Vol. 10, Special Issue 1, Part K (2026)

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) is one of the most important pulse crops and belongs to the family Leguminaceae. Though the area under this crop is more in Maharashtra, the average yield per hectare is low because of several biotic and abiotic factors. Among, them the wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceri is most destructive, both seed and soil borne disease which threatens successful cultivation of chickpea and causes severe losses in chickpea growing areas. The experiment was carried out during 2012-2013 at Department of Plant Pathology, Dr. P.D.K.V. Akola. The fungicides viz. Carbendazim, Benomyl and Fosetyl AL screening gave the highest per cent growth inhibition 100%, 100%, 93.7% of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceri respectively. Trichoderma viride showed maximum per cent growth inhibition of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceri, by Dual culture method 77.37%. Among the herbicides Pendimethalin was found effective in Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceri. In fusarium the highest germination per cent observed in the treatment of T8 Carbendazim at 30 days after sowing. The per cent wilt incidence is less in T8 Carbendazim 1gm per kg seed and more in T6 (Fosetyl Al 0.1g per kg seed + Bacillus subtilis 10g per kg seed). In control the per cent fusarial wilt incidence was 88.8%. The growth parameters like plant dry weight, root dry weight, shoot dry weight, shoot and root length were observed and was found maximum in treatment T11 Carbendazim 1g per kg seed + Trichoderma viride 4g per kg seed + Bacillus subtilis 10g per kg seed.