Ascochyta blight (AB), caused by Ascochyta rabiei is a major disease of chickpea (Cicer
arietinum L.), especially in areas where cool, cloudy, and humid weather persists during the …

Chickpea is a cool season grain legume of exceptionally high nutritive value and most
versatile food use. It is mostly grown under rain fed conditions in arid and semi-arid areas …

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is the second largest pulse crop grown worldwide and
ascochyta blight caused by Ascochyta rabiei (Pass.) Labr. is the most devastating disease of …

Ascochyta blight, caused by Ascochyta rabiei (Pass.) Lab., is a devastating disease of
chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) worldwide. Resistant germplasm has been identified and the …

Chickpea is an important grain legume of the semi arid tropics and warm temperate zones,
and forms one of the major components of human diet. However, a narrow genetic base of …

Ascochyta blight is an economically important disease of chickpea caused by the fungus
Ascochyta rabiei. The fungus shows considerable variation for pathogenicity in nature …

Ascochyta blight in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is a devastating fungal disease caused by
the necrotrophic pathogen, Ascochyta rabiei (Pass.) Lab. To elucidate the genetic …

Ascochyta blight (caused by Ascochyta rabiei [Pass] Labr.) is a devastating and widespread
disease of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Studies of the genetics of resistance to blight have …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews the past work on disease resistance breeding in
chickpea and discusses the strategies to tackle unsolved disease problems. Methods for …

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is the third most economically important food legume in the
world. Its yield potential is often limited by various biotic stresses, including fungal and viral …