A fungal disease (Magnaporthe oryzae) that produces diamond shaped lesions on rice leaves, stems and panicles and is considered the most destructive disease of cultivated rice worldwide. It is estimated to destroy enough rice each year to feed tens of millions of people, and the same fungus, in a host adapted form, also causes wheat blast, an emerging disease of growing concern in South America and South Asia.
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Rice, Crops Rice blast (Magnaporthe oryzae) is considered the single most destructive disease of cultivated rice worldwide.
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Magnaporthe grisea, also known as rice blast fungus, rice rotten neck, rice seedling blight, blast of rice, oval leaf spot of graminea, pitting disease, ryegrass blast, Johnson spot, neck blast, wheat blast and Imochi (稲熱), is a plant-pathogenic fungus and model organism that causes a serious disease affecting rice. It is now known that M. grisea consists of a cryptic species complex containing at least two biological species that have clear genetic differences and do not interbreed.
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A fungal disease (Magnaporthe oryzae) that produces diamond shaped lesions on rice leaves, stems and panicles and is considered the most destructive disease of cultivated rice worldwide.
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