Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani-431 402, (M.S.) India
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Online published on 7 January, 2015.
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is one of the most important Rabi pulse crop in India. Of the fungal diseases, Fusarium wilt is causing a serious losses upto 30% in chickpea production. In the present study various isolates of Trichoderma were obtained from rhizospere soil of chickpea from Marathwada region. Results revealed that T. viride Parbhani isolate showed highest mycelial inhibition (66.35%), followed by T. harzianum Beed isolate (63.75%), T. koningii Aurangabad isolate (60.22%).
Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceri, Trichodrema spp., mycelial growth, inhibition
