Occurrence and distribution of chickpea wilt in central part of India

Abstract

A survey was conducted in 2014-2015 Rabi season to obtain information on the distribution and incidence of chickpea wilt in respect of soil type and irrigation condition. Local cultivars predominant in most farmer's field. Wilt disease was found at all the sites and incidence ranged from 1.69 to 18.67% irrespective of cultivar type and locations. The result indicated that wilt is recently highly distributed in all visited chickpea growing areas of the central part of India. The wilt incidence was more in rainfed condition (11.37%) as compared to irrigated condition (7.56%). On the basis of the survey, deep black soil was found most suitable for wilt development,