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Rice blast, caused by Pyricularia grisea, is a constraint in the southern rice-producing states of the U.S. Molecular and genetic examination of over 1000 isolates recovered from rice indicated that the blast pathogen in Arkansas in 2000-2003 was predominated by isolates that be…

Pyricularia oryzae (rice blast fungus) is one of the most prevalent and devastating diseases effecting rice agriculture today. Despite its impact on the economy of the globe, not much is known about the evolution of the avirulence genes within the fungus that triggers host defen…