MUMBAI, India, March 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202441067883 A) filed by ICAR- Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, Telangana, on Sept. 9, 2024, for 'a process for artificial mass screening to identify resistant rice genotypes against false smut disease.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. D. Ladhalakshmi; Dr. G. S. Laha; Dr. M. S. Prasad; Dr. M. Mohibbe Azam; Dr. Divya Balakrishnan; and Dr. R. M. Sundaram.
The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A process is provided for large scale artificial screening of rice genotypes against false smut disease which enables the identification of promising disease-resistant rice genotypes. The process comprises the steps of i) mass multiplication of false smut pathogen Ustilaginoidea virens (U. virens), for getting very high concentration of conidia, ii) germination of produced conidia and Inoculation of the germinated conidia to the mid-booting stage plants for increased disease infection, iii) Raising of inoculated rice plant in a field equipped with the facilities of green shade net and sprinkler system for reducing the intensity of sun light and to produce high humidity for creating favorable conditions for false smut disease, iv) observing the disease infection and false smut ball formation."
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