Management of sheath rot of rice under rice-rice cropping system in Assam

A location-specific eco-friendly viable Integrated Disease Management (IDM) module for managing sheath rot disease of rice was formulated under the dominant rice-rice cropping system in Assam. Wet seed treatment with salicylic acid (100 ppm) for 24 hr. + root dip treatment with salicylic acid (100 ppm) for 4 hours before planting + application of Rice Husk Ash (RHA) at the time of land preparation @ 5 ton/ha + need based foliar spray with carbendazim (0.1%) upon initial symptom appearance was very effective in managing the disease to the extent of 90.42% disease control in winter rice while for autumn rice the same module excluding the application of RHA resulted 95.04% disease control.