Isolation and characterization of Pyricularia oryzae isolated from lowland rice in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

• Main Authors: Nor Ain, Hussin, Yeo, Freddy Kuok San, Nur Karimah, Mohamad, Nur Najwa, Hamsein, Vu, Thanh Tu Anh, Hung, Hui Chung, Lee, San Lai
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Society for Microbiology 2020
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QK Botany; S Agriculture (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/28923/1/Freddy%20Kuok.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/28923/; http://www.mymicro.org/; http://dx.doi.org/10.21161/mjm.190423
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Aims: Rice blast disease caused by Pyricularia oryzae is one of the major biotic diseases of rice in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. This study aims to isolate and characterize rice blast fungus obtained from infected leaf collected from four different divisions in Sarawak, viz, Miri, Serian, Sri Aman, a...