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Chickpea Disease — Chickpea 7

Symptom Crop plants of all the age group are affected. With the onset of the disease white powdery mass appear on the leaves. Small patches of white powder coating initially develop on both surfaces of older leaves. Affected leaves turn purple and then die. Wh

Fusarium wilt: Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.ciceri

Symptom Symptom The disease can affect the crop at any stage. The field symptoms of wilt are dead seedlings or adult plants, usually in patches. At seedling stage, 3-5 weeks after sowing, whole seedlings collapse and lie flat on the ground with dull green leav

Dry root rot: Rhizoctonia bataticola/Macrophomina phaseolina

Symptom The disease appears from flowering to podding stage as scattered dried plants. The leaves and stem are become straw colored. Affected plants wither and spread across the entire field. The roots of infected plants become brittle and dry. Management Deep

Collar rot: Sclerotium rolfsii

Symptom It comes in the early stages i.e up to six weeks from sowing. Drying plants whose foliage turns slightly yellow before death, scattered in the field is an indication of the disease. Seedling become chlorotic. The joint of stem & root turns soft slightl

Botrytis gray mold: Botrytis cineria

Symptom Lack of pod setting is the first indication. Under favourable conditions, foliage shows symptoms and plants often die in patches. Shedding of flowers and leaves, covered with spore mass can be seen. Lesions on stem are 10-30 mm long and girdle the stem

Ascochyta blight: Ascochyta rabiei

Symptom All plant parts are affected. Symptoms appear on leaves as water soaked lesions. Symptoms include smaller circular brown spots on leaves. Under favorable conditions, these spots enlarge rapidly and coalesce, blighting the leaves and buds. In case of se

Alternaria blight: Alternaria alternata

Symptom The disease occurs during the flowering stage of the crop. Leaves are infected most. Shedding of lower leaves generally occurs in the infected plant. The lesions are seen on leaflets as water soaked, small, circular and purple in colour. Infected pods