Vol. 8, Issue 2 (2019)

Rice is extremely important food crop in India. Rice is the staple food for millions of people in India. Domestication of this crop invited many diseases and pest. Among them False smut disease spread in the larger area, most of the varieties are affected, needed to get it managed by the application of different group of fungicide in proper dose at appropriate time. Kresoxim methyl 44.3% SC, Propiconazole 25%, Hexaconazole 5% sc and carbendazim 50% wp proved themselves well at appropriate dose in the field condition. Kresoxim methyl treated paddy plot showed least percent spikelet and panicle infection as1.6 and 2.6 respectively with a severity of 3.0 percent and maximum yield 49.5 q /ha observed, followed by propiconazole, hexaconazole and carbendazim.