Improved cultivars particularly hybrids combining high yield and disease resistance play a significant role in increasing yield. Breeding disease resistant varieties is the socio-economical and viable alternative to reduce the cost of cultivation. Since Banded leaf and sheath blight (Rhizoctonia solani f.sp sasakii) has become a disease of major concern in maize only recently, little work on genetic analysis and breeding for resistance to this disease has been undertaken. Moreover only a few resistance sources have been identified. So the emphasis was to screen additional inbred lines for...