Rapid development of durable bacterial blight resistance in African rice through marker-assisted pyramiding of four resistance genes
Abstract Bacterial blight of rice causes substantial crop losses in Asia and Africa. The recent introduction of Asian strains into African countries has led to two independent outbreaks detected in 2019, causing severe damage in Madagascar and Tanzania. The strains are highly virulent on local rice varieties and rapidl...
Yugander Arra, Eliza P. I. Loo, Camille Blasco et al.
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