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Use of 3-in-1 Non-Pesticide materials to Prevent Seedling Blight

2014-05-30

Seedling blight of rice is the main factor that decides the success or failure of a nursery. The pathogen that cause seedling blight are complex. The pathogen are mostly soilborn, and they may be different depending on different locale. To resolve this problem, we used a commercially available non-pesticide chemical, namely, phosphorous acid, and included two microorganisms of Trichoderma spp. and Bacillus mycoides ,and mixed it (this mixture is called "3-in-1"). We applied it to seedlings during the early stages of greening to induce immunity. Moreover, the microorganisms within help to protect roots. This has a double effect of resisting disease and promoting growth. Results show that by treating our 3-in-1 formula, disease index of seedlings blight was 0.25%, seedling height of 13.12 cm, and the weight of roots per standardized unit of volume (39.74 cm3) was 2.42 g. In contral, seedlings treated with pesticides had a disease index of 6.88%, seedling height of 9.01 cm, and a root weight per standardized unit of volume of 1.13 g. Untreated seedlings had a disease index of 47.35%, seedling height of 8.94 cm, and a root weight per standardized unit of volume of 0.94 g. It is thus apparent that our 3-in-1 formula produces much better results than pesticides or untreated. Furthermore, observation in the fields showed that the disease of rice blast and sheath blight were also decreased.

The symptoms of seedling blight and root rot in the rice nursery. The rice seedling are strong and decrease disease by treating 3-in-1 formula.
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