Agricultural crops :: Pulses :: Chickpea
Fusarium wilt: Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.ciceri
Symptom
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The disease can affect the crop at any stage.
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The field symptoms of wilt are dead seedlings or adult plants, usually in patches.
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At seedling stage, 3-5 weeks after sowing, whole seedlings collapse and lie flat on the ground with dull green leaves and shrunken stem.
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Dark drown or dark discoloration of the internal stem tissues is visible.
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At adult stage, drooping of petioles, rachis and leaflets and finally entire plant occurs.
Management
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Deep summer ploughing
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Follow crop rotation measures continuously.
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Always use disease free seeds.
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Avoid sowing when temperatures are high.
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Follow 6-year crop rotations with sorghum
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Apply FYM 10-15 cart load/ha.
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Seed treatment with T. viride @4g/kg or P. fluorescens @ 10g/ kg of seed or Carbendazim or Thiram 2g/kg of seed.
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Spot drenching with Carbendazim 1g/lit or P. fluorescens / T. viride 2.5 kg/ha with 50 kg FYM.
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Seed treatment with Carbendazim at the rate of 1g/kg of seed /
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Seed treatment with Thiram + Carbandizm @ 1g+2g per kg of seed
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