The response of pea (Pisum sativum) genotypes to ascochyta blight disease and the effect of disease severity on yield components were evaluated in a 4-year trial under field conditions. Peas were inoculated with Ascochyta pinodes, the anamorph of Mycosphaerella pinodes, or with Phoma pinodella separately and with a mixture of both species. Mean infection ratings of all inoculation treatments we...

The anamorphic pycnidial fungus Ascochyta pisi is one member of a species complex that causes Ascochyta blight of pea, a potentially devastating disease. The teleomorphic state of this fungus was induced under laboratory conditions. Using morphological and molecular characters, we placed the teleomorph within the genus Didymella as D. pisi and describe a heterothallic mating system using a PCR-...

Five non-systemic fungicides: chlorothalonil, carbendazim (12%) + mancozeb (63%), captan 50WP, dodine 65WP and copper oxychloride 50WP four systemic fungicides viz., difenoconozole 25EC, hexaconozole 5EC mycobutanil 10WP were evaluated against Aschochyta blight of chickpea caused by Ascochyta rabiei. The in-vitro evaluation through poisoned food technique at five different concentrations: 50,10...

Ascochyta blight (caused by rabiei) is an important disease of chickpea. Mating type distribution, genetic diversity and population structure A. rabiei isolates from western Iran, using specific matting primers, ISSR SSR molecular markers. Two mating types were identified, with the 57% belonging to MAT1-1. Ten markers produced 78 polymorphic bands average polymorphism information content (PIC) ...