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Sheath blight development and yield loss on rice in different epidemiological conditions

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Rice sheath blight and its causal agent Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 IA are associated with intensive and high input production systems. To our knowledge, resistant varieties have not been introduced for this disease, thus good crop management is expected to be among viable disease control methods. The aims of the present study were to determine the effect of different rates of nitrogen fertilizer, planting spaces and inoculum densities on sheath blight incidence and severity, including grain yield loss. Additionally we aimed to identify those developmental stages that are more susceptible to the disease. Field experiments were conducted over two consecutive years, in 2017 and 2018 in the Guilan province of Iran. Results indicated that higher N rates, denser planting and higher initial inoculum density resulted in greater disease development. Among five different growth stages, inoculation of plants at booting and flowering stages, resulted in maximum disease severity and grain yield loss. Taken together, reasonable use of nitrogen fertilizer, optimum planting space and reduced inoculum density obtained by spraying fungicide at the booting and flowering stages of rice are suggested as the best options to control sheath blight epidemics in rice.

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This work is a part of PhD dissertation of MK supported by University of Guilan. Special thanks to Mr. Hasan Shokri for soil analyses. We also thank Rice Research Institute of Iran for providing resources for laboratory and field experiments.

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  1. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran

    Maryam Khoshkdaman, Sedigheh Mousanejad & Seyed Ali Elahinia

  2. Rice Research Institute of Iran (RRII), Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Rasht, Iran

    Ali Akbar Ebadi & Fereidoun Padasht-Dehkaei

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Khoshkdaman, M., Mousanejad, S., Elahinia, S.A. et al. Sheath blight development and yield loss on rice in different epidemiological conditions. J Plant Pathol 103, 87–96 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-020-00653-9

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