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Didymella rabiei (chickpea blight )
Didymella rabiei
chickpea blight
Ascochyta rabiei, Mycosphaerella rabiei, Phyllosticta cicerina, Phyllosticta rabiei, Zythia rabiei
Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Morocco, Tanzania, Tunisia; Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Georgia, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Syria, Turkey, Uzbekistan; Europe: Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Ukraine; North Americal Canada, USA; Oceania Australia; South America: Argentina.
CA, ID, NE, ND, SD, WA
2024-10-15
fungus
Korea
Main: chickpea; Other: pea, alfalfa, clover, and cowpea.
DIDYRA
Didymella rabiei is spread on crop debris and soil and is airborne. It is well-documents to be spread by seed in chickpea.
3 Known Hosts
Cicer arietinum
chickpea
Yes
DIDYRA-3, DIDYRA-4, CABI CPC, USDA-FD, DIDYRA-5, DIDYRA-6, DIDYRA-7, DIDYRA-8
Seed as a pathway is well established and accepted
Yes
Culture plate Incubation
Method described in the CABI, 2019. Method has not been validated or standardized.
DIDYRA-3, CABI CPC
chemical, cultural
Use of resistant varieties. Crop rotation and deep plowing to remove residues. Fungicides can be used to eradicate inoculum.
DIDYRA-3
2024-10-15 10:21:33
DIDYRA-3
Kaiser WJ, Hannan RM, 1988. Seed transmission of Ascochyta rabiei in chickpea and its control by seed-treatment fungicides. Seed Science and Technology 16: 625–637.
DIDYRA-4
Pande S, Siddique KHM, Kishore GK, et al. 2005. Ascochyta blight of chickpea: biology, pathogenicity, and disease management. Aust J Agric Res 56:317-332.
CABI CPC
Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. www.cabi.org/cpc.
USDA-FD
USDA Fungal Database, https://fungi.ars.usda.gov
DIDYRA-5
Peever, T. L., Barve, M. P., Stone, L. J., & Kaiser, W. J. (2007). Evolutionary relationships among Ascochyta species infecting wild and cultivated hosts in the legume tribes Cicereae and Vicieae. Mycologia, 99(1), 59-77.
DIDYRA-6
Gaur RB, Singh RD, 1996. Influence of storage period and temperature on viability of internally and externally seed-borne Ascochyta rabiei. Indian Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology, 26(2):213-216; 13 ref.
DIDYRA-7
Abdou YA, Mikhail MS, Mohamed HA, Mansour MS, 1991. Pathological and physiological studies on Ascochyta rabiei, the causal pathogen of chickpea blight. Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 69(3):607-623; 19 ref.
DIDYRA-8
Chen W, Sharma HC, Muehlbauer FJ, 2011. Compendium of chickpea and lentil diseases and pests [ed. by Chen, W.\Sharma, H. C.\Muehlbauer, F. J.]. St. Paul, USA: American Phytopathological Society (APS Press), ix + 165 pp.
Medicago sativa
alfalfa
Not a host
CABI CPC, ISF RPLD
Alfalfa is listed as a host for this pathogen in a couple of references; however, there is no evidence indicating it is a natural host.
2024-10-15 10:25:49
CABI CPC
Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. www.cabi.org/cpc.
ISF RPLD
International Seed Federation Regulated Pest List Database. pestlist.worldseed.org Nyon Switzerland
Pisum sativum
pea
No
CABI CPC, USDA-FD, DIDYRA-5
Though pea can be a host for the pathogen, it is not considered to be an important host or an important disease of pea. No references found indicating that pea seed is a pathway.
2024-10-15 10:28:59
CABI CPC
Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. www.cabi.org/cpc.
USDA-FD
USDA Fungal Database, https://fungi.ars.usda.gov
DIDYRA-5
Peever, T. L., Barve, M. P., Stone, L. J., & Kaiser, W. J. (2007). Evolutionary relationships among Ascochyta species infecting wild and cultivated hosts in the legume tribes Cicereae and Vicieae. Mycologia, 99(1), 59-77.
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