%A S K Singh
%A Y L Nene
%A M V Reddy
%V 23
%L icrisat2187
%J International Chickpea Newsletter
%P 24-25
%D 1990
%T Some Histopathological Observations of Chickpea Roots Infected by Rhizoctonia bataticola
%X Roots inoculated with R. bataticola [Macrophomina phaseolina] showed disintegration of cortical tissues while mycelium and sclerotial bodies plugging the xylem were seen in longitudinal sections. The sudden collapse of infected plants at the pod-filling stage may be due to this plugging of the xylem vessels.