A Brief Survey on Diseases of Paddy Plant M.S.Godwin Premi, R.Narmadha, T.Bernatin School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology (Deemed to be University), Chennai Abstract: World population shows the need for improvement in productivity. Productivity of cereals can be increased by protecting the plants and preventing them from diseases. Identification of diseases plays a major role in prevention or protection of plants. In this study, Oryza Sativa is considered. Normally the paddy is affected by bacteria, viruses or by fungi. The productivity of rice can be increased by proper identification of diseases and preventing in the earlier stages. Keywords: Disorders, Rice plant, Symptoms 1. INTRODUCTION: Disease identification is one of the major solutions to improve the productivity. This also helps to select the pesticides and prevent from further spreading. Early detection of diseases will assist in enhancing the productivity. This classification study will help in easy identification of paddy plant diseases. . 2. CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES: The paddy plant is affected by various types of diseases. They can be grouped under different varieties like the diseases affected by bacteria, diseases caused by viruses, fungal diseases and disorders. M.S.Godwin Premi et al /J. Pharm. Sci. & Res. Vol. 11(7), 2019, 2739-2743 2739