1Agriculture Research Station, Sriganganagar, Swami Keshwa Nand Rajasthan Agricultral University, Rajasthan
2Shri Karan Narendra Agricultral University, Jobner, Jaipur, Rajasthan
3Dept of Plant Pathology, Parmanand Degree College, affiliated to Swami Keshwa Nand Rajasthan Agricultral University, Gajsinghpur-335024, Rajasthan
*Email: ramswaroopkoli@gmail.com
**drnarendrakumarjatav@gmail.com
Online published on 12 January, 2015.
Pea (Pisum sativum L.) is an important multipurpose rabi crop. Root rot caused by Fusarium solani f.sp. pisi, was found to be an important problem of this crop on farmer's field atJobner and nearby areas. Fungus (Fusarium solani f.sp. pisi) was isolated from diseased roots of naturally infected pea plants. The fungus isolated was found to be highly pathogenic causing root rotting of seedlings and later growth stages of the pea plant. Infection in begining was typically inthe form of yellowing of lower leaves. Roots of diseased plants showed brownish to blackish lesions. Internal brown discolouration of root tissues was also observed. Root rot disease incidence was observed from (18.22% to 32.43%) in the Jobner and nearby areas surveyed. It caused significant losses to the crop in terms of number of pods per plant from (29.20% to 36.19%) and in terms of pods weight from (22.0% to 31.25%).
