Rice blast: A disease with implications for global food security

Agriculture & Biology

• blast disease 100%
• food security 81%
• rice 45%
• panicles 42%
• collars 31%
• neck 26%
• pathogens 24%
• varietal resistance 21%
• crop failure 19%
• pathogen survival 19%
• double cropping 18%
• leaves 18%
• wild rice 18%
• culms 17%
• environmental factors 17%
• Magnaporthe oryzae 17%
• water management 15%
• breeding lines 15%
• crop residues 14%
• plant cultural practices 14%
• disease incidence 14%
• decision making 13%
• lesions (plant) 13%
• resistance genes 12%
• Oryza sativa 12%
• biological control 11%
• weeds 11%
• virulence 11%
• climate 10%
• planting 10%
• developmental stages 9%
• economics 9%
• genetic variation 8%
• color 8%
• cultivars 7%
• crops 7%
• tissues 6%