23In recent years, banded leaf sheath blight in corn has become an important disease 24 in corn that seriously affects quality and yield. This paper aims to evaluate the 25 sensitivity of Rhizoctonia solani to thifluzamide in corn, to clarify the effect of seed 26 coating using a thifluzamide suspension agent on safety and physiological indicators 27 and to determine banded leaf sheath blight in corn control effectiveness in the field, 28 thereby providing a basis for the application of thifluzamide suspension agent as a 29 seed coating. In this study, the thifluzamide sensitivity of 102 strains of R. solani in 30 corn in different regions of Shandong was determined using the mycelial growth rate 31 method, and the average half-maximal effective concentration value (EC 50 ) was 32 0.086±0.004 μg/mL. The sensitivity was consistent with a continuous and skewed 33 normal distribution, and the sensitivity distribution frequency exhibited a continuous, 34 unimodal curve, indicating that thifluzamide had strong inhibitory activity on the 35 mycelial growth of R. solani in corn. The impacts of using a thifluzamide suspension 36 agent for seed coating on safety and physiological indicators as well as the control 37 effect in corn were evaluated by combining seed coating, an indoor pot test, and a 38 field trial. The root activities under 24 g a.i. 100 kg -1 seed and 12 g a.i. 100 kg -1 seed 39 were found to increase by 78.01% and 77.40%, respectively, compared with that 40 under the blank control; the chlorophyll content of corn increased most significantly 41 at a dosage of 24 g a.i. 100 kg -1 , which was a 32.32% increase compared to the blank 42 control. Thifluzamide (FS) could significantly increase the hundred-grain weight of 43 corn and the per-plot yield. Among the examined dosages, 24 g a.i. 100 kg -1 seed had 44 the most significant treatment effect, with the hundred-grain weight increasing by 45 12.47% and the yield rate increasing by 15.72% compared to the control in 2016, 46 Simultaneously, the hundred-grain weight increasing by 13.44% and the yield rate 47 increasing by 14.11% compared to the control in 2017. Three dosages of 24% 48 thifluzamide (FS) increased the emergence rate and seedling growth of corn to 49 varying extents. The field control effectiveness against banded leaf sheath blight in 50 corn was best at the dosage of 24 g a.i. 100 kg -1 seed for seed dressing with 51 thifluzamide (FS); in 2016 and 2017, the control effects in the small bell stage, large 52 bell stage, tasseling and pollen-shedding stage, silking stage, milk-ripening stage, and 53 wax-ripening stage were 100%, 66.73%, 52.8%, 67.81%, 68.48%, and 62.68% 54 (2016), respectively, and 74.97%, 63.17%, 50.90%, 53.60%, 61.42%, and 55.88% 55 (2017). These results indicated that thifluzamide had enormous potential for 56 controlling banded leaf sheath blight in corn. 57 59 civilization in recent years, straw burning has been fully prohibited, while straw 60 returning has been widely promoted in various places throughout China. Howeve...