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> Of note, many have forgotten, but rice suffered from a pandemic blight in the 1980s that was saved only because a particular species of wild rice, coincidenta
by hbharadwaj 10y ago
> Of note, many have forgotten, but rice suffered from a pandemic blight in the 1980s that was saved only because a particular species of wild rice, coincidentally found in South India, happened to have disease resistant genes.
Do you have a source for this as well please?
- dragonmum 10y agoYes, please see: https://books.google.com.my/books?id=dlvNBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA287&lpg=PA287&dq=rice+pandemic+blight+india&source=bl&ots=HI0y65x17S&sig=mp31SN_8V3wnlo2LurWyy29tXqI&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=rice%20pandemic%20blight%20india&f=false https://books.google.com.my/books?id=dlvNBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA287&l...