Induction of resistance to rice leaf blast by avirulent isolates of Magnaporthe oryzae.

Rice blast (Magnaporthe oryzae) disease can cause losses of up to 100% in grain production. A sustainable management should consider alternative control measures. In the present work, biotic resistance induction to blast disease was studied by comparing disease severity and quantifying some pathogen...

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Authors: FILIPPI, M. C., SILVA, G. B. da, SILVA-LOBO, V. L. da, VIANA, H. F., CORTES, M. V. de C. B., PRABHU, A. S.
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2014
Country:Brasil
Institution:Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)
Repository:Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA - Alice)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br:doc/1003111
Online Access:http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1003111
http://dx.doi.org/10.4322/rca.1673
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Arroz
Oryza sativa
Doença de planta
Brusone
Pyricularia oryzae
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Summary:Rice blast (Magnaporthe oryzae) disease can cause losses of up to 100% in grain production. A sustainable management should consider alternative control measures. In the present work, biotic resistance induction to blast disease was studied by comparing disease severity and quantifying some pathogenesis-related proteins (PRPs). Rice plants of cultivars Metica-1 and Cica-8 were sprayed with biotic resistance inducers (incompatible isolates of M. oryzae) 48 h before inoculation with challenging isolates (compatible isolates of M. oryzae) under greenhouse conditions. For both cultivars, Metica-1 and Cica-8, the area under the disease progress curve was reduced by more than 80% when plants were induced with avirulent isolates of Magnaporthe oryzae. The biotic inducers also promoted an increase in the activity of peroxidase (POX), β-1.3-glucanase (GLU), chitinase (CHI), and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL). Systemic expression of resistance was also observed.