Genome-wide association mapping of resistance against rice blast strains in South China and identification of a new Pik allele.
Chenggang LiDan WangShasha PengYue ChenPin SuJianbin ChenLimin ZhengXinqiu TanJinling LiuYinghui XiaoHouxiang KangDeyong ZhangGuo-Liang WangYong LiuPublished in: Rice (New York, N.Y.) (2019)
Our GWAS has identified many new blast resistance QTLs. The identified new Pik allele Pikx will be useful for breeding cultivars with high resistance to blast in Hunan and other South China provinces. Further research on the relationship between AvrPiks and Pikx will provide new insights into the molecular mechanism of rice resistance to M. oryzae.