Aims: Ustilaginoidea virens, which causes false smut of rice (synonyms: green smut or pseudo smut), is an emerging grain disease around the world. The main aim of the study is to find out suitable culturable medium, carbon sources and pH for the growth of false smut pathogen and...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i232590
Rice false smut, caused by the fungus Ustilaginoidea virens is one of the most destructive and re-emerging disease in many rice growing areas of Tamil Nadu, India. The current study was carried out to characterize different isolates of Ustilaginoidea virens collected from major r...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193773
Aims: The persistence of rice blast, caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, continues to pose a significant threat to rice production worldwide, impacting both yields and food security. The primary goal of this study is to apply interval-valued independent weather data to accur...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i102844
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is the most important staple food crop cultivated in almost every district of Tamil Nadu. Among the rice fungal diseases, rice blast caused by Pyricularia oryzae and brown spot caused by Bipolaris oryzae are considered to be most potent threats causing majo...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193633
Rice false smut disease is caused by Ustilaginoidea virens, an ascomycetous fungi. Thirty isolates of U. virens showed well defined colonies on potato sucrose medium (PSA). The maximum colony diameter was found to be 85.68 mm with a growth rate of 2.85 mm in the UV23 isolate and...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i232467
A. Chowdappa, S. Kousalya, A. Kamalakannan, C. Gopalakrishnan & K. Venkatesan·Advances in Research·2018
Pomegranate is an important tropical fruit crop, and the juice from the pomegranate is one of the most powerful antioxidants. Since 2002, pomegranate is severely affected by bacterial blight disease caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. punicae. The occurrence of bacterial blight...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/45031
Rice sheath blight (ShB) is one of the most serious fungal diseases caused by Rhizoctonia solani, instigating significant yield losses in many rice-growing regions of the world. Intensive studies indicated that resistance for sheath blight is controlled possibly by polygenes. Bec...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2021/v43i1130768
Rice Sheath blight (ShB) is one of the most serious fungal diseases caused by Rhizoctonia solani. Breeding for sheath blight resistance has been ineffective exercise so far, mainly because of lack of good number of reliable sources of resistance in rice germplasm. In this context...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2430755
The present investigation was aimed to develop restorer lines for three-line hybrid rice using indica/tropical japonica derivatives to exploit the inter sub-specific heterosis. From 75 F4 families of CB174R/Azucena, two plants were randomly selected and screened using simple sequ...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i133091
A prominent rice pest, brown planthopper (BPH) significantly reduces the grain yield in rice across the globe and employing chemical pesticides leads to unwarranted environmental issues. Breeding for BPH resistance is an essential strategy to mitigate the losses caused by them. H...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i183449