Advances in Rice Blast Research

• Host resistance: resistance genes.- Genetic analysis of blast resistance in IR varieties.- Cloning of the rice blast resistance gene Pi-b.- Characterization of blast resistance in the durably resistant rice cultivar Moroberekan.- Mapping of leaf and neck blast resistance genes with RFLP, RAPD and resistance gene analogs in rice.- Identification of DNA markers linked to partial resistance for blast disease in rice across four locations.- Marker assisted backcross gene introgression of major genes for blast resistance in rice.- New tools for resistance gene characterisation in rice.- Host resistance: defense reactions.- Genetic dissection of disease resistance pathways in rice.- Induction of acquired resistance in rice to rice blast by syringolin and elicitor from Pseudonzonas syringae pv. syringae.- A blast lesion mimic mutant of rice.- Fungitoxic responses of rice leaves and calli as related to blast resistance.- Induced resistance against rice blast.- Breeding and selection strategies.- Breeding strategy for rice blast resistance in Egypt.- Breeding for blast resistance in rice in West Africa.- Resistance to blast in hybrid rice.- Effective control of rice blast disease with ‘Shasanishiki’ multiline.- Use of lineage exclusion in a multi-objective rice breeding program.- Lineage-exclusion tests for blast resistance in Southern India.- Spatial and temporal stability of genetic resistance to rice blast.- Lineage-exclusion resistance breeding: pyramiding of blast resistance genes for management of rice blast in India.- Epidemiology and integrated disease management.- Silicon management of blast in upland and irrigated rice ecosystems.- The effect of plant age on the spatial and temporal dynamics of rice blast in Arkansas.- Effect of varietal field resistance forcontrol of rice blast.- Exploring optimum application programs of fungicide using a simulator for leaf blast epidemics.- Pathogen population studies.- Comparative continental variation in the rice blast fungus using sequence characterized amplified region markers.- Population dynamics of the rice blast pathogen in a screening site in Colombia and characterization of resistance.- Clonal lineages of japanese blast fungus population.- Differential changes in host specificity among MGR586 DNA fingerprint groups of Pyricularia Grisea.- Evidence recombination in Magnaporthe grisea rice pathogens: a case study from the Indian Hymalayas.- Pathogen genetics and molecular biology.- Biochemical and biomechanical aspects of appressorial development in Magnaporthe grisea.- Recent studies on pathogenicity genes in rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe grisea.- Inhibition of signal transduction leading to appressorium formation in Magnaporthe grisea by glisoprenins.- The role of carbohydrates in the pathogenicity of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea.- Possible role of concanavalin A-binding glycoprotein(s) secreted from germinating conidia of Magnaporthe grisea.- Monoclonal antibodies interferring with appressorium formation and pathogenesis of Magnaporthe grisea.- Identification of avirulence genes of Magnaporthe grisea and selection of molecular markers.- Progress on understanding the molecular basis of cultivar specificity in the interaction of the Magnaporthe griseaAVR1-CO39 with rice variety CO39.- Analysis of transposable-element clustering patterns in Magnaporthe grisea genome using bac library.- Retrotransposition of maggy in Pyricularia spp..- Abstracts.- Key words index.

'The papers presented in this book are on the whole well presented... In all, I heartily recommend this book for an excellent background read to recent research in rice blast disease.' Crop Protection, 21 (2002)