Effect of sheath blight disease on the yields of three rice varieties

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Parent Category: 1979

B.L Ho

Abstract

Sheath blight disease of rice could cause a very significant yield loss of 30% for a susceptible variety IR 1487. For a resistant variety (lR 20) and an intermediate variety (Mahsuri ), the yield losses of 1 - 4%  were not significant.

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