**Author details**

Deepak Chikkaballi Annegowda1 \*, Mothukapalli Krishnareddy Prasannakumar\*, Hirehally Basavarajegowda Mahesh3 , Chethana Bangera Siddabasappa1 , Pramesh Devanna4 , Sahana Nagaraj Banakar2 , Haniyambadi Basavegowda Manojkumar<sup>5</sup> and Siddegowda Rajendra Prasad6

1 Division of Rice Breeding, AICRP (Rice), Zonal Agricultural Research Station, V. C. Farm, Mandya, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

2 Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Gandhi KrishiVijnana Kendra, University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore, Karnataka, India

3 Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, V. C. Farm, Mandya, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

4 Rice Pathology Laboratory, AICRP-Rice, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, Karnataka, India

5 Department of Plant Biotechnology, College of Agriculture, Gandhi KrishiVijnana Kendra, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

6 University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

\*Address all correspondence to: deepuca@googlemail.com and babu\_prasanna@rediffmail.com

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