Physiological and cytological mechanisms of silicon‐induced resistance in rice against blast disease

Cai, Kunzheng; Gao, Dan; Luo, Shiming; Zeng, Rensen; Yang, Jianyuan; Zhu, Xiaoyuan

doi:10.1111/j.1399-3054.2008.01140.x

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Physiological and cytological mechanisms of silicon‐induced resistance in rice against blast disease

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Authors:

Kunzheng Cai

Dan Gao

Shiming Luo

Abstract

Rice ( Oryza sativa L.) blast disease caused by Magnaporthe grisea is one of the most destructive diseases in the rice‐growing areas of the world. Silicon is an important nutritional element especially for rice. Two near‐isogenic lines of rice with different resistance to blast disease, i.e. CO39 (s...

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