Naturally Existing Levels of Osmyb4 Gene Expression in Rice Cultivars Correlate with their Reaction to Fungal and Bacterial Pathogens

Journal of Phytopathology

Volumn 161, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 730-734

  Singh, Pooja ^a   Siva, Ramamoorthy ^a   Gothandam, Kodiveri M ^a   Babu, Subramanian ^a  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

India; Osmyb4; Resistance; Rice bacterial leaf blight; Rice sheath blight; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; DISEASE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; INOCULATION; PATHOGEN; RICE;

INDIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS; XANTHOMONAS ORYZAE; XANTHOMONAS ORYZAE PV. ORYZAE;

EID: 84883749391     PISSN: 09311785     EISSN: 14390434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jph.12114     Document Type: Article

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