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According to a study published recently in the scientific journal nature plants, the Graz University of Technology has discovered a bacterium that provides immunity to rice plants against pathogens.
Rice plant immunity
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The scientists at the Institute of Environmental Biotechnology at The Graz University of Technology have been studying the microbiome of rice seeds to find the correlation between the health of rice plants and the occurrence of some microorganisms.
The study found a bacterium called Sphingomonas melonis in the seed of rice plants, this bacterium gives them protection against a pathogen called Burkholderia plantarii which are harmful to rice. This study is a breakthrough not just for China but the world at large.