Method for protecting rice from being infected by harmful fungi, wherein the fungi, their habitat, rice plants, their seed, rice plant propagation material or the soil on which rice is grown or intended to be grown, is treated with epoxiconazole and tricyclazole in synergistically effective amounts use of a composition comprising epoxiconazole, tricyclazole and optionally a further commercially available fungicide, for preparing a composition suitable for protecting rice from being infected by harmful fungi.
