Chickpea wilt caused by F. oxysporum f. sp. ciceri is one of the most important seed and soil-borne disease in India. The study on association of the pathogen with chickpea seeds showed that the viable mycelium fragments, micro and macro-conidia of the pathogen were present on the seed surface of all susceptible and two resistant varieties/ germplasms in seed washing test. The pathogen was recovered from the untreated and sodium hypochlorite treated seeds of all susceptible varieties/ germplasms in the range of – and – per cent, respectively in standard blotter method and – and – per cent, respectively in agar plate method, whereas the seeds of resistant varieties RSG-895 and Phule G-5 also carried the pathogen in untreated and sodium hypochlorite treated seeds. | Studies on the association of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri with seeds of chickpea 2018 7 8 894-903 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 7 Number 08 2018 Journal homepage http Original Research Article https Studies on the Association of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri with Seeds of Chickpea . Gangwar1 Deepak Jain2 . Singh1 and . Rathore1 1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra Chomu Jaipur Rajasthan -303 702 India 2 Krishi Vigyan Kendra Udaipur Rajasthan -313 011 India Corresponding author ABSTRACT Chickpea wilt caused by F. oxysporum f. sp. ciceri is one of the most important seed and soil-borne disease in India. The study on association of the pathogen with chickpea seeds showed that the viable mycelium fragments micro and macro-conidia of the pathogen Keywords were present on the seed surface of all susceptible and two resistant varieties germplasms Chickpea wilt in seed washing test. The pathogen was recovered from the untreated and sodium Fusarium hypochlorite treated seeds of all susceptible varieties germplasms in the range of oxysporum f. sp. and per cent respectively in standard blotter method and and ciceri Seed borne per cent respectively in agar plate method whereas the seeds of resistant Seed transmission. varieties RSG-895 and Phule G-5 also carried the pathogen in untreated and sodium hypochlorite treated seeds. The recovery of pathogen was ranged from per cent Article Info from the seed coat per cent from cotyledons and per cent from embryonal Accepted axis of the susceptible varieties germplasms. Whereas resistant variety RSG-895 carried 08 July 2018 the pathogen to an extent of per cent from seed coat only. The pre-emergence infection Available Online of the pathogen was recorded by per cent in different susceptible varieties 10 August
