Bacterial leaf blight (BLB), caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, is one of the most destructive diseases affecting rice production in India, particularly under favourable agro-climatic conditions. A roving field survey was conducted during kharif 2023 and kharif 2024 to asse...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i43826
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a staple food crop for more than two billion people around the world. Bacterial leaf blight (BLB) caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) (Ishimiya) Swings et al. is one of the most destructive diseases of rice in all the major rice-growing. Use of...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i71918
Delivery, rather than nuclease chemistry, now sets the practical limit on plant genome editing. Conventional delivery depends on tissue culture and stable transformation, which remain slow, genotype-dependent and unavailable for most cultivated germplasm. Plant viruses offer an a...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2026/v30i5903
The crystalline pesticidal proteins of Bacillus thuringiensis occupy an unusual position in applied biology. They are simultaneously the most extensively deployed insecticidal molecules in agriculture, the subject of a mechanistic dispute that has remained unresolved for more tha...
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Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) is an important agro-industrial crop in which exploitable variability is essential for varietal improvement. This study evaluated variability for productivity traits and desirable climate-resilient features, including non-flowering behaviour a...
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