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Conventional Breeding and Molecular Markers for Blast Disease Resistance in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Adel A. Rezk^1,2, Mohamed M. El-Malky³, Hossam S. El-Beltagi^1,4,*, Mohammed Al-daej¹, Kotb A. Attia^5,6

1 Agricultural Biotechnology Department, College of Agricultural and Food Science, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, 31982, Saudi Arabia
2 Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Giza, 12619, Egypt
3 Rice Research and Training Center, Sakha, Field Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Kafr El-Sheikh, 33717, Egypt
4 Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, 12613, Egypt
5 Center of Excellence in Biotechnology Research, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
6 Rice Biotechnology Laboratory, Rice Research Department, Field Crops Research Institute, ARC, Kafr EL-Sheikh, 33717, Egypt

* Corresponding Author: Hossam S. El-Beltagi. Email: