Field experiment was conducted on clay soils during rabi, 2017-2018 of Agricultural College Farm, Bapatla to study the influence of seed rates and varieties on nutrients (N, P and K) uptake of rice fallow mustard. The treatments consisted of four seed rates and three varieties and replicated thrice with factorial randomized block design. As regards, results revealed that significantly highest plant height (113.0cm), drymatter accumulation (2059 kg ha -1 ), seed yield (650 kg ha -1 ) and N, P and K uptake were recorded in seed rate 12 kg ha -1 at all the growth stages. Among varieties PM-28 significantly recorded highest plant height (110.1 cm), drymatter accumulation (1992 kg ha -1 ), seed yield (665 kg ha -1 ) and N, P and K uptake at all the growth stages. The interaction between seed rates and varieties was found not significant for drymatter, seed yield, straw yield and NPK uptake of rice fallow mustard.

Eight fungicides namely: Thiophenate-Methyl, Validamycin, Propineb, Difenoconazole, Carbendazim + Mancozeb, Carbendazim, Mancozeb and Hexaconazole were screened in-vitro by using poisoned food technique for their effect on inhibition of mycelium growth of Rhizoctonia solani f .sp. sasakii, the causal agent of banded leaf and sheath blight of maize. Among all fungicides screened, maximum inhibition of mycelium growth was observed in Difenoconazole, Thiophenate-Methyl and Hexaconazole, while maximum Percent disease reduction was observed in Validamycin followed by Difenoconazole. Maximum grain yield was recorded in Validamycin and Difenoconazole among the tested all fungicides.

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Botrytis rileyi (Farlow) and later as Spicaria rileyi (Farlow) Charles. The fungus was redescribed and placed in the genus, Nomuraea by Kish et al., (1974). In culture plate, the colour of colonies of fungus, Nomuraea rileyi