Paddy Crop

Pests & Disease Management
Leaf Blight

  • For management of Bacterial Leaf Blight:
    • The leaves start drying completely from the tip or edge, due to which they become crooked.
    • Water-soaked to yellowish stripes on leaf blades or starting at leaf tips then later increase in length and width with a wavy margin.
    • Appearance of bacterial ooze that looks like a milky or opaque dewdrop on young lesions early in the morning.

    For management,
    • Seed treatment should be done with streptocycline before sowing.
    • Avoid N application if symptoms are noticed.
    • Foliar spray of Streptocyclin 90 % w/w + Copper oxychloride 50 % WP @ 6 gms + 250 gms per acre at 30-40 days after transplanting