ABSTRACT
Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) is one of the most important legume crops of India. It is know as red gram, arhar, and tur in the country. It occupies 4.9 m ha area with 3.1 mt production which accounts for a productivity of 1145 kg/ha; ranking ninth in the world. Blight causes rapid wilting of plants, desiccation, and upward rolling of leaflets followed by withering of petioles and small stems. Infected plants have brown water soaked circular or irregular lesions on leaves which become necrotic afterward. Affected plants also show brown to dark brown slightly sunken marked lesions on their stems near soil surface and on above ground part of stem. Management of one single disease in isolation would prove counterproductive; hence, it calls for the management of all diseases in integrated manner. An integrated disease management to combat the disease is the right approach.
