Vol. 11, Issue 11 (2022)

Bacterial leaf blight is one of the most devastating diseases of rice across the world. Most of the existing varieties are getting susceptible to this deadly disease now a days. Since the host plant resistance is the one and only strategy to mitigate this disease, identification of the new sources of resistance is a necessity. The present study is focussed on evaluation of 20 segregants of Aiswarya to study the response of the lines against bacterial leaf blight. A single line among the 20 was identified as resistant and it can be incorporated in the resistance breeding program as donor parent.