Major Fungal Diseases of Rice Recent Advances
Contributors: S. Sreenivasaprasad (Editor); R. Johnson (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: October 31, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9781402000508
Subjects: Cereal crops; Plant pathology & diseases; Technology & Industrial Arts; Life Sciences - Botany; Pest Control In Field Crops; Technology; Science/Mathematics; Agriculture - Agronomy; Flowers; Science / Botany; Agriculture - General; Diseases and pests; Fungal diseases of plants; Rice
First sentence: Rice blast caused by Pyricularia grisea (Rossman et al., 1990) (perfect state Magnaporthe grisea, Barr, 1977) continues to be a serious constraint to rice production in both tropical and temperate regions (Ou, 1980, 1985).