Bacterial blight of rice is a serious disease which lead to the yield loss in many countries, So many researches and so many resistant varieties have been put forth , I am planning to work on this disease. Is it really worth to do this, or it is just a myth that this disease is present even today?
Then I also have another question: is it really a seed borne? I have read so many papers but its very confusing to arrive a conclusion
I also want to know about the pathovars associated with the Xanthomonas oryzae.
Hai, bacterial blight popularly leaf blight of rice. The bacterial can cause harm through wounded parts only. Hence while screening for this disease researches will cut the screening material with pathogen isolates using scissors. This is prevalant in many places in india and still lot of work has to be done. We have only improved sambamahsuri with three blight gene pyramided, and is slowly getting popularirity.
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