Cultural and morphological variability and identification of anastomosis group of Rhizoctonia solani (Thanatephorus cucumeris) causing sheath blight of rice in Kashmir

The present investigations were carried out to study the variability of R. solani isolates based on some cultural and morphological characters and correlate these characters with the identification of anastomosis group(s) of the fungal pathogen prevalent in Kashmir and the results are presented herein.