Abstract
Here, we investigated the effect of disinfection on seeds infected and damaged by Pyricularia oryzae parasitizing rice husk. In all the cases, seed disinfection was highly efficient in controlling the parasitic infection of the surface of rice seeds. Paticularly, application of a solution of benomyl, known for its fungicidal properties, had high efficacy in controlling this pathogen; however,sterol demethylation inhibitors had low efficacy. Further, the effect of disinfection on heavily damaged seeds showing later stages of infection was low.
