Citation: Ogawa, T. and Gurdev S Khush. 1989. Major genes for resistance to bacterial blight in rice. Pages 177-192. In: Bacterial Blight of Rice. International Rice Research Institute, P.O. Box 933, Manila, Philippines.

Keywords: Oryza sativa, Xanthomonas campestris cv oryzae, genetic analysis, identification of resistance genes, Japan, Sri Lanka, India, Philippines, new genes, nature of major gene resistance,