Weather-based forecasting models for false smut disease of rice (Oryza sativa L.) in West Bengal

Authors

  • SUKRAM THAPA Dept. of Plant Pathology, Lovely Professional University, Jalandar, Punjab, India – 144001
  • SUNITA MAHAPATRA Dept of Plant Pathology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Nadia, West Bengal, – 741252
  • DEEWAKAR BARAL Dept. of Plant Pathology, Lovely Professional University, Jalandar, Punjab, India – 144001
  • ACHAL LAMA ICAR – Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012
  • PRAVALLIKAREE RAYANOOTHALA Department of Plant Pathology, MS Swaminathan School of Agriculture, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Paralakhemundi, Odisha-761211
  • BIKASH SUBBA Dept. of Plant Pathology, Lovely Professional University, Jalandar, Punjab, India – 144001
  • SRIKANTA DAS Dept of Plant Pathology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Nadia, West Bengal, – 741252

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54386/jam.v27i3.2913

Keywords:

Ustilaginoidea virens, Disease forewarning model, Multiple Linear Regression , Logistic model, Gompertz model, Monomolecular model

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01-09-2025

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THAPA, S., MAHAPATRA, S., BARAL, D., LAMA, A., RAYANOOTHALA, P., SUBBA, B., & DAS, S. (2025). Weather-based forecasting models for false smut disease of rice (Oryza sativa L.) in West Bengal. Journal of Agrometeorology, 27(3), 365–368. https://doi.org/10.54386/jam.v27i3.2913

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