%0 Journal Article
%A Singh, S K
%A Nene, Y L
%A Reddy, M V
%D 1990
%F icrisat:2188
%J International Chickpea Newsletter
%P 25-26
%T Effect of Age on Susceptibility of Chickpea to Rhizoctonia bataticola
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/2188/
%V 23
%X Susceptibility to R. bataticola [Macrophomina phaseolina] increased with age at inoculation. From 30 d onwards all 5 cultivars showed equal susceptibility, though they had been selected for differences in susceptibility when inoculated at 5 d. Screening for resistance to this disease should therefore be carried out with plants that are at least 30 d old.