Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is one of the most important food legumes and India accounts for approximately 75% of world’s chickpea production. Despite the high total production, yields of chickpea are low due to many biotic and abiotic constraints. Among the biotic constraints more than 50 diseases have so far been reported on chickpea. | Distribution and severity of dry root rot of chickpea caused by Rhizoctonia bataticola in parts of North Karnataka, India