Interactions between Rice (Oryza sativa L.) blast disease caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae

Environmental stresses significantly affect rice (oryza sativa l.) yields, and pathogen attacks can be highly devastating biotic stresses. rice blast disease caused by magnaporthe oryzae can destroy entire fields of rice, one of the world’s staple foods. upon fungal infection, a variety of gene products are expressed that are thought to promote resistance, regulate gene expression and activate various pathways. to understand the molecular mechanisms involved in these responses, two near-isogenic lines (nils), namely, irbl5-m (resistant) and irbli-f5 (susceptible), were submitted to rna-seq to analyze rice and blast fungus transcriptomes in infected leaves at 24 hours post-inoculation (hpi).