Abstract
Blast disease caused by fungal pathogen Pyricularia oryzae is a major threat to rice productivity worldwide. The rice-blast pathogen can infect both leaves and panicle neck nodes. Nearly, 118 genes for resistance to leaf blast have been identified and 25 of these have been molecularly characterized. A great majority of these genes encode nucleotide-binding site–leucine-rich repeat (NBS–LRR) proteins and are organized into clusters as allelic or tightly linked genes. Compared to ever expanding list of leaf-blast-resistance genes, a few major genes mediating protection to neck blast have been identified. A great majority of the genetic studies conducted with the genotypes differing in the degree of susceptibility/resistance to neck blast have suggested quantitative inheritance for the trait. Several reports on co-localization of gene/QTLs for leaf- and neck-blast resistance in rice genome have suggested the existence of common genes for resistance to both phases of the disease albeit inconsistencies in the genomic positions leaf- and neck-blast-resistance genes in some instances have presented the contrasting scenario. There is a strong evidence to suggest that developmentally regulated expression of many blast-resistance genes is a key determinant deciding their effectiveness against leaf or neck blast. Testing of currently characterized leaf-blast-resistance genes for their reaction to neck blast is required to expand the existing repertoire resistance genes against neck blast. Current developments in the understanding of molecular basis of host–pathogen interactions in rice-blast pathosystem offer novel possibilities for achieving durable resistance to blast through exploitation of natural or genetically engineered loss-of-function alleles of host susceptibility genes.
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Kalia, S., Rathour, R. Current status on mapping of genes for resistance to leaf- and neck-blast disease in rice. 3 Biotech 9, 209 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-019-1738-0
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