Studies on dry root rot of chickpea and the host Rhizoctonia Bataticola in Marathwada region

The average incidence of chickpea dry root rot disease caused by Rhizoctonia bataticola in Marathwada was 16.12%. Maximum disease incidence was observed in Latur (23.00%), followed by Jalna (21.68%), Parbhani (17.79%), Beed (15.64%) and Nanded (14.90%), while minimum incidence was recorded in Aurangabad (10.20%) district. Furthermore maximum disease incidence (18.76%) was reported on cultivar Digvijay, while lowest (14.70%) on cultivar Vijay. When the pathogen was cultivated on Potato dextrose agar and hosts extract agar media, the resulting colony diameter was 9.00 cm, followed by that on Souround's agar (8.8cm) and Richard's agar (8.4cm) media. Potato dextrose agar and host extract agar recorded abundant sporulation.