Twe time of sowing experiments were conduated in pearimillet during 1978-79 and 19/8-80 to find out the seasonal Incidence of rust in relation to the weather fastor relative humi-dity. A positive and significant correlation was observed between the rust incidence and relative humidity. In general the sowings commencing from the last week of March and upto the first week of July were found to be either completely free or with low incidence of rust.
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