Abstract:The field experiment was carried out during Rabi 2013-14 at the Horticultural Research Farm, IGKV Raipur (C.G) to evaluate fifteen Pea entries/varieties for yield potential against Powdery mildew. The maximum powdery mildew severity was observed in pea variety Pant Vegetable Pea (78.57) followed by Azad-P-3 (70.21), ARKEL (68.44%),VP-233(C) (23.54%), 2012/PMPM-2 (21.14%), 2012/PMPM-4 (20.14%), ARKA-AZIT (9.04%), 2012/PMPM-5 (8.87%), 2011/PMPM-4 (8.47%), 2011/PMPM-3 (8.12%), 2012/PMPM-3 (7.65%), IP-3 (7.25%), 2011/PMPM-2 (5.11%) and 2011/PMPM-5 (4.12%) minimum powdery mildew severity was observed in entry 2011/PMPM-1 (2.47%).
Seven entries and two varieties were found resistant (R), two entries and one variety was found moderately resistant (MR), two varieties was found susceptible (S), and one variety was found highly susceptible (HS), whereas location severity index (LSI) was 1.87.