Study uncovers rice blast infection mechanism

Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 13:31 in Health & Medicine

Scientists at the University of Exeter have made a new discovery that they hope might lead to effective control of rice blast disease. Rice blast is the most serious disease of cultivated rice and affects all the rice-growing regions of the world, causing losses of up to 30% of the global rice harvest.

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