Sentences with phrase «causes rice blast»

The findings, published in December in Frontiers in Plant Science and in Current Opinion in Plant Biology, may lead to a more effective control for Magnaporthe oryzae, the fungus that causes rice blast disease.

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Blast caused great yield loss on traditional glutinous rice varieties and farmers were spraying fungicides for up to seven times.

Although many resistant varieties have already been bred, the breakdown of blast resistance causes yield instability in several rice - growing areas in the world.

Blast caused great yield loss on traditional glutinous rice varieties and farmers were spraying fungicides for up to seven times.

Rice blast (Pyricularia grisea) is a fungus that feeds on the rice plant, causing severe damage usually during the seedling stRice blast (Pyricularia grisea) is a fungus that feeds on the rice plant, causing severe damage usually during the seedling strice plant, causing severe damage usually during the seedling stage.