False smut of rice caused by the fungus Ustilaginoidea virens has been recorded, in recent years, in the all rice growing areas of State Uttar Pradesh, India. Recommended fungicides are not yet available for chemically controlling the disease. Therefore, uses of unregistered fungicides are common by the farmers, for the management of the disease. The present study, was undertaken to identify effectiveness of fungicides to control false smut of rice. Four systemic fungicides (Propiconazole 25% EC @ 1.0 ml/L, Azoxystrobin 18.2% + Difenconazole 11.4% SC @ 0.5 g + 0.5 ml/L, Azoxystrobin 18.2% @ 1.0 g/L and Tebuconazole 250 EC @ 1.0 ml/L) were evaluated as foliar application in the naturally induced diseased rice, at five different locations in district Siddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh. Fungicide was applied twice, first at panicle initiation and second at early flowering stage. All the fungicides applied were found effective in controlling the disease. As compared to the untreated (only water application), the fungicide ‘Propiconazole 25% EC’ reduced the maximum disease severity by 93.57%, followed by ‘Azoxystrobin 18.2% + Difenconazole 11.4% SC @ 0.5 g + 0.5 ml/L’, Fungicide Tebuconazole 250 EC @ 1.0 ml/L was found least effective in controlling the disease. It is concluded that more multi-location experiments will be required to reach a decisive conclusion on foliar chemical options for controlling rice false smut disease in eastern parts of Uttar Pradesh.

White grubs are the distractive, public Importance and a genuine requirement to Kharif crops become under rainfed conditions. Both the grubs and grown-ups are polyphagous and univoltine. No single control measure is powerful for their administration consequently is the lone alternative for their compelling administration in the sloping zone. Therefore, the stock of the insects joins 24 species having a place with 13 genera under 5 subfamilies. White grubs are larvae of melolonthinae (Scarabaeidae : Coleoptera) but the term includes larvae of Rutelinae, Dynastinae, Cetoniinae and other families of Scarabaeidea superfamily. The use of the compound bug spray on the banks of the stream makes the water contamination the following towns and makes the odds of obstruction improvement in bother. White grub damage typically appears as stunted, wilted, discolored, or dead seedlings and/or as gaps in rows where plants fail to emerge. White grubs prune roots and can feed on the mesocotyl causing plant death.