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Keywords: what is molecular marker technology (MMT), DNA markers, restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs), random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPDs), strategies for the deployment of host plant resistance and the role of DNA markers, host plant resistance strategy, analysis and manipulation of crop pests, a case study of bacterial blight of rice, a case study of resistance to rice blast, analysis and manipulation of resistance, minor genes or putative quantitative trait loci (QTLs), Oryza minuta, wild rice