1. BLAST OF RICE
DR. RAJBIR SINGH
Assistant Professor
Department of Plant Pathology
Gochar Mahavidyalaya, Rampur Maniharan, Saharanpur (UP), India
Affiliated to Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut (UP), India
Email: rajbir25805@yahoo.com, rajbirsingh2810@gmail.com
Cell No. 91-9456613374
2. BLAST OF RICE
• 1704 - Seen in Japan
• 1913 – Tanjavur by Butler
• Loss – 75%
• Symptoms:
• All parts except root infected
• Appeared in Nursery
• Boat Shaped water soaked
spots of > 0.5 mm long
3. • Corner of spot – dark brown red
• Middle – white grey / ash color
• Spots enlarge & collapse – leaf blightning
• Neck Infection / Neck Rot Phase (most dangerous)
• Black grey mycelium on the neck
• No grain formation/ partial formation
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13. Pathogen – Pyricularia oryzae
P. grisea (Imperfect stage)
Magnaporthe grisea (Perfect stage)
• Survive in seed & plant residues
• Mycelium survive in puwal – 1-2 years
• Survive on weeds – Penicum repens, Digitaria marginata
• R. H. – 90%
• Tem. – 20-25° C
14. Systemic Position
Kingdom – Mycota/ Fungi
Division – Eumycota
Sub division – Deuteromycotina
Class – Hypomycetes
Order – Hypomycetales
Family – Dematiaceae
Genus – Pyricularia
Species - grisea