Integrated Disease Management of Chickpea Fusarium Wilt
Sanjeev Kumar
Department of Plant Pathology, T.C.A., Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Dholi, Pusa, India.
Sangita Sahni *
Department of Plant Pathology, T.C.A., Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Dholi, Pusa, India.
Bishun Deo Prasad
Department of Molecular Biology & Genetic Engineering, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar-813210, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) is one of the world’s major legume crops and suffers substantial damage from wilt disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri( Padwick) with yield loss over 60 per cent. It is an important soil borne plant pathogen and is difficult to manage by application of chemical pesticides. Moreover, the chemical control is costly and leads to residual effect. A plethora of reports indictes the efforts made to reduce environmental effects and rationalize the use of pesticides and manage the pathogen more effectively through Integration of Disease Management (IDM). Application of soil amendments and specific bio-control agents also incorporated in IDM which has potential to suppress soil-borne pathogens through manipulation of the physicochemical and microbiological environment. Therefore, IDM approach for controlling chickpea Fusarium wilt might be a cost effective and eco-friendly approach.
Keywords: Chickpea (Cicer arietinum), Fusarium wilt, integration of disease management (IDM).