Fungi and Other Associates from Rice Fields of Bhor and Velhe Talukas of Pune District, Maharashtra State, India

Abstract

Abstract: Plant pathogens are major cause of diseases in crops and plants. These plant pathogens devastated our crops and led us to devise methods and to search cultivars for resistant. Rice crops suffer from infection of many bacterial, viral and fungal diseases. The aim and objective of present study is to find out information about different plant pathogens caused by fungal infection. The survey of rice fields was carried out in Bhor and Velhe Talukas of Pune district. In case of rice crop, several diseases are reported such as Bacterial Blight, rice blast, Aggregate sheath spot, Black kernel Brown spot, Downy mildew, false smut, etc.