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.