Current Status and Future Prospects for Research on Blast Resistance in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) -- Current Status and Future Prospects for Research on Blast Resistance in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) -- Pathogen Genetics, Genomics and Molecular Biology -- The PMK1 MAP Kinase Pathway and Infection-Related Morphogenesis -- Surface Sensing and Signaling During Initiation of Rice-Blast Disease -- Studies on Autophagy Machinery in Magnaporthe oryzae -- Secretion Property and Gene Expression Pattern of a Putative Feruloyl Esterase in Magnaporthe grisea -- Functional Analysis of Two Laccase Genes in Magnaporthe grisea -- The Significance of Nitrogen Regulation, Source and Availability on the Interaction Between Rice and Rice Blast -- Protein Chips and Chromatin Immunoprecipitation - Emerging Technologies to Study Macromolecule Interactions in M. grisea -- Cellular and Molecular Analyses of Biotrophic Invasion in Rice Blast Disease -- Isolation and Functional Analysis of Putative Effectors from Magnaporthe oryzae Using Integrated Genomic Approaches -- Searching for Effectors of Magnaporthe oryzae: A Multi-Faceted Genomics Approach -- Developing Resources for Analysis of Secreted Proteins from Magnaporthe oryzae -- Host Defense Genetics, Genomics, Molecular Biology -- Functional and Evolutionary Analysis of the Pi2/9 Locus in Rice -- Understanding the Co-evolution of the Rice Blast Resistance Gene PI-TA and Magnaporthe oryzae Avirulence Gene AVR-PITA -- Genetic and Molecular Analyses of Blast Resistance in a Universal Blast Resistant Variety, Digu -- Map-Based Cloning and Breeding Application of a Broad-Spectrum Resistance Gene Pigm to Rice Blast -- Rac GTPase and the Regulation of NADPH Oxidase in Rice Innate Immunity Response -- Rice Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors for Small GTPase OsRac1 Involved in Innate Immunity of Rice -- Role of Ethylene, Abscisic Acid and MAP Kinase Pathways in Rice Blast Resistance -- Bacterial Determinants and Host Defense Responses Underpinning Rhizobacteria - Mediated Systemic Resistance in Rice -- Pathogen Population and Disease Control -- World Population Structure and Migration of the Rice Blast Fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae -- Examination of the Rice Blast Pathogen Population Diversity in Arkansas, USA - Stable or Unstable? -- Studies on the Complementary Differential Varieties and Local Physiologic Races of Magnaporthe grisea in Sichuan Province -- Blast Race Monitoring for Stable Use of Blast Resistance in Rice -- Pathogenicity-Related Compounds Produced by Blast Fungus -- An Unprecedented Outbreak of Rice Blast on a Newly Released Cultivar BRS Colosso in Brazil -- Effect of Magnaporthe grisea on Seed Germination, Yield and Quality of Wheat -- Identification and Use of Resistance Genes and Breeding Strategies -- Field Resistance Expressed when the Pi-ta Gene is Compromised by Magnaporthe oryzae -- Resistance Genes and Their Effects to Blast in Korean Rice Varieties (Oryza sativa L.) -- Genetic Analysis of Resistance Against Bacterial Leaf Blight and Leaf Blast Disease in the Japanese Rice Cultivar Asominori -- DNA Marker Analysis of Blast Resistance Genes Pib and Pita in IRRI-Bred Rice Varieties Comparing with Gene Estimation by a Differential System -- Genetic Characterization of Universal Differential Variety Sets Developed Under the IRRI-Japan Collaborative Research Project -- Sequential Planting as a Method of Screening of Durable Resistance to Rice Blast in Korea -- Development of a Package of 20 Varieties for Blast Management on Upland Rice -- Rice Blast in India and Strategies to Develop Durably Resistant Cultivars -- Breeding Rice Cultivars with Durable Blast Resistance in Colombia -- What it Takes to Achieve Durable Resistance to Rice Blast? -- Bioinformatics and Database -- Magnaporthe grisea Oryza sativa (MGOS) Interaction Database: Community Annotation -- ARCHIPELAGO: Towards Bridging the Gap Between Molecular and Genetic Information in Rice Blast Disease Resistance.