Plant Disease · 1992 · 69 citations · 0 references
AgriculturePlant PathologyPlant SciencesMycologyPlant Disease ManagementPlant-microbe InteractionsBacterial Plant PathogensDisease DynamicsPlant Disease ResistancePlant-pathogen InteractionsPlant-pathogenic FungiRoot-microbe InteractionsFungal Root PathogensFusarium Root RotFusarium WiltPathogen Inoculum DynamicsPythium Root RotRoot Rot DiseasesRoot Rot IncidenceRoot Rot Symptoms
A large-seeded kabuli chickpea (cv. Burpee 5043) and a small-seeded desi chickpea (cv. JG-62) were grown at different temperatures (10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 C) with a range of inoculum densities of four root pathogens. Root rot or wilt increased with increased inoculum levels of Fusarium solani f. sp. pisi, F. oxysporum f. sp. ciceris, Pythium ultimum and Thielaviopsis basicola. F. o. ciceris was equally pathogenic to both cultivars, and wilt severity did not increase with increased inoculum levels of 10 o or 10 5 microconidia and macroconidia per milliliter (...)