1Department of Vegetable Science, Acharya Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and TechnologyKumarganj, Ayodhya-224 229, Uttar Pradesh, India
2Department of Plant Pathology, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur-208 002, Uttar Pradesh, India
3ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulse Research, Kanpur-208 024, Uttar Pradesh, India
4Department of Plant Pathology, School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara-144 411, Punjab, India
5Department of Plant Pathology, Acharya Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and TechnologyKumarganjAyodhya-224 229, Uttar Pradesh, India
*Corresponding Author: Manoj Kumar Maurya, Department of Vegetable Science, Acharya Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and TechnologyKumarganj, Ayodhya-224 229, Uttar Pradesh, India, Email: drmanoj.pathovs@nduat.org
Online published on 20 February, 2026.
Chickpea is an important legume crop, which is susceptible to various biotic stresses. Wilt disease severely affect chickpea crop and cause substantial yield reduction. Trichoderma species is a prominent bio-control agent, which is applied against soil borne pathogens. Trichoderma spp. is available in the market in different formulations. The present study investigated the efficacy of a novel Trichoderma viride based seed biopriming method against wilt causing pathogen (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri) in chickpea crop.
The experiment was conducted in-vitro and in-vivo for two years to assess the effect of different doses of T. viride based bioformulation on chickpea seed quality parameters, plant survival against wilt pathogen and chickpea seed yield.
Significantly chickpea plants survived (68.71%) against the impact of wilt pathogen when seeds were bioprimed with T. viride bio-formulation @ 5 g/kg seeds. In contrast, only 51.78% chickpea plants survived from untreated seeds. Comparatively high chickpea yield (7.23 q/ha) was produced from bioprimed seeds than untreated seeds (4.65 q/ha). Bio-formation of T. viride (@ 5 g/kg seeds-based seed biopriming is an eco-friendly method to overcome notorious wilt pathogen that lessen the disease incidence and improves the seed quality traits and maximizes the seed yield.
Bio-formulation, Biopriming, Chickpea, Trichoderma viride, Wilt
