Rice blast fungus study sheds new light on virulence mechanisms of plant pathogenic fungi

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May 14, 2019, 3:14 pm669 ptsHot
Rice blast fungus (Magnaporthe oryzae) is a global food security threat due to its destruction of cultivated rice, the most widely consumed staple food in the world. Disease containment efforts using traditional breeding or chemical approaches have been unsuccessful as the fungus can rapidly adapt and mutate to…

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