Comparative Studies of Fusarium Wilt in Chickpea on Effect of Bio-agents and Essential Oils in Aspects of Cost Benefit Ratio (original) (raw)

2021, International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is a bushy annual plant of the pea family, with short, hairy pods containing usually two seeds. Chickpea is the world’s third most important pulse crop, after dry beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and dry peas (Pisum sativum L.) (Vishwadhar and Gurha, 1998). Chickpea is valued for its nutritive seeds with high protein content (25.3-28.9%) after dehulling (Hulse, 1991). India, accounts for 75% of world’s chickpea production on 13.98 million ha area with production 137.3 lakh tonnes and productivity 982 kg/ha (Haware, et al., 2016). Fusarium wilt is a serious disease of chickpea in India, Iran, Pakistan, Nepal, Burma, Spain, Tunisia and Mexico. It causes complete loss in grain yield if the disease occurs in the vegetative and reproductive stages of the crop (Haware and Nene, 1980; Haware et al., 1990; Halila and strange, 1996; Navas et al., 2000).This fungus, Fusarium oxysporiumf. sp. cicerisis primarily a soil borne pathogen; however, few reports indicated t...