Rhizoctonia blight is a common and serious disease of many turfgrass species. The most widespread causal agent, Thanatephorus cucumeris (anamorph: R. solani), consists of several genetically different subpopulations. In addition, Waitea circinata varieties zeae, oryzae and circinata (anamorph: Rhizoctonia spp.) also can cause the disease. Accurate identification of the causal pathogen is import...

Globally maize (Zea mays L.) is the first and most important cereal crop grown under diverse environments unmatched by any other crop, as expansion of maize to new areas and environment still continues due to its range of plasticity.Maize has a wide adaptability to diverse agro-climatic conditions around the world. Maize was introduced to India in the beginning of 17 century. It is now one of t...

Rhizoctonia solani is a soil-borne basidiomycete fungus with a necrotrophic lifestyle which is classified into fourteen reproductively incompatible anastomosis groups (AGs). One of these, AG8, is a devastating pathogen causing bare patch of cereals, brassicas and legumes. R. solani is a multinucleate heterokaryon containing significant heterozygosity within a single cell. This complexity posed ...

Sheath blight (ShB) caused by the soil-borne pathogen Rhizoctonia solani is one of the most devastating diseases in rice world-wide. Global attention has focused on examining individual mapping populations for quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for ShB resistance, but to date no study has taken advantage of association mapping to examine hundreds of lines for potentially novel QTLs. Our objective w...

Abstract Background Species belonging to the genus Trichoderma are considered as one of most potential biocontrol agents which can be readily collected from soil and found effective against various fungal bacterial diseases. In rice-growing areas, major pathogens affecting rice production include Rhizoctonia solani causing sheath blight Sclerotium oryzae stem rot disease rice. Due lack resistan...

Background: Maize is an important cereal crops as it a good source of nutrition and raw material for industries. Among various pathogens attacking maize crop, banded leaf sheath blight (BLSB) caused by Rhizoctonia solani f.sp sasakii potential threat quality production. It affects all the plant parts at every stage crop growth. Methods: The present investigation was carried out Regional Researc...