Research Article

Molecular Characterization and Screening for Sheath Blight Resistance Using Malaysian Isolates of Rhizoctonia solani

Table 6

Screening of rice varieties with R. solani 1801/UPM.

Paddy varietyCountry of originResistant****Disease extent*Scoring scale**Type***

MR219MalaysiaRB45MS
IR8PhilippinesBB34MR
UKMRC2Malaysia35MS
IR20PhilippinesBB/RT/RB59HS
UKMRC9MalaysiaRB24MR
TETEPVietnamShB/RB23R
TeqingChinaShB/RB12R
IR24PhilippinesRS/RB47S
IR36PhilippinesRT/BLB/RB47S
IR64PhilippinesRB36MS
Jasmine85PhilippinesShB23R
C4-113Philippines56S
ADT 39IndiaRB/BLB34MR
IR50PhilippinesRS45MS
ADT 38IndiaRB/RT47S
IR39-14Philippines35MS
ADT 36IndiaRB35MS
MAHSURIMalaysia24MR
TOX 2104-2-1Nigeria24MR

Scored on a scale of 1–5.
**Scored on scale of 1–9 under the standard system evaluation for rice.
***HS: highly susceptible; S: susceptible; MS: moderately susceptible; MR: moderately resistant; R: resistant; HR: highly resistant.
****RB: rice blast; BB: bacterial blight; RT: rice tungro; ShB: sheath blight; BLB: bacterial leaf blight and RS: rice stripe.