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

• Published in: Plant biotechnology journal Vol. 18; no. 4; pp. 895 - 915
• Main Authors: Molla, Kutubuddin A., Karmakar, Subhasis, Molla, Johiruddin, Bajaj, Prasad, Varshney, Rajeev K., Datta, Swapan K., Datta, Karabi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.04.2020; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: biotechnology; Blight; Crop diseases; Crop yield; Cultivation; Disease resistance; Disease Resistance - genetics; Flowers & plants; Food security; Fungicides; Gap analysis; genes; genetic resistance; Genetic variability; genetic variation; genetically modified organisms; Genomes; Germplasm; Grain cultivation; Host range; host-pathogen relationships; host–plant interaction; Infections; Kinases; leaf blight; Oryza - genetics; Oryza - microbiology; Pathogenesis; Pathogens; Plant Diseases - genetics; Plant Diseases - microbiology; Proteins; Review; Rhizoctonia - pathogenicity; Rhizoctonia solani; Rice; rice disease resistance; Sheath blight; sheath blight QTL; Sheaths; Thanatephorus cucumeris; transgenic rice; sheath blight; rice disease resistance; Rhizoctonia solani; host-plant interaction; transgenic rice; sheath blight QTL

Summary 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 ra...