New method for screening rice varieties against Bakanae disease

Authors

  • KS Hossain Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000
  • MAT Mia Ex-Chief Scientific Officer and Head, Plant Pathology Division, BRRI, Gazipur
  • MA Bashar Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v42i2.18036

Keywords:

Bakanae disease, Mass screening, Rice

Abstract

Several varietal screening methods were tested along with dipping dry seeds into millipore membrane filtrate of spore suspension of the pathogen and gibberellic acid (GA3) in different concentrations. It was found that GA3 can be used to screen out susceptible rice varieties against bakanae disease. The method which requires the use of GA3 is easier than the other methods for mass screening as it does not require maintaining living culture of the pathogen. The protocol of inoculum free varietal screening method for bakanae disease of rice was developed to find out resistant varieties from the huge collections of germplasm bank.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v42i2.18036

Bangladesh J. Bot. 42(2): 315-320, 2013 (December)

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Published

2014-02-18

How to Cite

Hossain, K., Mia, M., & Bashar, M. (2014). New method for screening rice varieties against Bakanae disease. Bangladesh Journal of Botany, 42(2), 315–320. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v42i2.18036

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