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New sources of rice blast resistance obtained from Thai indigenous upland rice germplasm

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Upland rice production plays an important role in both household consumption and crop rotation. Until now, a blast resistant upland variety has not been released in Thailand. The bimodal pattern of rain distribution in Thailand’s upland rice production areas create a favorable environment for the outbreak of leaf blast when seedling-tillering, and neck blast within the heading stage. The use of genetically resistant cultivars has proven to be an effective way to cope with this problem. In this study, 256 indigenous upland rice plants were screened for blast resistance under greenhouse and field conditions. Ten indigenous upland rice varieties, ULR292, ULR242, ULR219, ULR162, ULR161, ULR134, ULR109, ULR098, ULR081, and ULR066, were identified as resistant to leaf blast disease in both natural infection and artificial inoculation, under greenhouse conditions. Additionally, six of the ten varieties, ULR162, ULR161, ULR134, ULR109, ULR098, and ULR081, were found to be resistant to neck blast under field conditions. These new sources of blast resistance identified from indigenous upland rice varieties proved more resistant than the check varieties, depicting their potential for further use in Thailand’s rice blast resistance improvement program.

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Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the Plant Breeding Research Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Research Center of Agricultural Biotechnology for Sustainable Economy, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand; and the Ubon Ratchathani Rice Research Center (URRC). Our gratitude is also extended to the Thailand Research Fund (TRF) (Project Code: IRG5780003) and Khon Kaen University’s Faculty of Agriculture for providing financial support for the manuscript preparation.

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  1. Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand

    Atitaya Chumpol, Sompong Chankaew, Tidarat Monkham & Jirawat Sanitchon

  2. Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand

    Suwita Saepaisan

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Chumpol, A., Chankaew, S., Saepaisan, S. et al. New sources of rice blast resistance obtained from Thai indigenous upland rice germplasm. Euphytica 214, 183 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-018-2267-3

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