Screening of chickpea germplasm for resistance against wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri

Abstract

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is one of the important pulse crop widely grown in Maharashtra as rainfed and irrigated crop during rabi season. Among various biotic constraints wilt is one of the major yield limiting factors to chickpea. Development of new sources of resistant cultivar/germplsm/genotype is one of the most economical and feasible option to overcome the problems of wilt. Therefore, the present experiment was conducted in rabi 2018-19 and 2019-20 to screen different germplasm lines against wilt. Total 52 germplasm lines were screened along with susceptible check JG 62 and resistant check JG 315 against wilt in sick plot at Agricultural Research Station, Badnapur during 2018-19. Out of 52 germplasm lines none of entry shown disease free reaction, whereas, 25 entries were found resistant and 8 entries were found susceptible.