Abstract:Background: Bacterial blight (BB) caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) is one of the major diseases affecting rice production in India and globally. Developing resistant cultivar is generally regarded as the most effective and economical means of controlling this dreaded disease.Results: A total of 31 accessions of O. glaberrima were screened for BB resistance consecutively for four seasons and 28 accessions consistently exhibited high level of resistance with a mean lesion length of < 3cm. Molecul… Show more
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