Effects of calcium carbonate on disease development of sorghum sheath blight caused by Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 were evaluated in both greenhouse and field trials. The relationships between growth stages of sorghum and its susceptibility to sheath blight were investigated. Our results revealed that sorghum sheath blight occurred primarily at heading stage and occasionally at booting and milking stages of sorghum. The tillering and mature stages of sorghum plants displayed tolerance to Rhizoctonia solani causing minor sheath blight symptoms. In greenhouse, disease level of sheath blight calculated by the percentage of the lesion lengths on sheath was significantly reduced after soil application of 250 mg/kg CaCO_3. Exogenous application of CaCO_3 at rates greater than 250 mg/kg did not further reduce the disease levels.