1Department of Plant Pathology, SRS Institute of Agriculture and Technology, Vedasandur-624 710, Tamil Nadu, India
2Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Gandhi Krishi Vignana Kendra, Bengaluru-560 065, Karnataka, India
3Department of Plant Pathology, Centre for Plant Protection Studies, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641 003, Tamil Nadu, India
4Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tiruchirappalli-620 009, Tamil Nadu, India
5Department of Plant Pathology, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Kudumiyanmalai-622 104, Tamil Nadu, India
6Department of Crop Physiology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641 003, Tamil Nadu, India
*Corresponding Author: P. Murali Sankar, Department of Plant Pathology, SRS Institute of Agriculture and Technology, Vedasandur-624 710, Tamil Nadu, India, Email: muralisankar58@gmail.com
Online Published on 03 June, 2025.
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is one of the most important legume crop in the world and mostly cultivated during the cool winter season (Nov-Feb) in India. In recent, chickpea production and yield drastically reduced in India due to abnormal monsoonal rainfall distribution and soil conditions has been changed due to several improper management of fields and especially soil borne disease like wilt. On regularly, Fusarium wilt incidence occurring early sown cultivars. The wilt incidence occurred during 18-35 days on ramification stage, so the plant loses their reproduction stage and yield also retarded. Several strategies were applied in management of wilt but the pathogen (F. oxysporum f. sp. ciceris) recovered their virulence ability and broke the host resistance. Continuously screened the selection of resistant lines, combined application of biocontrol treatments, plant defense activators and fungicides recorded the highest yield with least incidence of wilt.
Chickpea, Fusarium, Legumes, Plant defense activators, Wilt
