Screening of world chickpea germplasm for resistance to fusarium wilt

Over 13 500 Cicer arietinum germplasm accessions from 40 countries were evaluated for resistance to race 1 of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceri at Patancheru. Some 160 accessions were found to be resistant through field and pot screenings. Many of these resistant accessions originated from India and Iran. Some 150 resistant lines were desi types as against ten resistant kabul