This study was carried out in the continuous irrigated rice cropping system during 2011-2013 by 8 rice research centers and Bureau of Rice Research and Development. Disease assessments were also conducted in the farmers’ fields in 16 provinces responsible by participating offices in the Upper and Lower North, Central, East and South of Thailand. The main objective was to investigate the relationship between meteorological data and disease epidemics through field survey and carried out experiment on continuous rice cultivation by sowing popular rice variety every month. Three significant rice pathogens i.e. Blast, Bacterial leaf blight and Ragged stunt were collected for diversification study. Results revealed that there were disease epidemics in 19... |