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Survey of Chickpea Wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri in Vidisha District of Madhya Pradesh

Author: Ashish Shrivastava* and K.C. Mahajan

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Abstract

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is one of the important rabi pulse crop grown in Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh is leading state in terms of area and production as it contributes around 34 and 41 percent share to the total area and production in the country. The crop is nearly infected by 172 pathogens. Amongst them Fusarium wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri is one of the major disease of chickpea causing losses to the tune of 100 percent in severe condition. Considering the losses caused by wilt disease of chickpea more than 20 percent in Vidisha district of (M.P.). The present study was undertaken to know the status of chickpea wilt in Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh. Survey was conducted and chickpea wilt disease incidence was recorded during, the rabi seasons 2018-19 and 2019-20, covering 180 chickpea fields from 60 locations in 10 tehsils under Vidisha district, distributed under Vindhya plateau zone of M.P. In the two cropping season the mean i

Keywords

Chickpea, Fusarium oxysporum, Survey, Wilt incidence, Vidisha, M.P.

Conclusion

The study revealed that in Vidisha district the mean incidence of chickpea wilt were found maximum in Gyaraspur tehsil (17.87%), followed by Tyonda (17.20 %), Nateran (17.05%), Shamshbad (16.00%), Sironj (15.20%), Kurwai (14.85%), Lateri (13.85%), Vidisha (13.45%), Gulabganj tehsils (12.90%) and Ganjbasoda (12.35 %) respectively. Present study showed that chickpea wilt is highly distributed in all the surveyed areas of Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh. Variety wise incidence were more on local cultivar (21.30 %) followed by JG 315 (16.35 %) and JG 74 (15.40 %). However, the minimum incidence of chickpea wilt were found on variety JG 12 (15.05%), JG 130 (12.22%) and JG 63 (10.12%).

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How to cite this article

Shrivastava, A. and Mahajan, K.C. (2021). Survey of Chickpea Wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri in Vidisha District of Madhya Pradesh. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 13(3a): 84-88.