A field survey for chickpea wilt disease Fusarium
oxysporum f.sp ciceris was conducted in different provinces
of north Syria during 2011 cropping season with the
objectives to determine chickpea wilt distribution and factors
affecting its develop
ment. Two hundred and fifty samples
were collected from Alhasakah, Aleppo and Idleb fields. The
results showed varying levels of incidence between and
within provinces (2-90%), and the highest incidence was
recorded in Alfouaa- Idleb (90%). The incidence and
distribution of this disease seemed to be affected by many
factors especially date of sown and soil kind. The
pathogenicity test of 60 isolates related to Fusarium
oxysporum on susceptible cultivars Ghab1 was shown that 54
isolates related to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris; 32
isolates of them were caused yellowing symptoms and 22
were caused wilting symptoms.
