1Department of Seed Technology, University of Agricultural Sciences, VC Farm, Mandya
2Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore
3Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad e-mail: prasadps_achar@rediffmail.com
Out of 3000 entries tested during kharif, 2005 only seven showed resistance against sheath rot recording zero score. 158, 1544, 519, 337 and 435 entries showed severity rating of one, three, five, seven and nine respectively. During kharif, 2006 out of 2420 germplasm entries, 1547 entries recorded score rating of zero. During kharif 2004, 2005, 2006, rice genotypes comprising of 146, 228, 196 entries under National Screening Nursery I, were field evaluated for their resistance to sheath rot. During kharif, 2004, 2005, 2006 of 549, 556, 547 genotypes received under NSN-II, and were evaluated for resistance to sheath rot.
Rice, sheath rot, genotypes, resistance
