Abstract:

Rice kernel smut has become one of the major rice diseases. So far, there were not so many researches on this disease with several arguments. This paper reviews and presents the general research progress of this disease. The symptoms, the pathogen with its taxonomy, the biological characters, the disease cycle, the infection mechanisms, disease epidemics, disease index and integrated control of the this disease are described. And also, the arguments and the perspectives on rice kernel smut are discussed.