Screening for Identification of Kodomillet varieties against banded blight (BB) disease incited by Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn

A total of 15 kodo millet varieties including check were evaluated for resistance to banded blight at Agricultural Research Station, Vizianagaram during kharif, 2019-20. The experiment was conducted under field condition. The screening revealed that none of the test lines or varieties was immune or highly resistant. RPS 1005 (57.7) and RPS 1007 (59.7) which were recorded as susceptible. Varieties BK 6 (85.3) and GPLM 273 (85.0) recorded highest disease severity, JK-76 (95.7) (local) as highly susceptible. Percent disease severity ranged from 57.7% (RPS 1005) to 85.3% (BK 6) whereas it was 95.7% in susceptible check and it was 23.7% in resistant check.