Vol. 12, Issue 3 (2023)

Author(s):
Mergewar AR, Mulekar VG, Sunita J Magar and Waghmare SV

Abstract:
Chickpea (Cicer arientum L.) is the most important pulse crop cultivated in India and affected by many fungal and viral diseases and among all the diseases, wilt caused by Fusarium Oxysporum f. sp. Ciceri is one of the most common fungal pathogen which causes ultimate yield loss in chickpea crop. Results revealed that under polybag culture, the various soil types significantly influenced seed germination, plant mortality, shoot length, root length and seedling vigour index. The plant mortality recorded with various soil types were ranged from 29.62 to 59.52 per cent. However, silt soil type resulted with significantly least plant mortality (29.62%), followed by clay loam (36.53%), clay (41.66%), sandy clay (45.09%), sandy loam (48.83%), sandy clay loam (53.33%), red sandy (56.41%) and sandy (59.52%).