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Wilt of Red gram/Pigeon pea/Arhar
DR. RAJBIR SINGH Assistant Professor
Department of Plant Pathology Gochar Mahavidyalaya, Rampur Maniharan, Saharanpur (UP), India Affiliated to Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut (UP), India
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
Cell No. 91-9456613374
Wilt of Red gram/Pigeon pea/Arhar
• Reported by Butler in 1906
• Most dangerous disease of pigeon pea
• All arhar growing states of India
• Loss – 50%
Symptoms• Generally 5-6 weeks DAS but at any stage
• Symptoms appear after rainy season
• Appear in patches
• Plant affected partially or completely
• Blacking on stem near soil & upward several feet
• Cortex filled with white/ white pinkish mycelial growth
• Wilting & dieing of plants
Systemic Position
Kingdom – Mycota/ Fungi
Division – Eumycota
Sub division – Deuteromycotina
Class – Hypomycetes
Order – Hypomycetales
Family – Dematiaceae
Genus – Alternaria
Species - solani
Pathogen: Fusarium udum - Perfect stage
Gibberella inica – Imperfect stage
• Vascular tissues – filled with mycelium
• Survive as macroconidia &chlamydospore • Fav. Tem. – 17-19° C
• Microconidia- form on mycelium (6-11 x 2-3 µm)
• Macroconidia–form in sporodochia, 3-4 septa (15-50 x 3-5 µm)
• Chlamydospore – form on mycelium (5-10 µm) diameter
• Asospore – 8 (60-80 x 6-10 µm )
Disease Management
• Crop rotation of 4 – 5 years
• Mixed cropping – Jower + Arhar
Jower ---- HCN
• Green Manuring – Neem & Jatropha
• Soil treatment – 1 part Formalin + 400 parts water
• Disease resistant varieties – C- 11, KWR-1, S-103,
Pusa 853, Pusa 855 etc.