Issa Wonni

This study evaluates genome-edited rice varieties for resistance to bacterial blight in Burkina Faso, finding no growth penalties and resistance to local strains.

The paper traces the evolutionary history of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in Africa, showing its adaptation to African rice and how the introduction of Asian rice shaped its population structure.

The paper shows that symptom observation in rice fields greatly underestimates co-infections by RYMV and Xoc, revealing 12.4% co-infection rates in symptomatic samples.