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216 <strong>RICE</strong> <strong>RATOONING</strong>Table 6. Sheath blight and stem rot incidence on main and ratoon crops of IR32under various methods of crop establishment. <strong>IRRI</strong>, 1979 dry season.TreatmentSheath blight a Stem rot b RatoonMain Ratoon Main Stubble rating ccrop crop crop (%)PuddledStanding waterMidseason drainageUnpuddledStanding waterMidseason drainage0.360.410.130.200000tracetracetracetrace8.45.78.05.51.61.61.31.0a Based on the Standard evaluation system for rice (1).b % stem rot = No. of infected tillers No. of infected hillsTotal no. of tillers observed×Total no. of hills observedc % hills producing ratoon: 0 = 0%, 1 = 1-25%. 2 = 26-50%, 3 = 51-75%, 4 = 76-100%.Table 7. Effect of water management after harvest and main crop disease onratooning and ratoon yield.Ratoon tillers/hill (no.)WaterRatoon b Ratoontreatment a Stem rot (%) yieldNodal Basal Total rating (t/ha)Field saturatedYesNoMeanField irrigatedYesNoMean53.0 a66.9 ab58.864.7 ab72.2 b68.410.4 a6.1 b8.27.5 b7.0 b7.27.6 a11.2 ab9.49.1 ab12.2 b10.618.017.317.616.619.217.80.52 a0.51 a0.5 10.50 a0.56 a0.532.2 a2.4 a2.32.5 a2.4 a2.4a Drained plots are maintained at saturation level while irrigated plots were maintainedat 5-10 cm water level. Stubbles were cut at 15 cm length. Benomylthiramat 1 g FP/liter was applied after harvesting.b MH Ratoon rating: R. R. = 1 – ×MH ×Tt × (1 – 0.1 V), where MH = missingT h T h 16hills, Th = total no. of hills, T t = total number of tillers (nodal + basal), 16 =av no. of tillers/hill, and V = vigor rating. SES scale: 1 = extra vigorous, 5 = intermediate,9 = weak. In a column, values with the same letter are not significantlydifferent at the 5% level.Table 8. Effect of stubble height, land preparation, and water management afterharvesting main crop on stem rot incidence of IR32 ratoon crop.Stubble Stem rot (%) a Ratoon rating bheight(cm) Puddled Unpuddled Puddled UnpuddledField with standing water3 c30.81546.72552.5Field with midseason drainage3 35.446.556.6152533.659.759.230.659.659.5123123245154a scored 30 d after harvesting main crop.b According to Standard evaluation systemfor rice (1): 1 = extra vigorous, 5 = intermediate or normal, 9 = very weakand small. c Many tillers rotted and did not produce ratoon.

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