An instance of forecasting the bacterial leaf blight of rice plant caused by Xanthomonas oryzae (Uyeda et Ishiyama) Dowson

Abstract

For the purpose of forecasting the bacterial leaf blight of rice plants, the successive changes in the population of Xanthomonas oryzae bacteriophage in irrigation water were examined periodically during the rice growing period in diseased area of Miwa-machi, Fukuoka Prefecture. Thus obtained results were analysed relating to the disease occurrence.