Wenya Xie

Dec 4, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Wenya Xie |Xiang Xue |Yu Wang |Guiyun Zhang

Introduction Rhizoctonia solani Kühn, a typical necrotrophic fungus, causes many serious diseases in major crops, including rice, maize and soybean. The rice sheath blight (ShB) disease, caused by R. solani, is one of the most devastating rice diseases worldwide (Cao et al., 2022; Li et al., 2021; Molla et al., 2020). Under favourable conditions, R. solani could result in grain losses of up to 50% and a significant reduction in grain quality (Bhaskar Rao et al., 2020; Singh et al., 2019). R.