Studies on Seed Quality Parameters of Chickpea due to Ascochyta Blight Caused by Ascochyta rabiei in India

Ascochyta blight is one of the most important disease in NWPZ areas of our country where favourable climatic conditions prevail during cropping season. At all the locations selected for collection of sampless the Ascochyta blight of chickpea disease was observed in varying severity. The disease incidence was more in kabuli genotypes when compared with desi genotypes. Cultivation of two desi genotypes namely ICCV 07110 and WR 315 and one kabuli genotype namely L-550 should be avoided as minimum germination was found in them out of all genotypes evaluated. Similarly cultivation of two desi genotypes namely WR 315 and JG 11 should be avoided as maximum electrical conductivity was recorded in these two genotypes. Maximum electrical conductivity was recorded in kabuli genotype ILC 212 and L 550 and therefore farmers should avoid the cultivation. Based on the screening results two promising genotypes under desi chickpea genotypes namely ICCV-13645 and ICCV04523 and one promising genotype under kabuli chickpea namely ILC 3279 can be recommended to the farmers.