%0 Journal Article %A Reddy, M V %A Gridley, H E %A Kaack, H J %D 1980 %F icrisat:284 %J International Chickpea Newsletter %P 13-14 %T Major disease problems of chickpea in North Africa %U http://oar.icrisat.org/284/ %V 3 %X The most serious diseases of Cicer arietinum in Algeria, Tunis and Morocco are blight (Ascochyta rabiei) and stunt (pea leaf roll virus); the latter due to the presence of many other host crops and its aphid vectors.