Vignesh P., K. Sarda Devi, Bireswar Sinha, L. Nongdrenkhomba Singh,Ph. Sobita Devi, W. Tampakleima Chanu and K. Dinesh
Abstract
Rice is cultivated and consumed worldwide being a cereal crop of chief importance. There are numeroussoil-borne fungi causing diseases of huge economic losses to production of rice. A survey of soil-bornefungi of rice was conducted in different valley districts of Manipur, and symptoms appearing as lesions,water-soaked spots near the waterline which often coalesces, forming concentric lesion bands were spotted.Among the collected symptomatic samples, a fungus, Ceratorhiza oryzae - sativae wasidentified. An internaltranscribed sequence of the isolated fungus was generated and an NCBI accession number, MH255604acquired. This disease might become severe in near future in all rice-growing fields of the state,andidentification of this pathogen shall be essential for developing the management strategies.