Department of Plant Pathology, CSK HPKVV, Palampur 176 062, Himachal Pradesh, India; E-mail: rpkaushal@gmail.com.
Three pathogens were isolated from infected samples of chickpea obtained from local fields. Rhizoctonia solani, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri and Fusarium solani were found associated with root rot/wilt complex. F. solani was the predominant pathogen which was found to perpetuate through seed, soil and plant debris.
Black root rot, Chickpea, Cicer arietinum, Etiology, Perpetuation
