- Pathogen population studies.- Comparative continental variation in the rice blast fungus using sequence characterized amplified region markers.- Population dynamics of the rice blast pathogen in a screening site in Colombia and characterization of resistance.- Clonal lineages of japanese blast fungus population.- Differential changes in host specificity among MGR586 DNA fingerprint groups of Pyricularia Grisea.- Evidence recombination in Magnaporthe grisea rice pathogens: a case study from the Indian Hymalayas.- Pathogen genetics and molecular biology.- Biochemical and biomechanical aspects of appressorial development in Magnaporthe grisea.- Recent studies on pathogenicity genes in rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe grisea.- Inhibition of signal transduction leading to appressorium formation in Magnaporthe grisea by glisoprenins.- The role of carbohydrates in the pathogenicity of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea.- Possible role of concanavalin A-binding glycoprotein(s) secreted from germinating conidia of Magnaporthe grisea.- Monoclonal antibodies interferring with appressorium formation and pathogenesis of Magnaporthe grisea.- Identification of avirulence genes of Magnaporthe grisea and selection of molecular markers.- Progress on understanding the molecular basis of cultivar specificity in the interaction of the Magnaporthe griseaAVR1-CO39 with rice variety CO39.- Analysis of transposable-element clustering patterns in Magnaporthe grisea genome using bac library.- Retrotransposition of maggy in Pyricularia spp..- Abstracts.- Key words index.