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Table 3
Maximum temperature and rainfall iecorded at Faisalabad during March.
Date Maximum temperature (C)
Rainfall (mm)
1979 1980 1981 1979 1980 1981
1 22.0 26.0 23.0 Nil Nil Nil
2 19.0 27.0 22.0 4.2 Nil Nil
3 15.5 23.0 25.0 2.2 Traces Nil
4 19.5 15.0 27.0 4.2 2.8 Nil
5 19.0 21.0 28.0 4.6 12.9 Nil
6 18.5 21.u 28.0 6.4 Nil 3.4
7 18.0 22.0 25.0 Nil Nil Nil
8 17.0 21.0 24.0 Traces Nil Nil
9 15.5 22.0 27.0 Nil Nil Nil
10 18.0 22.0 28.0 Nil Nil 5.3
II 21.0 23.0 22.0 Nil Nil Nil
12 25.0 24.0 25.0 Nil Nil Nil
13 26.0 23.0 25.0 Nil Nil Nil
14 25.0 26.0 24.0 Nil Nil Nil
15 26.0 27.0 16.0 Nil Nil 11.4
16 26.0 28.0 22.0 Nil 1.6 Nil
17 23.5 28.0 24.0 20.0 Nil Nil
18 22.0 29.0 27.0 Nil 4.6 Nil
19 24.0 26.0 28.0 Nil Nil Nil
20 27.0 26.0 26.0 Nil Nil 13.6
21 28.5 29.0 19.0 Nil Nil 45.8
22 28.0 27.0 20.0 Nil 2.2 Nil
23 28.5 27.0 22.0 Nil Nil Nil
24 29.0 25.0 26.0 Nil Nil Nil
25 29.0 28.0 29.0 Nil Nil Nil
26 31.0 29.0 29.0 Nil Nil Nil
27 31.0 30.0 30.0 Nil Nil Nil
28 3.5 31.0 32.0 Nil Nil Nil
29 29.0 27.0 31.0 Nil 4.8 Nil
30 27.0 21.0 32.0 Nil 3.8 Traces
31 27.5 27.0 29.0 Nil Nil Nil
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and Ashraf 1957). However, it was shown by Sattar (1933) that chickpea plants
increased in susceptibility with age and plants were most susceptible at the
flowering and fruiting stages. The present studies carried out in the chickpea
pioject at Faisalabad, however, have shown that the resistance of some cultivars
like AUG 480 was inherent and that young seedlings (up to 1 month) showed
comparatively higher resistance than susceptible cultivars like C 727 (Aslam et
al. 1981).