Dipali Rani Gupta, Claudia Sarai Reyes Avila, Joe Win, Darren M. Soanes et al.
The blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae is comprised of lineages that exhibit varying degrees of specificity on about 50 grass hosts, including rice, wheat, and barley. Reliable diagnostic tools are essential given that the pathogen has a propensity to jump to new hosts and spread to new geographic regi...