Ultrastructural investigations on the host-parasite interactions in the rice leaf parenchymatous tissue infiltrated with bacterial leaf blight and leaf streak pathogens.

OCCURRENCE OF NORTHERN LEAF BLIGHT, Phaeosphaeria LEAF SPOT , SOUTHERN LEAF BLIGHT, RUST AND MAIZE STREAK VIRUS IN KENYA

New multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis tool for surveillance and local epidemiology of bacterial leaf blight and bacterial leaf streak of rice caused by Xanthomonas oryzae.

Multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA) is efficient for routine typing and for investigating the genetic structures of natural microbial populations. Two distinct pathovars of Xanthomonas oryzae can cause significant crop losses in tropical and temperate rice-growing countries. Bacterial leaf streak is caused by X. oryzae pv. oryzicola, and bacterial leaf blight is caused by X...

Transgenic basmati rice transformed with the Xa21 gene shows resistance against bacterial leaf blight

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Long-term effect of niclosamide on inhibition of bacterial leaf blight in rice

Bacterial leaf blight is one of the major diseases in rice and affects yields. Thus, various methods have been applied to protect rice from this disease. Here, we show systemic translocation of the human drug niclosamide (5-chloro-N-(2-chloro-4-nitrophenyl)2-hydroxybenzamide) in rice and its long-term effect on prevention of rice leaf blight. The development of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae-ind...

Niclosamide inhibits leaf blight caused by Xanthomonas oryzae in rice

Rice leaf blight, which is caused by the bacterial pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), results in huge losses in grain yield. Here, we show that Xoo-induced rice leaf blight is effectively controlled by niclosamide, an oral antihelminthic drug and molluscicide, which also functions as an anti-tumor agent. Niclosamide directly inhibited the growth of the three Xoo strains PXO99, 10208 ...