Over-expression of the Pikh gene with a CaMV 35S promoter leads to improved blast disease (Magnaporthe oryzae) tolerance in rice

• Main Authors: Azizi, Parisa, Yusop, Mohd Rafii, Abdullah, Siti Nor Akmar, Musa, Mohamed Hanafi, Mahmood, Maziah, Sahebi, Mahbod, Ashkani, Sadegh, Taheri, Sima, Jahromi, Mohammad Faseleh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media 2016
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/52435/1/52435.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/52435/; http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2016.00773/full

Magnaporthe oryzae is a rice blast fungus and plant pathogen that causes a serious rice disease and, therefore, poses a threat to the world’s second most important food security crop. Plant transformation technology has become an adaptable system for cultivar improvement and to functionally analyze...