Advances in Genetics, Genomics and Control of Rice Blast Disease

1. Current Status and Future Prospects for Research on Blast Resistance in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Gurdev S. Khush, K.K. Jena

Part I. Pathogen Genetics, Genomics and Molecular Biology

2. The PMK1 MAP Kinase Pathway and Infection-Related Morphogenesis
Shengli Ding, Xiaoying Zhou, Xinhua Zhao, Jin-Rong Xu

3. Surface Sensing and Signaling During Initiation of Rice-Blast Disease
Hao Liu, Ravikrishna Ramanujam, Naweed I. Naqvi

4. Studies on Autophagy Machinery in Magnaporthe oryzae

Fu-Cheng Lin, Xiao-Hong Liu, Jian-Ping Lu, Tong-Bao Liu

5. Secretion Property and Gene Expression Pattern of a Putative Feruloyl Esterase in Magnaporthe grisea

Xiang-zi Zheng, Jie Zhou, Chen-zeng Lin, Xiong-jie Lin, Lan Lan, Zong-hua Wang, Guo-dong Lu

6. Functional Analysis of Two Laccase Genes in Magnaporthe grisea

Xin Chen, Wende Liu, Chuanzhi Zhao, Shuji Liu, Minoo Razee, Guo-dong Lu, Zonghua Wang

7. The Significance of Nitrogen Regulation, Source and Availability on the Interaction Between Rice and Rice Blast
Nicole M. Donofrio, Thomas K. Mitchell, Ralph A. Dean

8. Protein Chips and Chromatin Immunoprecipitation – Emerging Technologies to Study Macromolecule Interactions in M. grisea

Thomas K. Mitchell, Ralph A. Dean, Jin-Rong Xu, Heng Zhu, Yeon Yee Oh, Hee-Sool Rho

9. Cellular and Molecular Analyses of Biotrophic Invasion in Rice Blast Disease
Prasanna Kankanala, Gloria Mosquera, Chang Hyun Khang, Guadalupe Valdovinos-Ponce, Barbara Valent

10. Isolation and Functional Analysis of Putative Effectors from Magnaporthe oryzae Using Integrated Genomic Approaches
Songbiao Chen, Malali Gowda, R.C. Venu, Pattavipha Songkumarn, Chan Ho Park, Maria Bellizzi, Daniel J. Ebbole, Guo-Liang Wang

11. Searching for Effectors of Magnaporthe oryzae: A Multi-Faceted Genomics Approach
Ryohei Terauchi, Joe Win, Sophien Kamoun, Hideo Matsumura, Hiromasa Saitoh, Hiroyuki Kanzaki, Kentaro Yoshida, Matt Shenton, Thomas Berberich, Shizuko Fujisawa, Akiko Ito, Yoshitaka Takano, Yukio Tosa

12. Developing Resources for Analysis of Secreted Proteins from Magnaporthe oryzae

Guo-dong Lu, Hanno Wolf, Yue Shang, Cristina Filippi, Kiran Bhattarai, Dan Li, Daniel J. Ebbole

Part II. Host Defense Genetics, Genomics, Molecular Biology

13. Functional and Evolutionary Analysis of the Pi2/9 Locus in Rice
Guo-Liang Wang, Bo Zhou

14. Understanding the Co-evolution of the Rice Blast Resistance Gene PI-TA and Magnaporthe oryzae Avirulence Gene AVR-PITA

Yulin Jia, Xueyan Wang, Stefano Costanzo, Seonghee Lee

15. Genetic and Molecular Analyses of Blast Resistance in a Universal Blast Resistant Variety, Digu
Xuewei Chen, Junjun Shang, Cailin Lei, Jichen Xu, Shigui Li, Lihuang Zhu

16. Map-Based Cloning and Breeding Application of a Broad-Spectrum Resistance Gene Pigm to Rice Blast
Yiwen Deng, Xudong Zhu, Jing Xu, Hongqi Chen, Zuhua He

17. Rac GTPase and the Regulation of NADPH Oxidase in Rice Innate Immunity Response
Hann Ling Wong, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Ko Shimamoto

18. Rice Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors for Small GTPase OsRac1 Involved in Innate Immunity of Rice
Tsutomu Kawasaki, Keiko Imai, Hann Ling Wong, Yoji Kawano, Keita Nishide, Jun Okuda, Ko Shimamoto

19. Role of Ethylene, Abscisic Acid and MAP Kinase Pathways in Rice Blast Resistance
Tameka A. Bailey, Xiangjun Zhou, Jianping Chen, Yinong Yang

20. Bacterial Determinants and Host Defense Responses Underpinning Rhizobacteria - Mediated Systemic Resistance in Rice
David Vleesschauwer, Monica Höfte

