Medicinal plants exhibit potential vs
rice disease !-- -- (The Philippine Star) - April 7, 2019 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines Makahiya and lantana, medicinal plants known to treat common diseases in humans, were found to be beneficial to rice plants, a recent study showed.
Fertilizer:
Rice disease resistance is habitually affected through high nitrogen supply (Ballini et al., 2013).
In this study, the influences of different fertiliser treatments on rice pests and diseases were studied to explore the regularity of
rice disease occurrence.
Plant diseases are the major yield reducing agents in rice therefore, exploitation of genetic resistant is the most effective and economical way to control the
rice disease (Mew, 1991).
Rush, "Rice sheath blight: a major
rice disease," Plant Disease, vol.
Colleen Hefferan of the CSREES said the project would provide genomics-based tools that can be used by conventional plant breeders and others to develop better rice varieties, specifically by increasing rice milling yield and resistance to sheath blight, a major
rice disease.
Likewise realizing the importance of
rice disease especially the rice blast and bacterial leaf blight, several efforts have been made for increasing the resistance against these diseases.
Rice blast caused by Magnophorthe oryzae is among serious
rice disease, which induced significantly economic loss each year.
Compendium of
rice disease. First edition, The American Phytopathological Society Press.
Blast, caused by Magnoporthe oryzae, is considered to be a global
rice disease around the world including Malaysia.