Current Status of Conventional and Molecular Interventions for Blast Resistance in Rice
Deepti Srivastava,
Md Shamim,
Mahesh Kumar,
Anurag Mishra,
Pramila Pandey,
Deepak Kumar,
Prashant Yadav,
Mohammed Harrish Siddiqui,
Kapildeo Narayan Singh
Affiliations
Deepti Srivastava
Integral Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, Integral University, Lucknow 226021, India
Md Shamim
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, Dr. Kalam Agricultural College, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar 813210, India
Mahesh Kumar
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, Dr. Kalam Agricultural College, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar 813210, India
Anurag Mishra
Department of Agriculture Biotechnology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Modipuram, Meerut 250110, India
Pramila Pandey
Department of Plant Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Faizabad 224229, India
Deepak Kumar
Department of Plant Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Faizabad 224229, India
Prashant Yadav
Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Directerate of Rapeseed Mustard Research, Bharatpur, Rajasthan 321303, India
Mohammed Harrish Siddiqui
Department of Plant Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Faizabad 224229, India
Kapildeo Narayan Singh
Department of Plant Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Faizabad 224229, India
Pyricularia oryzae anamorph of Magnaporthe oryzae is one of the most notorious fungal pathogens causing severe economic loss in rice production worldwide. Various methods, viz. cultural, biological and molecular approaches, are utilized to counteract this pathogen. Moreover, some tolerant or resistant rice varieties have been developed with the help of breeding programmes. Isolation and molecular characterization of different blast resistance genes now open the gate for new possibilities to elucidate the actual allelic variants of these genes via various molecular breeding and transgenic approaches. However, the behavioral pattern of this fungus breakups the resistance barriers in the resistant or tolerant rice varieties. This host-pathogen barrier will be possibly countered in future research by comparative genomics data from available genome sequence data of rice and M. oryzae for durable resistance. Present review emphasized fascinating recent updates, new molecular breeding approaches, transgenic and genomics approaches (i.e. miRNA and genome editing) for the management of blast disease in rice. The updated information will be helpful for the durable, resistance breeding programme in rice against blast pathogen.