Institut d'Économie Rurale

Two domesticated species of rice shaped the population structure of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in Africa

African rice ( Oryza glaberrima ) was independently domesticated in West Africa around 3000 years ago, and has long been intertwined in the history of the region. Asian rice ( Oryza sativa ), which was introduced in Africa when European settlers arrived, gradually replaced Africa...