prediction of highly promising natural fungicides against the destructive blast fungus .

causes destructive blast disease in more than 50 species of the major cereal crops rice, wheat and maize and destroys food of millions of people worldwide. Application of synthetic chemical fungicides are environmentally hazardous and unreliable in controlling . Conversely, naturally occurring biofungicides with multiple modes of actions are needed to be discovered for combatting the blast fungus.

Highly potent natural fungicides identified in silico against the cereal killer fungus Magnaporthe oryzae.

Magnaporthe oryzae is one of the most notorious fungal pathogens that causes blast disease in cereals, and results in enormous loss of grain production. Many chemical fungicides are being used to control the pathogen but none of them are fully effective in controlling blast disease. Therefore, there is a demand for the discovery of a new natural biofungicide to manage the blast disease efficiently.