ABSTRACT
Garden pea is an important pulse crop belonging to family Fabaceae and sub-family Papilionaceae. It is an important Rabi, herbaceous, frost-hardy annual crop. The Mediterranean region, eastern, and Central Asia and Ethiopia have been indicated as the center of origin. Garden pea may be grown in varied climatic and weather conditions. It requires cold and dry climate and the longer cold spell helps enhancing yield. Garden peas can be grown on all types of soils but it prefers well-drained sandy loam soil. The soils should rich an organic matter as it enhances better growth by supplying nutrient sat as lower rate. Powdery mildew is one of the most important worldwide distributed airs borne disease of garden pea. Its prevalence has been reported from Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Russia, Spain, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Turkey, USA, and many other countries.
