title: Delivering resistance to a major constraint for rain-fed rice production.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Chemistry, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK.|(Author for correspondence: tel +44 (0)1582 763133; email john.pickett@rothamsted.ac.uk).
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Pickett
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Chemistry, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK.
authors.forename: Antony M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Hooper
mesh_terms: D015107:4-Butyrolactone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D060467:Disease Resistance / Q000276:immunology*; D006575:Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring / Q000378:metabolism*; D007783:Lactones / Q000378:metabolism*; D012275:Oryza / Q000276:immunology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000276:immunology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D034362:Striga / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D006575:Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring; D007783:Lactones; D015107:4-Butyrolactone
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