Part III. Pathogen Population and Disease Control

21. World Population Structure and Migration of the Rice Blast Fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae

Didier Tharreau, Isabelle Fudal, Dodelys Andriantsimialona, Santoso, Dwinita Utami, Elisabeth Fournier, Marc-Henri Lebrun, Jean-Loup Nottéghem

22. Examination of the Rice Blast Pathogen Population Diversity in Arkansas, USA – Stable or Unstable?
J.C. Correll, E.J. Boza, E. Seyran, R.D. Cartwright, Yulin Jia, F.N. Lee

23. Studies on the Complementary Differential Varieties and Local Physiologic Races of Magnaporthe grisea in Sichuan Province
Hongli Ji, Li Shen, Yunjia Xiang, Zhenyu Zhang, Huaming Liao, Linming Luo, Zhen Qin, Yunliang Peng

24. Blast Race Monitoring for Stable Use of Blast Resistance in Rice
Shinzo Koizumi

25. Pathogenicity-Related Compounds Produced by Blast Fungus
Tetsu Tsurushima, Hitoshi Nakayashiki, Yukio Tosa, Shigeyuki Mayama

26. An Unprecedented Outbreak of Rice Blast on a Newly Released Cultivar BRS Colosso in Brazil
Anne S. Prabhu, M. Cristina Filippi, Gisele B. Silva, Valácia L. Silva Lobo, Orlando P. Morais

27. Effect of Magnaporthe grisea on Seed Germination, Yield and Quality of Wheat
A.S. Urashima, C.R.F. Grosso, A. Stabili, E.G. Freitas, C.P. Silva, D.C.S. Netto, I. Franco, J.H. Merola Bottan

Part IV. Identification and Use of Resistance Genes and Breeding Strategies

28. Field Resistance Expressed when the Pi-ta Gene is Compromised by Magnaporthe oryzae

Fleet N. Lee, R.D. Cartwright, Yulin Jia, J.C. Correll

29. Resistance Genes and Their Effects to Blast in Korean Rice Varieties (Oryza sativa L.)
Young-Chan Cho, Jung-Pil Suh, Ji-Ung Jeung, Jae-Hwan Roh, Chang-In Yang, Myung-Kyu Oh, Jong-Seong Jeon, Im-Soo Choi, Hung-Goo Hwang, Sae-June Yang, Yeon-Gyu Kim

30. Genetic Analysis of Resistance Against Bacterial Leaf Blight and Leaf Blast Disease in the Japanese Rice Cultivar Asominori
Takashi Endo, Toshiki Nakamura, Junichi Yonemaru, Goro Ishikawa, Masayuki Yamaguchi, Tomomori Kataoka, Koji Nakagomi, Narifumi Yokogami

31. DNA Marker Analysis of Blast Resistance Genes Pib and Pita in IRRI-Bred Rice Varieties Comparing with Gene Estimation by a Differential System
Daisuke Fujita, Leodegario A. Ebron, Nobuya Kobayashi, Yoshimichi Fukuta

32. Genetic Characterization of Universal Differential Variety Sets Developed Under the IRRI-Japan Collaborative Research Project
Yoshimichi Fukuta, Donghe Xu, Mary Jeanie T. Yanoria, Aris Hairmansis, Nagao Hayashi, Nobuya Kobayashi

33. Sequential Planting as a Method of Screening of Durable Resistance to Rice Blast in Korea
Jae-Hwan Roh, Byung-Ryun Kim, Se-Weon Lee, Young-Chan Cho, Dong-Soo Ra, In-Seok Oh, Seong-Sook Han

34. Development of a Package of 20 Varieties for Blast Management on Upland Rice
Suwarno, Erwina Lubis, Aris Hairmansis, Santoso

35. Rice Blast in India and Strategies to Develop Durably Resistant Cultivars
Mukund Variar, C.M. Vera Cruz, M.G. Carrillo, J.C. Bhatt, R.B.S. Sangar

36. Breeding Rice Cultivars with Durable Blast Resistance in Colombia
Fernando Correa Victoria, Cesar Martinez

37. What it Takes to Achieve Durable Resistance to Rice Blast?
Bin Liuv, Xiao Yuan Zhu, Shaohong Zhang, Jianli Wu, Seong-Sook Han, Young-Chan Cho, Jae-Hwan Roh, Jan Leach, Yan Liu, Suzette Madamba, Alice Bordeos, Marietta Baraoidan, Isabelita Oña, C.M. Vera Cruz, Hei Leung

Part V. Bioinformatics and Database

38. Magnaporthe grisea Oryza sativa (MGOS) Interaction Database: Community Annotation
Kevin A. Greer, Carol Soderlund

39. ARCHIPELAGO: Towards Bridging the Gap Between Molecular and Genetic Information in Rice Blast Disease Resistance
E. Ballini, E. Vergne, Didier Tharreau, Jean-Loup Nottéghem, J.B. Morel

Keywords: Life Sciences, Plant Pathology, Plant Genetics & Genomics, Agriculture, Microbiology