Advances in Genetics, Genomics and Control of Rice Blast Disease

Front Matter....Pages I-XXXI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Current Status and Future Prospects for Research on Blast Resistance in Rice ( Oryza sativa L.)....Pages 1-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
The PMK1 MAP Kinase Pathway and Infection-Related Morphogenesis....Pages 13-21
Surface Sensing and Signaling During Initiation of Rice-Blast Disease....Pages 23-32
Studies on Autophagy Machinery in Magnaporthe oryzae ....Pages 33-40
Secretion Property and Gene Expression Pattern of a Putative Feruloyl Esterase in Magnaporthe grisea ....Pages 41-50
Functional Analysis of Two Laccase Genes in Magnaporthe grisea ....Pages 51-57
The Significance of Nitrogen Regulation, Source and Availability on the Interaction Between Rice and Rice Blast....Pages 59-72
Protein Chips and Chromatin Immunoprecipitation – Emerging Technologies to Study Macromolecule Interactions in M. grisea ....Pages 73-82
Cellular and Molecular Analyses of Biotrophic Invasion in Rice Blast Disease....Pages 83-91
Isolation and Functional Analysis of Putative Effectors from Magnaporthe oryzae Using Integrated Genomic Approaches....Pages 93-103
Searching for Effectors of Magnaporthe oryzae : A Multi-Faceted Genomics Approach....Pages 105-111
Developing Resources for Analysis of Secreted Proteins from Magnaporthe oryzae ....Pages 113-124
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Functional and Evolutionary Analysis of the Pi2/9 Locus in Rice....Pages 127-135
Understanding the Co-evolution of the Rice Blast Resistance Gene PI-TA and Magnaporthe oryzae Avirulence Gene AVR-PITA ....Pages 137-147
Genetic and Molecular Analyses of Blast Resistance in a Universal Blast Resistant Variety, Digu....Pages 149-159
Map-Based Cloning and Breeding Application of a Broad-Spectrum Resistance Gene Pigm to Rice Blast....Pages 161-171
Rac GTPase and the Regulation of NADPH Oxidase in Rice Innate Immunity Response....Pages 173-178
Rice Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors for Small GTPase OsRac1 Involved in Innate Immunity of Rice....Pages 179-184
Role of Ethylene, Abscisic Acid and MAP Kinase Pathways in Rice Blast Resistance....Pages 185-190
Bacterial Determinants and Host Defense Responses Underpinning Rhizobacteria - Mediated Systemic Resistance in Rice....Pages 191-206
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
World Population Structure and Migration of the Rice Blast Fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae ....Pages 209-215
Examination of the Rice Blast Pathogen Population Diversity in Arkansas, USA – Stable or Unstable?....Pages 217-228
Studies on the Complementary Differential Varieties and Local Physiologic Races of Magnaporthe grisea in Sichuan Province....Pages 229-238
Blast Race Monitoring for Stable Use of Blast Resistance in Rice....Pages 239-246
Pathogenicity-Related Compounds Produced by Blast Fungus....Pages 247-255
An Unprecedented Outbreak of Rice Blast on a Newly Released Cultivar BRS Colosso in Brazil....Pages 257-266
Effect of Magnaporthe grisea on Seed Germination, Yield and Quality of Wheat....Pages 267-277
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Field Resistance Expressed when the Pi-ta Gene is Compromised by Magnaporthe oryzae ....Pages 281-289
Resistance Genes and Their Effects to Blast in Korean Rice Varieties ( Oryza sativa L.)....Pages 291-304
Genetic Analysis of Resistance Against Bacterial Leaf Blight and Leaf Blast Disease in the Japanese Rice Cultivar Asominori....Pages 305-313
DNA Marker Analysis of Blast Resistance Genes Pib and Pita in IRRI-Bred Rice Varieties Comparing with Gene Estimation by a Differential System....Pages 315-324
Genetic Characterization of Universal Differential Variety Sets Developed Under the IRRI-Japan Collaborative Research Project....Pages 325-335
Sequential Planting as a Method of Screening of Durable Resistance to Rice Blast in Korea....Pages 337-346
Development of a Package of 20 Varieties for Blast Management on Upland Rice....Pages 347-357
Rice Blast in India and Strategies to Develop Durably Resistant Cultivars....Pages 359-373
Breeding Rice Cultivars with Durable Blast Resistance in Colombia....Pages 375-383
What it Takes to Achieve Durable Resistance to Rice Blast?....Pages 385-402
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Magnaporthe grisea Oryza sativa (MGOS) Interaction Database: Community Annotation....Pages 405-415
ARCHIPELAGO: Towards Bridging the Gap Between Molecular and Genetic Information in Rice Blast Disease Resistance....Pages 417-425
Back Matter....Pages 427-430