Meet the editor

Dr. Yulin Jia is a research plant pathologist of USDA Agriculture Research Service Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center. He received his MS (1993) from the University of Florida and his PhD (1997) from Purdue University. He has been identifying emerging research frontiers, conceiving new objectives, formulating innovative and interdisciplinary approaches, and executing research to help the US rice industry remain competitive in

the global marketplace by assuring pest resistance. He has released five mapping populations, and one mutant population consisting of over 20,000 individuals. He has contributed more than 300 publications, including 17 book chapters and 115 peer-reviewed journal articles, including articles in *Nature Genetics*, *Nature Communications*, and *Science*. Dr. Jia is sought out internationally as a mentor and has trained 75 scientists/staff members, including 18 postdoctoral associates and visiting scientists from 10 countries.

Contents

**Section 1**

Are We There Yet? *by Yulin Jia*

Sterility in Rice

United States of America

*by Xin-Gen Zhou*

**Section 2**

*by Chunda Feng and James C. Correll*

*by Christian De Guzman and James Oard*

*by Junjie Xing, Huafeng Deng and Longping Yuan*

*by Yulin Jia, Melissa H. Jia, Xueyan Wang and Haijun Zhao*

**Foreword III**

**Preface V**

Disease Management **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 13**

**Chapter 3 27** The Utilization of Rice Blast Resistance Genes in Hybrid Rice Breeding in China

**Chapter 4 35**

**Chapter 5 53** Evaluation of Resistance of US Rice Breeding Lines to the Rice Blast Pathogen

**Chapter 6 67**

Emerging New Threats to Rice Productivity and Quality **87**

**Chapter 7 89**

A Toolbox for Managing Blast and Sheath Blight Diseases of Rice in the

Sustainable Strategies for Managing Bacterial Panicle Blight in Rice

Rice False Smut: An Increasing Threat to Grain Yield and Quality *by Wen-Ming Wang, Jing Fan and John Martin Jerome Jeyakumar*

Resistance Resources, Pathogen Genetics, Host and Pathogen Interaction,

Introductory Chapter: Protecting Rice Grains in the Post-Genomic Era:

Genetics and Breeding System for Cytoplasmic and Genetic Male
