Magnaporthe oryzae Genetic Diversity and Its Outcomes on the Search for Durable Resistance

Integrated Metabarcoding and Culturomic-Based Microbiome Profiling of Rice Phyllosphere Reveal Diverse and Functional Bacterial Communities for Blast Disease Suppression

“…Rice production is affected by several biotic and abiotic stresses; among them, blast disease caused by ascomycetous fungus Magnaporthe oryzae (anamorph Pyricularia oryzae Sacc.) is responsible for nearly 30.0% of losses, which can feed 60 million population if prevented preemptively ( Dean et al, 2005 ; Scheuermann et al, 2012 ; Yasuda et al, 2015 ; Hashim et al, 2018 ; Mehta et al, 2019 ; Prakash et al, 2021 ). Deployment of fungicides and blast-resistant cultivars are among the blast-combating strategies widely practiced.…”

Screening of Rice Accessions Resistant to Blast in Benin

“…Among the fungal diseases of rice, blast remains the most important [8]. It causes estimated losses of more than $ 70 billion a year [9,10] and represents the largest pathological condition with significant economic impact and a serious threat to food security in the world [11,12,7]. Every year it is estimated that rice blast destroy food more than enough to eat for 60 million people and 50% of the rice yield is lost in the field by the occurrence of blast [13].…”

Deciphering Core-Phyllomicrobiome of Rice Genotypes Grown in Contrasting Mountain and Island Agroclimatic Zones: Implications for Microbiome Engineering Against Blast Disease

“…remains a global production constraint and a threat to food security in developing nations [24][25][26][27]. Blast disease of rice accounts for nearly 30 % production loss, which is enough to feed 60 million world's population if managed preemptively [28]. Currently, blast management depends heavily on fungicides and host-resistance; both are inadequate to combat the production losses during epidemics.…”