Evaluation of Homoeopathic drugs for management of Sheath rot of Rice

Among the drugs evaluated, Thuja, sulpher and calcaria carb were effective in inhibiting the growth of Sarocladium oryzae at 750 ppm concentration. All the homoeopathic drugs @ 500 ppm significantly reduced the disease severity and increased yield in comparison to check. However, Thuja and sulpher @ 500 ppm showed minimum disease severity of 28.3 and 23.3% with maximum disease control of 29.1 and 36.3 in 2005 and 2006, respectively.