Fungicidal Management of Sheath Blight of Rice

An field experiment was carried out under the Department of Plant Pathology, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science & Technology University, Dinajpur during the period of July 2009 to December 2009 to find out the fungicidal management of sheath blight of rice. Three fungicides viz. Bavistin 50 WP, Tilt 250 EC and Folicour EW 250 were sprayed against R. solani causing sheath blight on three aman rice varieties viz. Hybrid Hera, BRRI Dhan-49 and BR-11.Control plot was sprayed with plain water. The experiments were laid out in two factors Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. From the present findings it may be concluded that Folicour EW 250 was a promising fungicide for lowering sheath blight incidence and BR-11 was the best variety among the three rice varieties in aspect of yield.