Disease Management

Blast, sheath blight, brown spot

• Dry seed treatment with Bacillus subtilis talc formulation @ 10g/kg of seed.
• Spray Bacillus subtilis talc formulation @ 0.5% at 45, 55 and 65 DAT.
• Boil one kilogram of wild tulsi leaves in two litres of water. Strain and spray the solution twice at 15 days interval (@ 2 ml per litre of water).

Bacterial Leaf Blight

• Use disease free seeds

• Spray neem oil @ 3% / NSKE @ 5%.

• Spray fresh cow dung extract 20% twice at 15 days intervals starting from initial appearance .