Understanding sheath blight resistance in rice: the road behind and the road ahead

Molla, K A and Karmakar, S and Molla, J and Bajaj, P and Varshney, R K and Datta, S K and Datta, K (2020) Understanding sheath blight resistance in rice: the road behind and the road ahead. Plant Biotechnology Journal (TSI), 18 (4). pp. 895-915. ISSN 1467-7644

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Abstract

Rice sheath blight disease, caused by the basidiomycetous necrotroph Rhizoctonia solani, became one of the major threats to the rice cultivation worldwide, especially after the adoption of high-yielding varieties. The pathogen is challenging to manage because of its extensively broad host range and high genetic variability and also due to the inability to find any satisfactory level of natural resistance from the available rice germplasm. It is high time to find remedies to combat the pathogen for reducing rice yield losses and subsequently to minimize the threat to global food security. The development of genetic resistance is one of the alternative means to avoid the use of hazardous chemical fungicides. This review mainly focuses on the effort of better understanding the host–pathogen relationship, finding the gene loci/markers imparting resistance response and modifying the host genome through transgenic development. The latest development and trend in the R. solani–rice pathosystem research with gap analysis are provided.

Item Type: Article
Divisions: Research Program : Genetic Gains
CRP: UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords: Sheath blight, Rhizoctonia solani, Transgenic rice, Sheath blight QTL, Host–plant interaction, Rice disease resistance
Subjects: Others > Rice
Others > Genetics and Genomics
Others > Plant Disease
Depositing User: Mr Arun S
Date Deposited: 05 Sep 2020 15:24
Last Modified: 05 Sep 2020 15:24
URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/11593
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.13312
Projects: UNSPECIFIED
Funders: UNSPECIFIED
Acknowledgement: This work was funded by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India, in the form of DBT Programme Support [Sanction no. BT/PR12656/COE/34/22/2015], DBT award ‘Distinguished Biotechnology Research Professor’ to SKD and Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Govt. of India [Sanction No. CS11/7/2014-1A-IV dated 26.11.2014].
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