Sarocladium oryzae (Sawada) is a plant pathogen causing the Sheath rot disease of rice and Bamboo blight of Bambusoideae spp.

[3] The level of helvolic acid correlated with a higher incidence of sheath rot disease.

[5] Early symptoms are oblong to irregular spots, with gray centers and brown margins.

Unemerged panicles will soon rot and produce powdery fungus growth inside the leaf sheath.

[5] Partners of the CABI-led programme, Plantwise including the General Directorate of Agriculture in Cambodia have suggested reducing the density of planted crops to 25 by 25 centimetres (10 in × 10 in) and removing infected stubble and weeds from the field.

Text taken from Plantwise Factsheets for Farmers: Rice Sheath Rot -Cambodia​, General Directorate of Agriculture (Cambodia), CABI.

Text taken from PMDG: Rice Sheath Rot - Cambodia​, GDA, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, CABI.