Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'A Process For Artificial Mass Screening To Identify Resistant Rice Genotypes Against False Smut Disease' Filed by ICAR- Indian Institute of Rice Research

MUMBAI, India, March 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202441067883 A) filed by ICAR- Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, Telangana, on Sept. 9, 2024, for 'a process for artificial mass screening to identify resistant rice genotypes against false smut disease.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. D. Ladhalakshmi; Dr. G. S. Laha; Dr. M. S. Prasad; Dr. M. Mohibbe Azam; Dr. Divya Balakrishnan; and Dr. R. M. Sundaram.

The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A process is provided for large scale artificial screening of rice genotypes against false smut disease which enables the identification of ...