questions: water-soaked to yellowish stripes on leaf blades or starting at leaf tips then later increase in length and width with a wavy margin  is asked for its identification 
 answers: suggested for spraying fresh cow dung extract 20% twice (starting from the initial appearance of the disease and another at fortnightly interval). neem oil 60 ec 3% (or) nske 5% is recommended for the control of sheath rot, sheath blight, grain discolouration and bacterial blight