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Fungicide Timing Critical for Maximum Return
Sheath blight fungus

Rice diseases pose a major threat to rice production. The two major diseases, sheath blight and blast, cause significant yield and quality reductions that cost farmers millions of dollars each year.

Plant Disease Management Guide
plant disease mgmt

This guide for 2008 contains suggestions for management of the most important or more prevalent diseases of Louisiana plants. It includes information on fungicides, bactericides and nematicides, as well as safety precautions for using them.

Sheath Blight
symptoms of sheath blight in mature rice

Photographs of sheath blight symptoms on rice.