Diseases of Chickpea
(Cicer arietinum L.)

Y. L. Nene and V. K. Sheila, primary collators (last updated 6/25/96)

Acrophialophora wilt

Acrophialophora fusispora (Saksena) M.B. Ellis

Alternaria blight

Alternaria alternata (Fr.:Fr.) Keissl.

Alternaria tenuissima (Kunze:Fr.) Wiltshire

Aphanomyces root rot

Aphanomyces euteiches Drechs.

Ascochyta blight

Ascochyta rabiei (Passerini) Labrousse

(races 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6)

(teleomorph: Mycosphaerella rabiei Kovachevski

= Didymella rabiei (Kovachevski) v. Arx)

Bacterial blight

Xanthomonas campestris pv. cassiae (Kulkarni, Patel & Dhande) Dye

Bacterial leaf spot

Pseudomonas andropogonis (Smith) Stapp

Black root rot

Fusarium solani (Mart.) Sacc.

Black streak root rot

Thielaviopsis basicola (Berk. & Broome) Ferraris

Botrytis gray mold

Botrytis cinerea Pers.:Fr.

Broomrape

Orobanche crenata Forsk.

Bushy stunt

Chickpea bushy stunt virus

Chlorosis

Iron deficiency

Collar rot

Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc.

(teleomorph: Athelia rolfsii (Curzi) Tu & Kimbrough

= Corticium rolfsii Curzi)

Colletotrichum blight

Colletotrichum capsici (Syd.) E.J. Butler & Bisby

Colletotrichum dematium (Pers.) Grove

Cylindrocladium root rot

Cylindrocladium clavatum C.S. Hodges & L.C. May

Damping-off

Pythium debaryanum Hesse

Pythium irregulare Buisman

Pythium ultimum Trow

Distortion mosaic

Chickpea distortion mosaic virus

Dodder

Cuscuta hyalina Roth.

Downy mildew

Peronospora sp.

Dry root rot

Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goidanich

(= Rhizoctonia bataticola (Taubenhaus) E.J. Butler)

Filiform

Chickpea filiform virus

Foot rot

Phacidiopycnis padwickii (Kheswalla) B. Sutton

(= Operculella padwickii Kheswalla)

Fusarium root rot

Fusarium acuminatum Ellis & Everh.

Fusarium arthrosporioides Sherb.

Fusarium avenaceum (Corda:Fr.) Sacc.

Fusarium equiseti (Corda) Sacc.

Fusarium solani (Mart.) Sacc. f. sp. Eumartii (C. Carpenter)
    W.C. Snyder & H.N. Hans.

(= Fusarium eumartii Carpenter)

Fusarium wilt

Fusarium oxysporum Schlechtend.: Fr. f. sp. ciceris (Padwick) Matuo & K. Sato

(races 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6)

Mosaic

Alfalfa mosaic virus

Myrothecium leaf spot

Myrothecium roridum Tode:Fr.

Mystrosporium leaf spot

Mystrosporium sp.

Narrow leaf

Bean yellow mosaic virus

Necrosis

Lettuce necrotic yellows virus

Pea streak virus

Nematodes (parasitic):

Dirty root (reniform nematode)

Rotylenchulus reniformis Linford & Oliveira

Pearly root (cyst nematode)

Heterodera ciceri Vovlos, Greco & Di Vito

Heterodera rosii Duggan & Brennan

Root-knot (root-knot nematode)

Meloidogyne arenaria (Neal) Chitwood

Meloidogyne artiellia Franklin

Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid & White) Chitwood

Meloidogyne javanica (Treub) Chitwood

Root lesion (root lesion nematode)

Pratylenchus brachyurus (Godfrey) Goodey

Pratylenchus thornei Sher & Allen

Neocosmospora root rot

Neocosmospora vasinfecta E.F. Smith

Ozonium collar rot

Ozonium texanum D.C. Neal & R.E. Webster var. parasiticum Thirumalachar

Phoma blight

Phoma medicaginis Malbr. & Roum.

Phyllody

Mycoplasma-like organism

Phytophthora root rot

Phytophthora citrophthora (R.E. Sm. & E.H. Sm.) Leonian

Phytophthora cryptogea Pethybr. & Lafferty

Phytophthora drechsleri Tucker

Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler

Pleospora leaf spot

Pleospora herbarum (Pers.:Fr.) Rabenh.

(anamorph: Stemphylium herbarum Simmons)

Powdery mildew

Leveillula taurica (Lév.) Arnaud

(anamorph: Oidiopsis taurica (Lév.) Salmon)

Erysiphe sp.

Proliferation

Cucumber mosaic virus

Rust

Uromyces ciceris-arietini Jacz. in Boyer & Jacz.

Uromyces striatus J. Schröt

Sclerotinia stem rot

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary

Sclerotinia trifoliorum Eriksson

Scopulariopsis leaf spot

Scopulariopsis brevicaulis (Sacc.) Bainer

Seedling or seed rot

Aspergillus flavus Link:Fr.

Trichothecium roseum (Pers.:Fr.) Link

Stemphylium blight

Stemphylium sarciniforme (Cavara) Wiltshire

Stunt

Bean (pea) leaf roll virus

Trichoderma foot rot

Trichoderma harzianum Rifai

Verticillium wilt

Verticillium albo-atrum Reinke & Berthier

Verticillium dahliae Kleb.

Wet root rot

Rhizoctonia solani Kühn

Yellowing

Pea enation mosaic virus