Vol. 12, Issue 10 (2023)

Author(s):
Mahesh Kumar, Mukesh Kumar Dhaked, Rishikesh Mandloi, Dig Vijay Dubey, Anil Kurchaniya and Ashok Kumar Varma

Abstract:
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is one of the major rabi pulse crop and is a cheap source of protein. It has also advantages in the management of soil fertility particularly in dry lands and the semiarid tropics. Despite of low productivity of chickpea is attributed to Fusarium wilt disease which caused by obligate bio-troph Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri is consider one of the major limiting factor. Experiment was conducted in-vitro efficacy of bio-agents and phytoextracts against fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceri. The experimental result revealed that mycelium diameter of fusarium fungus was recorded higher from the isolate (IFOCA-I). The maximum sporulation recorded at pH range of 6.0–6.5 while excessive growth at pH 6.0. The disease incidence range was 1.1–35.56 percent and peak disease incidence was observed during the study period. The disease incidence was significantly, whoever negatively correlated with maximum and minimum temperature and pH.