Wilt disease in chickpea/bengalgram

Wilt disease: Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.ciceri

Kannada name: Sorgu roga or baadu roga

Damaging systems

• Leaves turned to yellow, drying and ultimately shedding of leaves.
• Roots look like healthy.
• If we cut stem cross sectionaly the water movement portion gets turned to black. 5-30 % loss

Management:

• Treat the seeds with  Capton or Thiram or Mecozeb @ 2 gram/kg or 4 gram Trichoderma
• Diseases plant should Uproot and burn the plant from the start of ploughing to harvesting  time