Rice blast disease is the most destructive disease to rice plants and can cause a lost in a yield ranging from 50 to 100%. To develop resistant genotypes, it is necessary to determine the source of resistance, the nature of resistance and the mode of gene action that gives resist...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2019/v4i230066
Rice blast caused by Magnaporthe grisea is one of the most serious diseases of rice, causing yield losses of 50 – 100% in susceptible varieties worldwide. Durable host resistance has been hard to achieve given large pathogen diversity and capacity of pathogen to mutate. It has be...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/42551
Aims: To study the phenotypic diversity of 25 forage and 45 grain sorghum genotypes for dual purpose as food and feed and to identify traits that might contribute to genetic improvement. Study Design: A 7 × 10 alpha lattice design was used with two replications at two sites. Plac...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/20577