Advances in Genetics, Genomics and Control of Rice Blast Disease

Current Status and Future Prospects for Research on Blast Resistance in Rice (Oryza sativa L.).- Current Status and Future Prospects for Research on Blast Resistance in Rice (Oryza sativa L.).- Pathogen Genetics, Genomics and Molecular Biology.- The PMK1 MAP Kinase Pathway and Infection-Related Morphogenesis.- Surface Sensing and Signaling During Initiation of Rice-Blast Disease.- Studies on Autophagy Machinery in Magnaporthe oryzae.- Secretion Property and Gene Expression Pattern of a Putative Feruloyl Esterase in Magnaporthe grisea.- Functional Analysis of Two Laccase Genes in Magnaporthe grisea.- The Significance of Nitrogen Regulation, Source and Availability on the Interaction Between Rice and Rice Blast.- Protein Chips and Chromatin Immunoprecipitation – Emerging Technologies to Study Macromolecule Interactions in M. grisea.- Cellular and Molecular Analyses of Biotrophic Invasion in Rice Blast Disease.- Isolation and Functional Analysis of Putative Effectors from Magnaporthe oryzae Using Integrated Genomic Approaches.- Searching for Effectors of Magnaporthe oryzae: A Multi-Faceted Genomics Approach.- Developing Resources for Analysis of Secreted Proteins from Magnaporthe oryzae.- Host Defense Genetics, Genomics, Molecular Biology.- Functional and Evolutionary Analysis of the Pi2/9 Locus in Rice.- Understanding the Co-evolution of the Rice Blast Resistance Gene PI-TA and Magnaporthe oryzae Avirulence Gene AVR-PITA.- Genetic and Molecular Analyses of Blast Resistance in a Universal Blast Resistant Variety, Digu.- Map-Based Cloning and Breeding Application of a Broad-Spectrum Resistance Gene Pigm to Rice Blast.- Rac GTPase and the Regulation of NADPH Oxidase in Rice Innate Immunity Response.- Rice Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors for Small GTPase OsRac1 Involvedin Innate Immunity of Rice.- Role of Ethylene, Abscisic Acid and MAP Kinase Pathways in Rice Blast Resistance.- Bacterial Determinants and Host Defense Responses Underpinning Rhizobacteria - Mediated Systemic Resistance in Rice.- Pathogen Population and Disease Control.- World Population Structure and Migration of the Rice Blast Fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae.- Examination of the Rice Blast Pathogen Population Diversity in Arkansas, USA – Stable or Unstable?.- Studies on the Complementary Differential Varieties and Local Physiologic Races of Magnaporthe grisea in Sichuan Province.- Blast Race Monitoring for Stable Use of Blast Resistance in Rice.- Pathogenicity-Related Compounds Produced by Blast Fungus.- An Unprecedented Outbreak of Rice Blast on a Newly Released Cultivar BRS Colosso in Brazil.- Effect of Magnaporthe grisea on Seed Germination, Yield and Quality of Wheat.- Identification and Use of Resistance Genes and Breeding Strategies.- Field Resistance Expressed when the Pi-ta Gene is Compromised by Magnaporthe oryzae.- Resistance Genes and Their Effects to Blast in Korean Rice Varieties (Oryza sativa L.).- Genetic Analysis of Resistance Against Bacterial Leaf Blight and Leaf Blast Disease in the Japanese Rice Cultivar Asominori.- DNA Marker Analysis of Blast Resistance Genes Pib and Pita in IRRI-Bred Rice Varieties Comparing with Gene Estimation by a Differential System.- Genetic Characterization of Universal Differential Variety Sets Developed Under the IRRI-Japan Collaborative Research Project.- Sequential Planting as a Method of Screening of Durable Resistance to Rice Blast in Korea.- Development of a Package of 20 Varieties for Blast Management on Upland Rice.- Rice Blast in India and Strategies to Develop Durably Resistant Cultivars.- Breeding Rice Cultivarswith Durable Blast Resistance in Colombia.- What it Takes to Achieve Durable Resistance to Rice Blast?.- Bioinformatics and Database.- Magnaporthe grisea Oryza sativa (MGOS) Interaction Database: Community Annotation.- ARCHIPELAGO: Towards Bridging the Gap Between Molecular and Genetic Information in Rice Blast Disease Resistance.