Relationship of susceptibility and growth stages of plant for development of epidemic of sheath blight in rice

Journal Title: Journal of Applied and Natural Science - Year 2010, Vol 2, Issue 2

Abstract

The present paper deals with most susceptible growth stage of rice with different farms and quantitiy of inoculum for development of sheath blight of rice by Rhizoctonia solani.Among seven different growth stages of rice crop i.e. seedling, initial tillering, maximum tillering, boot leaf, panicle emergence, flowering and dough stage, the flowering stage was found to be most susceptible and highly prone for sheath blight development, while seedling stage was found to be least susceptible and with low proneness for disease development. Disease severity, number and length of lesions get increased with the increasing crop growth stages up to flowering stage and thereafter disease severity decreases with the increases in further growth stages of rice plant. Among four different growth stages of the pathogen (inoculum capa City) i.e. five days old mycelium, seven days old mycelium, milky sclerotial stage and mature sclerotial stage which were inoculated at maximum tillering stage of rice plants, five days old mycelial inoculum was found to be most virulent. Disease severity decreased and incubation period increased with further ageing of inoculum. Among five different amount of inoculum (inoculum density) i.e. 0.20 mg, 5.50 mg, 6.00 mg, 7.00 mg and 8.00 mg of sclerotial inoculum, which were inoculated at maximum tillering stage of rice plants, highest disease severity and minimum incubation period was observed with 8.00 mg amount of sclerotial inoculum. Whereas, least disease severity and longest incubation period was observed when inoculation was done with 0.2 mg of sclerotial inoculum.

Authors and Affiliations

Ramji Singh, Laxmi Singh, Durga Prasad, R. Kureel, Rakesh Sengar, Alka Singh

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Ramji Singh, Laxmi Singh, Durga Prasad, R. Kureel, Rakesh Sengar, Alka Singh (2010). Relationship of susceptibility and growth stages of plant for development of epidemic of sheath blight in rice. Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 2(2), 230-233. https://www.europub.co.uk/articles/-A-99339