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Effects of Paclobutrazol Seed Priming on Seedlings Quality, Physiological and Bakanae Disease Index Characteristics of Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Hossam S. El-Beltagi^1,2,*, Mohamed Fathi El-Nady³, Adel A. Rezk^1,4, Abdelaziz M. Tahoon⁵, Mohammed I. Al-Daej¹, Dina Abdulmajid⁶, Mohamed M. El-Mogy⁷, Elsayed Abd Elmaksoud Abomarzoka⁸, Sherif Mohamed El-Ganainy^7,9, Metwaly Mahfouz Salem Metwaly³

1 Agricultural Biotechnology Department, College of Agriculture and Food Sciences, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, 31982, Saudi Arabia
2 Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Gamma St, Giza, 12613, Egypt
3 Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr El-sheikh, 33516, Egypt
4 Plant Virology Department, Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Giza, 12619, Egypt
5 Rice pathology Department, Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Kafr El-Sheikh, 33717, Egypt
6 Rice Research and Training Centre, Field Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Kafr El-Sheikh, 33717, Egypt
7 Department of Arid Land Agriculture, College of Agriculture and Food Sciences, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, 31982, Saudi Arabia
8 Crop Physiology Research Department, Field Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Kafr El-Sheikh, 33717, Egypt
9 Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre (ARC), Giza, 12619, Egypt

* Corresponding Author: Hossam S. El-Beltagi. Email: