Controlling chick pea diseases

On-farm hygiene (fallow management)

The Ascochyta fungus is carried over from one season to the next on infected chickpea seed, chickpea stubble and volunteer chickpea plants.

The fungus can build up rapidly on volunteer plants, especially if wet conditions are experienced during the spring-summer period.

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