Abstract
Ascochyta blight, Fusarium wilt and stunt virus disease, being the three major diseases of chickpea in Pakistan, cause appreciable yield losses and now and then upset the production statistics of the crop in the country. The screening of 63 chickpea lines in Ascochyta blight, Fusarium wilt and stunt virus disease nurseries revealed the expression of multiple resistance. A test line 14177 was found to be moderately resistant to Ascochyta blight but immune to wilt and stunt virus disease. One line 14133 was resistant to blight but immune to wilt infection. Four chickpea lines 662-1, 816, 914, 985 were moderately resistant to wilt and stunt virus disease; one line 936 was moderately resistant to wilt but immune to stunt virus infection. Three chickpea lines 113-1, 1435, C-44 were moderately resistant to both stunt virus and Ascochyta blight disease; one line 984, was immune to stunt virus but moderately resistant to Ascochyta blight disease while two lines 270, 14144 were resistant to stunt virus but moderately resistant to Ascochyta blight disease.
