%O Authors thank the International Crops Research
Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) for developing the project
and the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India for financial
support.
%K Phytophthora blight, Cajanus cajan, Node inoculation, Resistant, Techniques, Pigeonpea
%A R Chand
%A C K Singh
%A V Singh
%A J Singh
%A M Sharma
%I Springer Nature
%L icrisat10190
%J Journal of General Plant Pathology
%P 1-4
%R 10.1007/s10327-017-0733-8
%D 2017
%X The petiole on pigeonpea was removed for easy,
precise inoculation of node with Phytophthora drechsleri
f. sp. cajani. After node inoculation, 96.0% plants were
infected compared with 89.0% after stem-cut inoculation.
Among various nodes inoculated on 30-day-old plants, the
5th node had the greatest relative susceptibility (90.0%), followed
by the 3rd node (78.0%). This technique was validated
on different cultivars (ICP 7119, Bahar, MA 6 and MAL
13), and 586 lines were successfully screened in the field,
confirming the rapidity and effectiveness of the technique
for resistance screening.
%T Node inoculation: A quick and easy technique to screen pigeonpea for resistance to Phytophthora blight