Assessment of Efficacy of Microbes for Control of Bacterial Blight Disease of Rice

Biswajit Das¹*, Sibaji Sarkar² and Narendra Kumar Sahoo³

¹Kanak Manjari Institute of Pharmaceurical Science, Raurkela India.

²N.R Vekaria Institute of Pharmacy and Research Center, Junagadh - 362 001 India.

³Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Erandwane, Pune - 411 038 India.

ABSTRACT: The bacterial blight disease is known to occur in epidemic proportions in many parts of the world, incurring severe crop loss of up to 50%. Crop loss assessment studies have revealed that this disease reduces grain yield to varying levels, depending on the stage of the crop, degree of cultivar susceptibility and to a great extent, the conduciveness of the environment in which it occurs. The severity and significance of damages caused by infection have necessitated the development of strategies to control and manage the disease, so as to reduce crop loss and to avert an epidemic. Keeping in view of the importance of bacterial blight disease the present study was under taken to isolate individual bacteria from a naturally occurring bio product and to evaluate and assess the efficacy of microbes for control of bacterial blight disease of rice.

KEYWORDS: Bacterial blight disease; microbes; rice

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