@article{Surendran_Thomas_Jose_Ambily_2022, title={Evaluation of rice associated <i>Bacillus</i> spp. against sheath blight and bacterial blight of rice}, volume={35}, url={https://informaticsjournals.com/index.php/jbc/article/view/28034}, DOI={10.18311/jbc/2021/28034}, abstractNote={&lt;p&gt;Bacterial antagonist,&lt;em&gt; Bacillus&lt;/em&gt; spp. cultures were isolated from different places of Kuttanad region. Three effective endophytic &lt;em&gt;Bacillus&lt;/em&gt; strains viz., B 15, B 17 and B 33 were tested in the separate field experiments against sheath blight and bacterial blight diseases of rice during&lt;em&gt; Kharif&lt;/em&gt; 2017,&lt;em&gt; Rabi&lt;/em&gt; 2018-19,&lt;em&gt; Kharif&lt;/em&gt; 2019 and &lt;em&gt;Kharif&lt;/em&gt; 2020. In the field study, the&lt;em&gt; Bacillus&lt;/em&gt; cultures were treated as standard bioagent application methods of seed (10 g/kg), soil (1 kg/acre) and foliar (20 g/litre of water) spraying against the major diseases in rice. The rice associated native&lt;em&gt; Bacillus&lt;/em&gt; cultures B 15, B 17 and B 33 were found equally effective for the sheath blight and bacterial blight diseases management. All the three native &lt;em&gt;Bacillus&lt;/em&gt; species can be used as potential biopesticides against rice sheath blight and bacterial diseases in Kuttanad region.&lt;/p&gt;}, number={3}, journal={Journal of Biological Control}, author={Surendran, M. and Thomas, Anet K. and Jose, Nimmy and Ambily, A. K.}, year={2022}, month={Jun.}, pages={130–136} }