1. Plant disease: Underground life for rice foe.
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Valent, Barbara
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RICE blast disease , *PYRICULARIA oryzae , *RICE diseases & pests , *FUNGI imperfecti , *PHYTOPATHOGENIC microorganisms , *AGRICULTURAL microbiology , *PHYTOPATHOGENIC fungi - Abstract
Reports that the rice blast fungus, which has become a model system for studying the aerial attack of fungi on plants, also invades roots, using a typical root-specific pathway. Occurrence of infection when airborne spores land on rice plants; Formation of large, highly pigmented runner hyphae on the root surface when these fungi were introduced to the roots.
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- 2004
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