Major Fungal Diseases of Rice

by Sreenivasaprasad, S.; Johnson, R.

• ISBN13: 9781402000508
• ISBN10: 1402000502
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

Major Fungal Diseases of Rice: Recent Advances provides a comprehensive overview of latest research in rice fungal pathology. There are 25 chapters dealing with the blast, sheath blight, sheath rot, brown spot and scald diseases of rice as well as some broader topics. The book covers recent progress in a number of key fundamental aspects such as pathogenicity, pathogen diversity, molecular characterisation, gene cloning, genetics of host resistance and host-pathogen interactions. It also presents the current status and perspectives in strategic and applied areas such as epidemiology, resistance breeding, biological control, induced resistance, seed-borne diseases and quarantine issues and disease management strategies. This book is essential for rice researchers, pathologists and breeders and will also be suitable for cereal and plant pathologists in general, as there is an extensive coverage of recent research advances in rice blast, a model system in plant pathology.

Table of Contents

Professor K. Manibhushan Rao -- Reminiscence	vii
Professor K. Manibhushan Rao -- Publications	xi
Editors' Note	xv
Genetic and pathogenic diversity of the rice blast pathogen	1	(8)
R. Sridhar
U. D. Singh
Characterisation of the rice blast pathogen populations in West Africa	9	(12)
J. Chipili
S. Sreenivasaprasad
A.E. Brown
N.J. Talbot
M. Holderness
Y. Sere
S.K. Nutsugah
J. Twumasi
K. Dartey
Identification of pathogenicity determinants in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea	21	(14)
N.J. Talbot
H.R.K. Mccafferty
M.J. Kershaw
K. P. Dixon
The role of mpg 1 hydrophobin in pathogenesis of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea	35	(14)
M.J. Kershaw
N.J. Talbot
Molecular signaling pathways involved in appressorium development by Magnaporthe grisea	49	(12)
G. C. Fang
R. A. Dean
Molecular aspects of host-pathogen interactions in the rice-blast system	61	(26)
T. Bhargava
J. E. Hamer
Cytological aspects of infection by the rice blast fungus Pyricularia oryzae	87	(24)
H. Koga
Conditions for sporulation and preservation of conidia of rice blast fungus Pyricularia grisea	111	(8)
S. Guochang
S. Shuyuan
Epidemiology of rice blast disease in Korea	119	(12)
C. K. Kim
Evaluation of genetic resistance to rice blast: searching for varietal resistance stable over space and durable over time	131	(14)
S. W. Ahn
Genetic studies on rice blast relationships	145	(18)
S. Kiyosawa
Z. Ling
Genetic analysis of field resistance to leaf blast in rice	163	(18)
T. Higashi
Genetic analysis of two components of field resistance, lesion size and number, to rice blast in rice varieties, Nipponbare and Juma	181	(20)
M. S. Ali
D. Purba
M. Kawase
K. Okuno
S. Kiyosawa
Rice sheath blight - pathogen biology and diversity	201	(12)
S. Banniza
M. Holderness
RFLP analysis of the PCR-amplified 28S ribosomal DNA for revision of genetic relationships in Rhizoctonia spp.	213	(10)
M. Matsumoto
N. Matsuyama
Protoplast fusion and DNA plasmid characterisation in Rhizoctonia solani	223	(12)
T. Hashiba
A. Sasaki
K. Katsura
Phylloplane yeasts as potential biocontrol agents for rice sheath blight disease	235	(18)
A.K. M. Shahjahan
M. C. Rush
D. E. Groth
Biocontrol strategies for the management of rice sheath blight disease	253	(18)
U.I. Baby
Sheath rot disease of rice: current status and control strategies	271	(14)
N. Sakthivel
Species concept in Sarocladium, the causal agent of sheath rot in rice and bamboo blight	285	(8)
D. A. Pearce
P. D. Bridge
D. L. Hawksworth
Epidemiology and disease management of brown spot of rice in India	293	(14)
N.K. Chakrabarti
Rice leaf scald: pathogen biology and diversity	307	(14)
H. C. Turner
R. Black
Fungal diseases of rice in Ghana: Knowledge and research needs	321	(10)
S. K. Nutsugah
J. K. Twumasi
Seed-borne fungi of rice and quarantine significance	331	(16)
O. R. Reddy
N. Sathyanarayana
Induced systemic resistance for the management of rice fungal diseases	347	(12)
P. Vidhyasekaran
Key Words Index	359