TY - JOUR AU - Sharma, Patiksha AU - Baidya, Suraj AU - Kandel, Saraswoti AU - Chaudhary, Suraj AU - Magar, Prem Bahadur PY - 2022/12/27 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Management of bacterial leaf blight disease of rice in farmer's field condition at Bhaktapur district of Nepal JF - Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources JA - J. Agric. Nat. Res. VL - 5 IS - 1 SE - Research Articles DO - 10.3126/janr.v5i1.50646 UR - https://nepjol.info/index.php/janr/article/view/50646 SP - 105-112 AB - <p>Bacterial leaf blight (BLB) caused by <em>Xanthomonas oryzae </em>pv. <em>oryzae</em> is considered as one of the major threats to rice production in Nepal. To identify the effective control measures, an experiment was done in a randomized complete block design with three replications in a farmer<sup>'</sup>s rice field at Bhaktapur, during the <em>summer </em>seasons of 2018 and 2019. Three plants extracts; 1% Neem extract, 2% Asuro leaf extract, and 2% Titepati leaf extract along with two fungicides viz. 0.1% Agricin and 0.2% Blitox 50, and one bio-control agent 1%Kisan Pseudomonas were used as treatments. The first spray was given as a prophylactic spray at the jointing stage, and they were applied 3 times at 50, 60 and 70 days interval. All the treatments significantly reduced disease and improved test weight higher than control. Among the tested treatments, 0.1% Agricin performed as the best with 65.70% disease control and increase in yield over control by 28.13%. Among the tested botanicals, 2% stock solution of Titepati performed as the best with 50.59% disease control and increase in yield by 13.51%. Therefore, three times application of 0.1% Agricinat 10 day interval starting from jointing stage can be used to control BLB disease for higher rice production.</p> ER -