Isolation of Biocontrol (Bacterial) Agents from Chickpea (Cicer arietinum linnaeus)

Gram or Chickpea (Cicer arietinum Linnaeus), a member of family Fabaceae, is an ancient leguminous crop which is self pollinated, diploid annual (2N=16 chromosomes) grown since 7000BC, in different area of the world but major cultivation is concentrated in semi-arid environments of different areas of the world. It is ranked 3 rd after common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and pea (Pisum sativum) and known with different regional names like Bengal gram and locally called „Chana‟ (Tekeoglu et al., 2000). Area, production and productivity of chick pea crop in India is about 73.7lakhs/ha in area 88.9lakhs tonnes in production and productivity of chick pea are 495051 (ha), 440572mt, 890 (q/ha). Historically the name of chick pea back to French „Chiche‟ and to Latin Cicer but Oxford English Dictionary lists a 1548 citation indicate “Cicer may be named in English Cich after the French tongue.” Grain legumes are members of sub family papillionoidae, and Chick pea was placed in the tribe Vicieae that includes vetch, lentil and faba bean mainly due to the pollen morphology and vascular anatomy. After this tribe Ciceraceae was subsequently classified International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 7 Number 02 (2018) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com