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Proceedings of the Workshop on Ascochyta Blight and Winter Sowing of Chickpeas (Saxena. M.C<br />

and Singh, K.B., eds.). ICARDA, 4-7 May 1981, Aleppo, Syria<br />

Ascochyta Blight and Chickpea Production<br />

in India<br />

T.S. SANDHU, B.S. BHULLAR, H.S. BRAR and S.S. SANDHU<br />

Department of Plant Breeding,<br />

Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India.<br />

Area, Production and Distribution<br />

The total world area under chickpea is around 10.3 million hectares of which<br />

about 7.9 million hectares are in India (Table 1). Thus India accounts for about<br />

Table I<br />

Area (x 000 ha), production (x 000 tonnes) and yield (kg/ha) of chickpea<br />

in the world, Asia and India.<br />

1965-66 1975-76 1978-79<br />

World Area 10464 10610 10364<br />

Prod. 5639 7319 7405<br />

Yield 539 690 714<br />

Asia Area 9435 9917<br />

9667<br />

Prod. 4999 6895 6859<br />

Yield 530 695 709<br />

India Area 7994<br />

8320<br />

7984<br />

Prod. 4206 5880 5835<br />

Yield 526 707 731<br />

India as percent Area 84.7 83.9 81.4<br />

of Asia Prod. 84.1<br />

85.3<br />

85.1<br />

India as percent Area 76.4 78.4 77.0<br />

cent of World Prod. 74.6 80.3 78.8<br />

77% of the total area under chickpea in the world. The area in India has,<br />

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