Vol. 12, Issue 6 (2023)

Author(s):
Jaish Raj Yadav, Ramesh Singh, Shivam Singh and Manish Kumar Maurya

Abstract:
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is one of the important pulse crops, in India. Among fungal diseases, wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri Butler has been observed to be predominant and most destructive in major chickpea growing areas. Use of resistant varieties is the only ecofriendly and economically feasible approach for management of this disease. Therefore, present study was undertaken to search the resistant genotypes against wilt disease under glass house conditions during Rabi 2018-19. Out of 40 genotypes, 4 genotypes were found highly resistant namely Vishal, BCP-49, BCP-10 and BCP-60, 14 genotypes were found resistant namely Avarodhi, KWR-108, K-850, Pusa-362, Vijay, Digvijay, Krupa, AKG-70, PG-8108, BCP-92, BCP-51, BCP-24, BCP-52 and BCP-124, 10 moderately resistant namely Pant G-186, KGW-292, Uday (KP-75), KPG-59, PUSA-256, IPCK-2004-29, BDNG-9-3, BDNG-801, BCPK-3 and AKG-2009, 3 moderately susceptible namely KGW-385, KGW-374 and Virat, 3 susceptible Pusa-372, Radhey and C-104 and 6 highly susceptible Chaffa, CPS 1, JG-74, JG-62, BDNGK-807 and AKG-1207.These highly resistant genotypes may be utilized as donor for breeding varieties resistant to wilt disease.