Genomic insights into sheath blight resistance: leveraging natural variation in the Bengal-Assam-Aus rice panel for multi-season association mapping.
Introduction Sheath blight ranks among rice's most damaging diseases, cutting yield by up to half in severe outbreaks. No source of complete, durable resistance exists, so identifying the genetic basis of partial or quantitative resistance is a priority for breeding. Methods We performed GWAS on 130 genotypes from th...