HOST RESISTANCE
Host plant resistance is defined as “Those characters that enable a plant to avoid, tolerate or recover from attacks of insects under conditions that would cause greater injury to other plants of the same species” (Painter, R.H., 1951).
Rice Sheath Blight (SB) disease although is among the top diseases of rice worldwide but lacks any naturally occurring 100% resistant rice variety. So, the only way to deal with rice SB disease lies in the hands of Integrated Disease Management (IDM) practices or the use of transgenic rice varieties. Conventional breeding isn’t possible due to lack of donor with any durable resistance.
Over the time, a number of rice cultivars have been reported to show partial/moderate resistance against SB disease. The major moderately resistant rice cultivars are listed in Table 1. Wild rice showing moderate resistance to SB disease are listed in Table 2 and transgenic lines developed for SB disease resistance are listed in Table 3.
Table 1: Moderately/partially resistant rice cultivars against rice Sheath Blight (SB) disease.
Wild Varieties |
Reference |
O. australiensis, O. grandiglumis |
Shamim et al., 2014 |
O. latifolia (DRW 37004), O. punctata (DRW32002), O. rufipogon (DRW 22017-5) |
Ram et al., 2008 |
O. nivara (RGC81835, IRGC81941A, CR100008 and CR100111B) |
Aggarwal et. al., 2019 |
O. nivara (IRGC104705, IRGC 100898, IRGC104443), O. barthii (IRGC100223), O. meridionalis (IRGC105306), O. officinalis (IRGC105979) O. nivara/O. sativa (IRGC100493) |
Prasad and Eizenega, 2008 |
O. rufipogon and O. barthii |
Kannaiyan and Prasad, 1978 |
Table 2: Wild rice cultivars showing moderate resistance to rice Sheath Blight (SB) disease.
Original Variety |
Transgenic Line |
Method |
Gene |
Donor |
References |
Tulsi |
T0 |
Agrobacterium mediated |
chi11 |
Rice |
Datta et al., 2000 |
Swarna |
SHC4AC2 |
Biolistic |
chi11 |
Rice |
Baisakh et al., 2001 |
Pusa Basmati-1 |
KK-PB-1 |
Agrobacterium mediated |
chi11 |
Rice |
Kumar et al., 2003 |
Pusa Basmati-1 |
T1 |
Agrobacterium mediated |
chi11 |
Rice |
Sridevi et al., 2003 |
ADT38 |
KL-C-ADT38-2 |
Biolistic |
tlp and chi11 |
Rice |
Kalpana et al., 2006 |
Pusa Basmati-1 |
CoT 6 to CoT 23 |
Agrobacterium mediated |
chi11 |
Rice |
Sripriya et al., 2008 |
Pusa Basmati-2 |
Dm-AMP1, Rs-AFP2 |
Agrobacterium mediated |
Dm-AMP1 |
Dahlia merckii |
Jha et al., 2009 |
Pusa Basmati-1 |
T2 line 11 |
Agrobacterium mediated |
chi11 and ap24 |
Rice |
Rao et al., 2011 |
Xiushui 11 |
44244 |
Agrobacterium mediated |
OsWRKY30 |
Rice |
Peng et al., 2012 |
Pusa Sugandhi-2 |
PON-1 |
Biolistic |
Osoxo4 |
Rice |
Molla et al., 2013 |
Chaitanya |
SMN 5-1-10 |
Agrobacterium mediated |
BjNPR1 |
Brassica juncea |
Sadumpati et al., 2013 |
Samba Mahsuri |
CN 12-1-10 |
Agrobacterium mediated |
BjNPR1
| Brassica juncea |
Sadumpati et al., 2013 |
Taipei 30 |
J6, J61 |
Agrobacterium mediated |
RCH10 and AGLU1 |
Rice and alfalfa |
Mao et al. 2014 |
Zonghua 11 |
OsPGIP1 |
Agrobacterium mediated |
OsPGIP1 |
Rice |
Wang et al., 2015 |
Pusa Sugandhi-2 |
PNN5, PNN9, PNN16 |
Biolistic |
AtNPR1 |
Arabidopsis thaliana |
Molla et al., 2016 |
BR-29 |
T1 |
Agrobacterium mediated |
OsOXO4 and OsCHI11 |
Rice |
Karmakar et al., 2016 |
Nippanobare |
BSR2-OX |
Agrobacterium mediated |
OsBSR2 |
Rice |
Maeda et al., 2019 |
Table 3: Transgenic rice varieties for resistance against rice Sheath Blight (SB) disease.
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