First Report of Causing Bacterial Panicle Blight in Rice in Bangladesh.

Bacterial panicle blight (BPB) is one of the emerging diseases occurring in different Agro-Ecological Zones (AEZ) of Bangladesh and can cause up to 75% yield loss. In Bangladesh, the typical symptoms of BPB include sheath rot, panicle blight, grain spotting, and grain rot in both inbred and hybrid rice varieties, which resemble those reported by Zhou (2019). To confirm, 300 field samples of 20 panicles each with typical BPB symptoms from 20 districts (3 locations each district and 5 fields per location) were collected during mid-November 2022 for the causal pathogen(s) isolation.

Seed Priming with Rhizospheric : A Smart Strategy for Reducing Fumonisin Contamination in Pre-Harvest Maize.

Maize, one of the most important cereal crops in Bangladesh, is severely contaminated by fumonisin, a carcinogenic secondary metabolite produced by including . Biocontrol with strains is an effective approach to controlling this as has proven antagonistic properties against this fungus. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine how native strains can reduce fumonisin in maize cultivated in Bangladesh, where BDISO76MR () strains showed the highest efficacy both in vitro in detached cob and in planta under field conditions.

First complete genome sequence of a Bacterial Panicle Blight causing pathogen, Burkholderia glumae, isolated from symptomatic rice grains from Bangladesh.

Objectives: Rice (Oryza sativa) is the most important food for more than two thirds of the world's population. Bangladesh is the third largest producer and consumer of rice globally. Recently, several symptoms of Bacterial Panicle Blight (BPB) in rice, including seedling blight, sheath rot, floret sterility, and spotted grains, have been detected in the country.