Studies on direct planting in rice cultivation. : I. Influence of soil moisture on the germination of rice, with special reference to brown spot disease, Ophiobolus Miyabeanus.

Abstract

Rice seeds infected by drown spot disease, Ophiodolus Miyabeanus show marked decrease in germination and retardation in the following seedling growth, especially when they are sown on dry soil, and the fact should be considered to be one of the main causes of the failure in germination and seedling stand in direct sowing of rice without transplanting.