Phoma Blight—A New Disease of Chickpea. M. P. Haware, Plant Pathologist, Pulse Improvement Program, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru 502 324, Andhra Pradesh, India. Y. L. Nene, Leader, Pulse Improvement Program, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru 502 324, Andhra Pradesh, India. Plant Dis. 65:282. Copyright 1981 American Phytopathological Society, 1981. DOI: 10.1094/PD-65-282.

A blight was observed in the off-season chickpea nursery in Kashmir. Pathogenicity tests and reisolations from inoculated plants confirmed that Phoma medicaginis was the incitant.