Screening of Chick pea germplasms, date of sowing and integrated management of collar rot caused by Sclerotium rolfsii’

Fifty germplasms of chick pea were screened against collar rot caused by Sclerotium rolfsii found KG-1226, KG-8, B-321, and B-311, were moderately resistant. Seed treatment with Trichoderma viride and in combination with quintozene, mancozeb, thiram and captan, reduced seedling infection and ultimately recorded better seed germination. The disease incidence was low (16%) sown on 1^st October and enhanced with the passage of time.