Technical Abstract: False smut and kernel smut are diseases of rice that reduce both grain yield and quality. False smut is an emerging disease worldwide that is rapidly gaining in importance, whereas kernel smut has historically been a chronic minor disease with sporadic outbreaks that cause considerable losses. Since both diseases are manifested as damaged rice grain they can be rated concurrently, but no source of resistance has been identified or deployed to control either disease on a production scale. This lack of progress toward improving variety resistance is primarily attributed to the inherent variability and difficulty in obtaining accurate disease ratings. This has resulted in the widespread release of smut susceptible rice varieties, and a need to manage these diseases on current varieties until useful sources of resistance can be identified. Herein we report an integrated approach that achieved disease control through cultural management and identification of resistant germplasm. By employing conservation tillage, continuous rice cropping, and moderating nitrogen fertility rates, we were able to achieve effective field resistance that nearly eliminated false smut from rice varieties which were fully susceptible under conventional cultivation practices. Furthermore, using a disease nursery designed to promote smut severity, two rice hybrids were identified that possessed kernel smut resistance under the most favorable disease conditions.