Abstract
Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 IA is considered an important pathogen, which affects a wide range of host crops worldwide. In South America R. solani AG-1 IA causes sheath blight in rice; banded leaf and sheath blight of corn, soybean foliar blight and blight in cowpea. It is known that the pathogenicity of phytopathogenic fungi is primarily associated with plant cell wall degrading enzymes (PCW…