Biological and Molecular control of blast disease in Oryza sativa L.

Rice blast disease can be perfectly controlled up to 40-80 % by use of varied fungicides especially in the temperate and subtropical paddy growing areas of the world. Applications of synthetic chemical fungicides are environmentally hazardous and unsuitable in controlling Magnaporthe oryzae whereas naturally occurring biofungicides with multiple modes of actions are needed to be discovered for combatting the blast fungus.

在全球温带与亚热带水稻种植区，通过施用多种杀菌剂可实现稻瘟病40%至80%的理想防控效果。合成化学杀菌剂的应用会对环境造成危害，且不适用于防控稻瘟病菌（Magnaporthe oryzae）；因此亟需发掘具备多重作用机制的天然生物杀菌剂，以应对该致病真菌。