Vol. 11, Issue 8 (2022)

Author(s):
Amit Kumar Yadav, Ramesh Singh, Kamal Khilari, Prashant Mishra, Hem Singh and MK Yadav

Abstract:
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is a major pulse crop of India, grown in diverse agro-climatic conditions. Fusarium wilt of chickpea caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris is one of the highly destructive disease causes up to 90% yield losses depending on unfavorable environmental condition. In the present study, 40 chickpea genotypes were Forty genotypes of Desi and Kabuli procured from ICAR-IIPR, Kanpur, India and screened by artificial inoculation, at Department of Plant Pathology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, U.P. Study suggested that a considerable variation among the genotypes for disease reaction. Under pot culture, reaction of genotypes against the Fusarium wilt varied from resistant Based on result obtained in pot culture four genotypes DCP 92-3, IPC 14-28, IPC 13-70 and IPC 05-28 were showed resistant reaction with 0-10 per cent disease incidence of Fusarium whereas, whereas five genotypes viz., IPC 10-72, IPC 10-217, IPC 11-30, IPC 12-108 and IPC 11-12 were showed moderately resistant reaction with 11-20 per cent disease incidence under sick pot condition. Rest all the tested genotypes showed tolerant to highly susceptible with 21-100 disease incidence. This screening of genotypes will further help to utilize in the crop improvement programmer.