Screening Pigeonpea for Resistance to Fusarium Wilt. Y. L. Nene, Principal Plant Pathologist and Leader, Pulse Improvement Program, ICRISAT P.O., Patancheru 502 324, Andhra Pradesh, India. J. Kannaiyan, Plant Pathologist, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, ICRISAT P.O., Patancheru 502 324, Andhra Pradesh, India. Plant Dis. 66:306-307. Accepted for publication 20 June 1981. Copyright 1982 American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-66-306.

Field screening of more than 11,000 entries of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) showed 33 lines to be resistant to Fusarium udum, the cause of pigeonpea wilt. However, only one line—ICP-8863—was found to be resistant in both greenhouse and laboratory screening tests.

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