Abstract Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved degradation process that degrades damaged proteins to maintain homeostasis and protect cells against stress. In this study, we identified characterized a critical autophagy-related protein, UvAtg14, in Ustilaginoidea virens , which the ortholog of MoAtg14 rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzea . UvAtg14 co-localized with UvAtg8 (an autophagy marke...

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 2.85 in the UV23 isolate and minimum 10.14 0.33 mm, which observed UV15 isolate. However, thirty exhibit various cultural morphological characteristics ...

Aims: Ustilaginoidea virens, which causes false smut of rice (synonyms: green or pseudo smut), is an emerging grain disease around the world. The main aim study to find out suitable culturable medium, carbon sources and pH for growth pathogen molecular confirmation U. virens isolates.
 Place Duration Study: in vitro studies were conducted Department Plant Pathology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural...