Characterisation of the Blast Pathogen Populations at Rice Screening Sites in West Africa

Chipili, J.; Sreenivasaprasad, S.; Brown, Averil E.; Talbot, N.J.; Holderness, M.; Séré, Y.; Nutsugah, S.K.; Twumasi, J.; Dartey, K.

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“…A tremendous amount of knowledge on blast pathogen population diversity has been accumulated throughout the world, especially with the identification of disperserepetitive DNA sequences called MGR (Hamer and Givan, 1990). Studies in West Africa focused on describing the extent of blast pathogen diversity (lineages and pathotypes) in and around key sites in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria: the persistent dominant lineages and major pathotype groups were identified (Chipili et al, 1999). However, such studies were conducted in few countries in Africa (Chipili et al, 1999;Nutsugah et al, 2008) in comparison to what was done elsewhere in the world.…”

Section: Rice Blastmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Studies in West Africa focused on describing the extent of blast pathogen diversity (lineages and pathotypes) in and around key sites in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria: the persistent dominant lineages and major pathotype groups were identified (Chipili et al, 1999). However, such studies were conducted in few countries in Africa (Chipili et al, 1999;Nutsugah et al, 2008) in comparison to what was done elsewhere in the world. Consequently, the research needs to be continued on a larger scale throughout Africa.…”

Section: Rice Blastmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Managing the major diseases of rice in Africa.

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Realizing Africa's Rice Promise

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Wopereis et al.) 213 by increasing the area under rice cultivation or increasing the productivity per unit area by using high-yielding varieties and fertilizers. However, both development of new areas for rice cultivation and intensification face prevailing and unpredictable challenges, among which diseases are likely to feature prominently. This chapter gives an overview of the rice diseases identified in Africa and their importance, and then focuses on the three major ones. We describe what is known about pathogen variability and show how that knowledge can be used to create varietal resistance as part of an integrated approach to disease management. Major Rice Diseases and Their Importance in Africa Diseases of rice Various studies have inventoried rice diseases in

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Section: Rice Blastmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Rice Blastmentioning

confidence: 99%