TY - JOUR AU - Surendran, M. AU - Thomas, Anet K. AU - Jose, Nimmy AU - Ambily, A. K. PY - 2022/06/05 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Evaluation of rice associated Bacillus spp. against sheath blight and bacterial blight of rice JF - Journal of Biological Control JA - JBC VL - 35 IS - 3 SE - Research Articles DO - 10.18311/jbc/2021/28034 UR - https://www.informaticsjournals.com/index.php/jbc/article/view/28034 SP - 130-136 AB - <p>Bacterial antagonist,<em> Bacillus</em> spp. cultures were isolated from different places of Kuttanad region. Three effective endophytic <em>Bacillus</em> strains viz., B 15, B 17 and B 33 were tested in the separate field experiments against sheath blight and bacterial blight diseases of rice during<em> Kharif</em> 2017,<em> Rabi</em> 2018-19,<em> Kharif</em> 2019 and <em>Kharif</em> 2020. In the field study, the<em> Bacillus</em> cultures were treated as standard bioagent application methods of seed (10 g/kg), soil (1 kg/acre) and foliar (20 g/litre of water) spraying against the major diseases in rice. The rice associated native<em> Bacillus</em> cultures B 15, B 17 and B 33 were found equally effective for the sheath blight and bacterial blight diseases management. All the three native <em>Bacillus</em> species can be used as potential biopesticides against rice sheath blight and bacterial diseases in Kuttanad region.</p> ER -