Section 1

Resistance Resources, Pathogen Genetics, Host and Pathogen Interaction, Disease Management

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**Figure 1.**

**Chapter 1**

*Yulin Jia*

**1. Introduction**

Introductory Chapter: Protecting

Rice Grains in the Post-Genomic

Rice (*Oryza sativa* L.) was domesticated roughly 10,000–14,000 years ago. Today, rice is the most widely grown food crop in approximately 113 countries,

Rice has been a staple food source for many cultures globally and is particularly critical for developing countries where other food resources are limited. Rice

*Pictures showing rice plants grown in the USA, 2018. Blast-resistant rice breeding and differential lines grown in Crowley, Louisiana (a, b). Blast-resistant plants and two mapping populations with blast resistance genes grown in a greenhouse and a field, respectively, Stuttgart, Arkansas, USA (c, d). Pictures were taken from rice* 

*grown in experimental stations in the USA with an iPhone.*

providing a major dietary caloric and protein supply (**Figure 1**).

Era: Are We There Yet?
