It also has implications for the control of rice blast disease, because proteins that are involved in infection could be targets for the development of new fungicides.

As agricultural cooperation between China and Pakistan deepens, more Pakistani researchers are coming to China to study and ...

The KRIL37 strain was originally bred by another team in 2010 in an attempt to enhance Koshihikari’s resistance to rice blast fungus 2. Although KRIL37 proved not to be the most promising ...

specializing in rice breeding with a particular focus on combating rice blast disease (RBD). Keen to apply his expertise in Pakistan, Qamar is determined to develop effective strategies to help ...

Nontoxic disease control solution outperforms existing products and increases yields by up to 2 tons per hectare.

"Much of our work focused on the pathogenic fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, which causes rice blast disease. Rice is a critically important food staple, and losses from rice blast could feed 60 million ...

Rice can be just "blah," or this grain can be the belle of the ball. Once you pick the best type of rice for the dish you have in mind, you have another decision to make: the cooking liquid. Yes ...