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What is Sheath Blight?
Sheath blight is a fungal disease caused by Rhizoctonia solani.
- Infected leaves dry out and die more rapidly. Young tillers can also be destroyed.
- Sheath blight develops quickly during flowering when the paddy canopy is most dense, forming a microclimate favorable to fungus growth and spread.
- Sheath Blight presence during panicle initiation or flowering causes a reduction of total seed weight due to lower percentage of filled spikelets
- Sheath blight causes significant quality and yield losses in paddy.
How To Identify Sheath Blight?
Monitor floating Sclerotia in the field near Buds
Monitor initial infection of lesions on leaf sheath
Monitor surface infection on leaf sheath
Matsuri
- Matsuri acts both Preventive (before appearance) & Curative (after appearance of disease)
- Matsuri has excellent systemic activity and moves upward & downwards in plant system
- Due to its longer persistent in the plant it gives longer control(18-20 Days)
- Paddy stem become greener and stronger till harvest.
- Prevents lodging of crop.
- Help plant to complete its life cycle(maturity period)
Time Of Application
First Application
Preventive spray – after 40-45 DATSince Disease sheath blight control is very important at early stage so we need to apply Matsuri as preventive spray.
2nd Application
Preventive spray – after 40-45 DATAfter applying Matsuri as preventive spray.
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