Paddy Crop

Pests & Disease Management
Rice Blast

  • For management of Rice Blast:
    • The fungus causes spindle shaped spots with greyish centre and brown margin on the leaves at maximum tillering.
    • It also causes brown lesions on the neck of the panicle, showing neck rot symptoms and the panicles fall over.
    • The disease is more severe on Basmati cultivars particularly in the sub-mountainous areas and under application of heavy nitrogenous fertilizers.

    For management,
    • Foliar spray of Isoprothiolane 40% EC @ 300 - 400 ml per acre or Azoxystrobin 25% SC @ 200 ml per acre or Pyraclostrobin 100 g/l SC @ 400 ml per acre or Azoxystrobin 18.2% + Difenoconozole 11.4% SC @ 200 ml per acre at 45-50 days after transplanting.