Variability in Aggressiveness of Rice Blast (Magnaporthe oryzae) Isolates Originating from Rice Leaves and Necks: A Case of Pathogen Specialization?

• Abhijeet Ghatak,

  Affiliations Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology Division, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Baños, Philippines, Department of Plant Pathology, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology (GBPUAT), Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India

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• Laetitia Willocquet ,

  * E-mail: Laetitia.Willocquet@toulouse.inra.fr

  Affiliations Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology Division, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Baños, Philippines, Unité Mixte de Recherche Agrosystèmes et Agricultures, Gestion de ressources, Innovations & Ruralités (UMR1248 AGIR), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) and Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse (INPT), Castanet-Tolosan, France

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• Serge Savary,

  Affiliations Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology Division, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Baños, Philippines, Unité Mixte de Recherche Agrosystèmes et Agricultures, Gestion de ressources, Innovations & Ruralités (UMR1248 AGIR), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) and Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse (INPT), Castanet-Tolosan, France

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• Jatinder Kumar

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology (GBPUAT), Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India

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