It also has implications for the control of rice blast disease, because proteins that are involved in infection could be targets for the development of new fungicides.

she recalls. “They all said rice blast is a problem. The fungus is everywhere in Italy.” Rice blast is caused by the fungus Pyricularia oryzae, which evolves rapidly and gains resistance to ...

7," an aromatic rice variety resistant to rice blast. Rice blast, a disease that affects rice quality and yield, is exacerbated by high temperatures and humidity following rainfall during the May and ...