The pathogenic race of 59 cultures of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, a pathogen of bacterial leaf blight of rice, isolated from six locations in the inland mountainous area of Hiroshima Prefecture in 1999, were determined by a set of traditional differentials. Four races—I, II, V and VII—were found across the area; however, we noticed the composition of the races as well as the dominant race in each location different. All races were avirulent on differential cultivar Te-tep. Races V and VII were new to Hiroshima. The rice cultivars infected with bacterial leaf blight in Hiroshima are thought to be grouped into the Kinmaze group, which does not have any resistance genes. Apparently, a variety of races occurred unexpectedly on the cultivars contrary to stabilizing selection theory.
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Received 25 February 2000/ Accepted in revised form 13 July 2000
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OKU, T., SATO, K., KURAO, M. et al. Notes on the Occurrence of Pathogenic Races of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae Found in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1999. J Gen Plant Pathol 66, 332–334 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00012974
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00012974