Seeds soaked in water served as the control. Treated seeds were sown onto nursery beds by broadcasting at the rate of 50 kg/hm2 There were four treatments in the nursery and one bed per treatment. The treatments were as follows: 1) ST with Integral at 2.2×108 cfu/mL; 2) ST with Integral at 2.2×109 cfu/mL; 3) ST with carbendazim at 1.0 g/L; and 4) untreated control. Another dose of 0.5 kg N was applied at 12 d after seeding in the nursery beds. Agronomic practices for rice nursery management developed by APRRI, India were followed. At 30 d after seeding, 20 seedlings from each treatment were collected, washed with water and air dried, after which shoot and root lengths were measured.