Evaluation of Rice Germplasm Reveals Sources of Bacterial Leaf Streak Disease Resistance in Uganda (original) (raw)
In 2014, researchers in Uganda spotted signs typical bacterial leaf streak disease (Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola) in rice fields in Eastern Uganda. The disease was later confirmed to be bacterial leaf streak. In order to effectively plan for measures to manage this potentially devastating disease, it was imperative to score rice germplasm in Uganda for reaction to Xoc. Eighty four genotypes from the National Rice Improvement program were evaluated for their reaction to BLS using two Xoc isolates collected from Namulonge and Iganga. These were inoculated by the infiltration method using a needless syringe 30 days after planting. Data were collected on the streak length induced by BLS on the leaves 15 days after inoculation. The mean streak length per genotype was interpreted as; Resistant (R), 030mm. Genotypes showed signficant variability (P Xoc isolates reacted signficantly differently (P=0.011) on the rice genotypes. For the Iganga isolate, 6 genotypes were resistant while 17 ...
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