Screening Chickpea for Resistance to Wilt. Y. L. Nene, Principal Plant Pathologist, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), ICRISAT Patancheru P.O., Andhra Pradesh 502 324, India. M. P. Haware, Plant Pathologist, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), ICRISAT Patancheru P.O., Andhra Pradesh 502 324, India. Plant Dis. 64:379-380. Copyright 1980 American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-64-379.

Extensive field screening and supplementary tests showed that 14 chickpea (Cicer arietinum) lines were resistant to the wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri. Of nine wild Cicer spp. tested, C. judaicum was resistant.