Paddy Diseases

​​Bakanae Disease

Symptoms
  • Infected plants several inches taller than normal plants in seedbed and field
  • Thin plants with yellowish green leaves and pale green flag leaves
  • Drying of seedlings at early tillering
  • Reduced tillering and drying leaves at late infection
  • Partially filled grains, sterile or empty grains for surviving plant at maturity
  • In the seedbed, infected seedlings with lesions on roots will die, which may die before or after transplanting
  • Treat the seeds with Captan or Carbendazim at 2 g/kg.

Fungicide

Dosage

Carbendazim 50% WP

2g/kg , seed treatment