Claim · model-written summary
The recent appearance of wheat blast in Bangladesh demonstrates the threat of global spread.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivume5 - Outcome
- threat of global spreade5
- Setting
- Bangladeshe5
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Verbatim
e5“The recent appearance of wheat blast in Bangladesh demonstrates the threat of global spread”
Title
Wheat blast disease: danger on the move
Christian D. Cruz; Barbara Valent Tropical Plant Pathology 2017. doi:10.1007/s40858-017-0159-z
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation The Triticum pathotype of Magnaporthe oryzae (MoT) mainly infects wheat heads.
- Observation Wheat blast symptoms closely resemble Fusarium head blight.
- Intervention effect Fungicides have shown limited efficacy against wheat blast.
- Mechanism A small number of pathogen avirulence (AVR) genes block other host-adapted M. oryzae pathotypes from infecting wheat.
- Observation Some strains of the closely related Lolium pathotype, which causes gray leaf spot of turf grasses, already infect wheat.
- Recommendation Wheat blast management requires identification of new resistance sources and a complete understanding of MoT ecology and wheat blast epidemiology.