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Published online 15 August 2000 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news000817-5
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The blast of least resistance
A game of genetic cops and robbers lies behind the rice plantÕs ability to fight off disease, Jessa Netting reports.
Rice (Oryza sativa) feeds half the world's population but faces a powerful fungal foe. Beginning on a leaf or stem as just a small spot of greyish mould, the rice 'blast' fungus can bring an entire crop to its knees.
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