Heena Altaf

In-silico Characterization of Defence-Related Genes for Blast Resistance on Chromosome 7 in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Noor-ul-Ain, Raheel Shafeeq khan, V. Shasi Kiran Reddy, Ishrat Rafiq, Mehvish Nisar, Heena Altaf, Gazala H. Khan, Farooq Ahmad Bhat, Faheem Jeelani Wani, M. H. Chesti & Asif B. Shikari · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2025

Rice blast, caused by Magnaporthe oryzae, remains a major constraint to global rice production. Genetic resistance to blast is a well known phenomenon where hundreds of QTLs or genes have been reported. The in-silico characterization of the genomic region on chromosome 7 was perf...