Abstract:
Studies using antibiotics on the control of bacterial leaf blight disease of rice
at the College of Agriculture, Vellayani has shown that Penicillin at 500 ppm gavethe
maximum inhibition to the growth of the bacterium in vitro. In in vivo Penicillin or
Agrimycin-1 00 (250 ppm) post-inoculation sprays twice at eight days interval were
equally effective in lowering the disease intensity.
