Identification of Elite Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Lines with Durable Bacterial Blight Resistance through Phenotypic and Molecular Approaches
Bacterial leaf blight, caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, is an important disease of rice that can substantially reduce crop performance under favourable disease conditions. The present study was conducted to identify elite rice lines resistant to bacterial leaf blight using phenotypic evaluation supported by mol...