Abstract:Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a staple food crop for more than two billion people around the world. Bacterial leaf blight (BLB) caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) (Ishimiya) Swings et al. is one of the most destructive diseases of rice in all the major rice-growing. Use of antibiotics is the common practice for the management of BLB, but it has detrimental effect on human health and environment. Hence other eco-friendly strategies like biological control and host plant resistance (HPR) should be effecti… Show more
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