ABSTRACT
Chickpea is the second most important pulse crop after beans, which is widely cultivated in India. It fixes atmospheric nitrogen and belongs to family leguminaceae. This crop is cultivated under rainfed conditions in Asian, African, American countries, etc. Though, significant yield losses have been estimated in chickpea caused by several diseases like wilt, ascochyta blight, dry root rot, collar rot, botrytis grey mold, wet root rot and chickpea stunt, but few of them cause severe losses in chickpea growing areas while others remain as minor in occurrence. The patches of plants exhibiting wilting symptoms clearly visible in the field with the advancement of disease, which cover the entire, field subsequently. For the effective management of the ascochyta blight, integrated strategy, i.e., field sanitation, cultural, monitoring of crop, use of resistant varieties, application of chemical fungicides and biological approaches is successful. Growers must use disease free healthy seeds and avoid sowing of the crop during condition of high temperatures.
