ABSTRACT
India is an agricultural based country in which rice is the most important cereal crop. Most of the people are depend upon it, so to increase its production it is necessary to control the diseases related to its seed and other part of the plant. Most of the seed-born diseases are caused by fungi. This chapter included three variety of paddy (dhanpant, NDR, kranti) and their percent seed germination, isolation and frequency of fungi from unsterilized and surface sterilized seeds via blotter technique was done. Effect of fungicides (Bavistin and Thiram) on percent seed germination is also studied.
