Panicle blast 1 (Pb1) resistance is dependent on at least four QTLs in the rice genome

Abstract Background Rice blast is the most serious disease afflicting rice and there is an urgent need for the use of disease resistance (R) genes in blast tolerance breeding programs. Pb1 is classified as a quantitative resistance gene and it does not have fungal specificity. Pb1-mediated resistanc...

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Main Authors: Haruhiko Inoue, Mitsuru Nakamura, Tatsumi Mizubayashi, Akira Takahashi, Shoji Sugano, Shuuichi Fukuoka, Nagao Hayashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-08-01
Series:Rice
Subjects:
QTL
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12284-017-0175-0