Overview: Compiles information on all blast diseases of different crops, in one source.Enriches understanding of pathogen evolution, host range shift, cross-infectivity studies, pathogen isolation, genetics andBlast is an important foliar disease that infects the majority of cereal crops like rice, finger millet, pearl millet, foxtail millet and wheat, and thus resulting in a huge economic impact. The pathogen is responsible for causing epidemics in many crops and commonly shifts to new hosts. Magnaporthe spp. is the most prominent cause of blast disease on a broad host range of grasses includ
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