STUDY ON FUSARIUM WILT of CHICHPEA

Results of the survey carried out in fourteen regions in Alqush site of Ninevah province during the two seasons 2009and 2010 showed that disease incidence of Chickpea wilt were gradually different from region to others.The means of disease incidence of two seasons were 45 and 42.5% in Crana and Hatara respectively.Results of isolation and diagnosis showed that the Chickpea wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceris (Padwick) Sato& Matuo.Results of screening twenty one genotypes of chickpea for susceptibility to Fusarium wilt indicated that seven genotypes were resistant (FILP05-73C , FILP06-93C , FILP06-114C , K-850, L-550, WR-315 and FLIP) four were moderately resistance (FLOP05-160C ,FLIP06-19C ,FLIP06-155C and JG-74), nine were susceptible (FLIP03-35C, FLIP03-17C ,FLIP03-99C,FLIP05-24C , FLIP05-83C, FLIP06-40C, FLIP06-41C FLIP06-145C and FLIP06-157C) and Rafidane was highly susceptible to fusarium wilt.