Host plant resistance of different chickpea genotypes againstAscochyta rabiei(Pass.) Lab. under tunnel conditions

Chickpea Advanced Lines Screening for Sources of Resistance Against Two Major Diseases of Chickpea “Wilt and Blight”

“…It's already difficult to grow chickpeas in poor soils because of the prevalence of diseases such Ascochyta rabiei blight and wilt produced by Fusarium oxysporum, but the situation is made even more difficult because of the presence of these illnesses (Sarwar et al, 2012). A major worldwide foliar disease of chickpea known as ascochyta blight results in up to a 100% reduction in grain output (Pande et al, 2005;Atta et al, 2006) and is one of the major chickpea yields limiting factor in Pakistan and responsible for its yield gap (Shahbaz et al, 2014). Both Ascochyta blight and Fusarium wilt can wipe out an entire crop (Shivalinga et al, 2018) or cause noteworthy annual yield losses (Gan et al, 2006).…”