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Table 3<br />

Summary of results of screening chickpea desi germplasm lines for resistance<br />

to ascochyta blight at ICARDA, Syria.<br />

Oisease 1979-80 1980-81 Total %of total<br />

rating screening screening entries entries<br />

1 0 0 0 0.00<br />

2 0 13 13 0.2<br />

3 33 i67 200 3.3<br />

4 0 442 442 7.4<br />

5 35 218 253 4.2<br />

6 0 76 76 1.3<br />

7 115 131 246 4.1<br />

8 0 20 20 0.3<br />

9 1818 2937 4755 79.2<br />

2001 4004 6005 100.0<br />

= highly resistant; 5 - tolerant; 9 = highly susceptible.<br />

Table 4<br />

Origin of chickpea desi germplasm lines found resistant to ascochyta blight at ICARDA, Syria.<br />

Country of No. of resistant % of resistant<br />

origin lines entries<br />

Iran 534 84.3<br />

India 73 11.3<br />

Turkey 9 1.4<br />

Pakistan 5 0.7<br />

USSR 4 0.6<br />

Mexico 3 0.4<br />

USA 3 0.4<br />

Afghanistan 1 0.1<br />

Morocco 1 0.1<br />

Total 633 100.0<br />

Cicer Wild Species<br />

Thirteen accessions of seven Cicer species were tested during 1979/80. Three<br />

accessions of C. pinnatifidum, C. montbrettiand C. judaicum were found to be<br />

free from infection. Accessions of other species, C. yamashilae,C. bijugum, C.<br />

cunneatumand C. reticulatumshowed tolcrant to highly susceptible reactions.

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