Department of Plant Pathology, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, (U. P.)
** Present address: Pulse Pathology, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). ICRISAT Patancheru P. O., 502 324, Andhra Pradesh India.
*Part of the Ph.D. thesis submitted by the senior author to the G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, 1974.
In a crop rotation experiment, paddy and sorghum sown in the kharif reduced the lentil wilt in the succeeding rabi. In the same treatments higher grain yields were also recorded. Comparatively low incidence of wilt was recorded in December 15 planting than the earlier plantings.
