Summary

The rice disease bacterial leaf blight (for short: BB) is causing significant yield losses in Asia and Africa. It is triggered by the bacterium Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), which has many distinct regional strains on various continents. Recently, researchers employed the "marker-assisted breeding" (MAB) technique to develop variants of African elite rice lines that are resistant to a detrimental crop disease.

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