Identification of sources of multiple disease resistance in mini-core collection of chickpea

Pande, S and Kishore, G K and Upadhyaya, H D and Rao, J N (2006) Identification of sources of multiple disease resistance in mini-core collection of chickpea. Plant Disease, 90 (9). pp. 1214-1218.

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Abstract

Host plant resistance is the major component in the management of fungal diseases in chickpea (Cicer arietinum). We screened a chickpea mini-core collection composed of 211 germ plasm accessions representing the diversity of the global chickpea germ plasm collection of 16 991, maintained at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics to identify sources of multiple disease resistance. The accessions were screened for resistance against Ascochyta blight (Ascochyta rabiei), Botrytis gray mold (Botrytis cinerea), Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris), and dry root rot (Rhizoctonia bataticola) under a controlled environment. High levels of resistance were observed to Fusarium wilt (FW), where 21 accessions were asymptomatic and 25 resistant. In all, 3, 55, and 6 accessions were moderately resistant to Ascochyta blight (AB), Botrytis gray mold (BGM), and dry root rot (DRR) respectively. ICC 11284 was the only accession moderately resistant to both AB and BGM. Combined resistance also was identified for DRR and FW in 4 accessions, and for BGM and FW in 11 accessions. Through this study, chickpea germ plasm accessions were identified that possess high levels of resistance to more than one fungal disease and would be useful in chickpea multiple disease resistance breeding programs.

Item Type:	Article
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Subjects:	Mandate crops > Chickpea
Depositing User:	Library ICRISAT
Date Deposited:	04 Sep 2011 13:15
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2011 13:15
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/937
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PD-90-1214
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