Vol. 11, Issue 6 (2022)

Author(s):
Mukesh Kumar Bankoliya, VK Yadav, UK Khare, Pawan K Amrate, Ashish Kumar and RC Sharma

Abstract:
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) which popularly known as ‘Gram’ is an important pulse crop of India. Madhya Pradesh is major hub of chickpea cultivation of country. Three important diseases i.e. collar rot, wilt and dry root rot affect chickpea cultivation every year with varying level of incidence in different parts of M.P. In present investigation, a roving survey was conducted at different fields to reveal status of dry root rot of chickpea in M.P. It was conducted in month of February for consecutive two cropping season (2020 and 2021). Over two seasons, the maximum mean incidence was recorded in Nainpur of Mandla (14.19%) followed by Panagar of Jabalpur (12.57%) and Jatara of Tikamgarh (12.49%). Whereas the least incidence was noticed in Narsinghpur Tehsil of Narsinghpur (2.63%) Overall district wise average incidence was ranged between 5.93 (Narsinghpur) to 10.67% (Tikamgarh).Variety wise, RVG202 (12.4%) was most affected with dry root rot, whereas JG 64 was recorded lowest (2.5%) incidence. The information on distribution of dry root rot and varietal incidence could be useful in deriving appropriate management strategies for disease in M.P.