Evaluation of fungicides on the management of Fusarium wilts (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri) diseases of chickpea varieties in Gondar Zuria district, Northwestern Ethiopia
摘要
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri causes enormous yield losses on chickpeas. The study was initiated to evaluate different chickpea varieties with fungicides to manage chickpea Fusarium wilt in Northwestern Ethiopia. A two-year experiment was conducted at Teda Agricultural Research Farm, University of Gondar. A factorial combination of three fungicides (Tebuconazole, Apron Star, and Thiram) and three chickpea varieties (Natoli, Demtu, and earlier chickpea) was arranged in a Randomized Completely Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. All the data were collected following standard procedures and subjected to analysis of variance using SAS version 9.4, and for the significant treatment, means were separated via LSD. The highest incidence, 41.66%, and area under disease progress curve values of 1828% per day, low grain yield of 0.89 t ha− 1, respectively, were recorded from untreated earlier chickpea landraces. The lowest incidence values of 19.50% and area under disease progress curve values of 524%-day and high grain yield of 3.53 t ha− 1 were recorded in the Natoli variety of chickpea treated with Apron Star fungicides. Hence, resistant variety integrated with fungicides caused a significant reduction of chickpea Fusarium wilt, leading to an increase in chickpea grain yield. Experiments are needed on resistant chickpea varieties for sustainable chickpea production by reducing chickpea Fusarim wilt.