Advances in genetics, genomics and control of rice blast disease / edited by Guo-Liang Wang, Barbara Valent.

Includes Index.

Part I Pathogen genetics, genomics and molecular biology
1.The PMK1 MAP kinase pathway and infection-related morphogenesis
2.Surface sensing and signaling during initiation of rice-blast disease
3.Studies on autophagy machinery in Magnaporthe oryzae 4.Secretion property and its gene expression pattern of a putative feruloyl esterase in Magnaporthe grisea
5.Functional analysis of two laccase genes in Magnaporthe grise
6.The significance of nitrogen regulation, source and availability on the interaction between rice and rice blast
7.Protein chips and chromatin immunoprecipitation - emerging technologies to study macromolecule interactions in Magnaporthe grise
8.Cellular and Molecular Analyses of Biotrophic Invasion in Rice Blast Disease
9.Isolation and functional analysis of putative effectors from M. oryzae using integrated genomic approaches
10.Searching for effectors of Magnaporthe oryzae: a multi-faceted genomics approach
11.Developing resources for analysis of secreted proteins from Magnaporthe oryzae

Part II Host defense genetics, genomics, molecular biology
12. Functional and evolutionary analysis of the Pi2/9 locus in rice
13. Understanding the co-evolution of the rice blast resistance gene Pi-ta and Magnaporthe oryzae avirulence gene AVR-Pita. 14. Genetic and molecular analyses of blast resistance in a universal blast resistant variety, Digu
15. Map-based cloning and breeding application of a broad-spectrum resistance gene Pigm to rice blast
16. Rac GTPase and the regulation of NADPH oxidase in rice innate immunity response
17. Rice guanine nucleotide exchange factors for small GTPase OsRac1 involved in innate immunity of rice
18. Role of ethylene, abscisic acid and MAP kinase pathways in rice blast resistance
19. Bacterial determinants and host defense responses underpinning rhizobacteria-mediated systemic resistance in rice

Part II Pathogen population and disease control
20. World population structure and migration of the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae
21. Examination of the rice blast pathogen population diversity in Arkansas, USA - stable or unstable?
22. Studies on the complementary differential varieties and local physiologic races of Magnaporthe grisea in Sichuan province. 23. Blast race monitoring for stable use of blast resistance in rice 24. Pathogenicity-related compounds produced by blast fungus. 25. An unprecedented outbreak of rice blast on a newly released cultivar BRS Colosso in Brazil
26. Effect of Magnaporthe grisea on seed germination, yield and quality of wheat.

Part IV Identification and use of Resistance Genes and Breeding Strategies
27. Field resistance expressed when the Pi-ta gene is compromised by Magnaporthe oryzae
28. Resistance genes and their effects to blast in Korean rice varieties (Oryza sativa L.)
29. Genetic analysis of resistance against bacterial leaf blight and leaf blast disease in the Japanese rice cultivar Asominori
30. DNA marker analysis of blast resistance genes Pib and Pita in IRRI-bred rice varieties comparing with gene estimation by a differential system
31. Genetic characterization of universal differential varieties' sets developed under the IRRI-Japan Collaborative Research Project
32. Sequential planting as a method of screening of durable resistance to rice blast in Korea
33. Development of a package of 20 varieties for blast management on upland rice
34. Rice blast in India and strategies to develop durably resistant cultivars
35. Breeding rice cultivars with durable blast resistance in Colombia
36. What it takes to achieve durable resistance to rice blast?

Part V Bioinformatics and database
37. Magnaporthe Grisea Oryza Sativa (MGOS) interaction database: community annotation
38. ARCHIPELAGO: towards bridging the gap between molecular and genetic information in rice blast disease resistance