Management of banded leaf and sheath blight of maize caused by Rhizoctonia solani by using fungicides and biocontrol agents viz., benomyl, carbendazim, thiram, Trichoderma viride, Pseudomonas fluorescens and Bacillus subtilis as seed and soil treatment. Among all the treatments lowest disease severity index was observed in seed treatment with carbendazim and Trichoderma viride recorded lowest disease severity index i.e., 37.93% and 41.90% respectively, while the lowest per cent disease incidence was observed in seed treatment with carbendazim and thiram with per cent disease incidence 27.11 and 29.92.
