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Dry root rot disease: Current status and future implications for chickpea production

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Chickpea is one of the most important food legumes in the world. Several abiotic and biotic factors limit chickpea yields, notably, heat, drought, and dry root rot (DRR) disease. The occurrence and severity of DRR are further magnified by abiotic stresses. This review highlights the current impact of DRR on chickpea production in India, the deepening of the economic losses caused by DRR owing to drought, and integrated management practices to curb DRR. Management strategies and research targeting this aspect are critical because the long-term consequences of this rapidly emerging disease could be severe owing to climate change.

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This work was supported by the National Institute of Plant Genome Research Core Funding and partly under the mission program of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) on “Characterization of genetic resources” grant no. (BT/Ag/Network/Chickpea/2019-20) to S.K.M., the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) junior research fellowship [CSIR File no.—09/803(0177)/2020-EMR-I] to R.M. and [CSIR File no.—09/803(0176)/2020-EMR-I] to A.R.C., and DBT senior research fellowship (DBT- JRF (DBT/2015/NIPGR/430)) to V.I. The authors thank Dr. Prachi Pandey for suggestions on this manuscript.

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MS-K conceptualized and outlined the review. RM wrote the initial draft. MS-K and RM revised and edited the manuscript. VI and ARC contributed to Fig. 2 and Fig. 4, respectively, and to the supplementary Table 5.

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Significance statement: Dry root rot (DRR) is an emerging disease of chickpea caused by a necrotrophic fungal pathogen. DRR is already responsible for significant yield losses in chickpea. Furthermore, drought and heat stress increase DRR severity and incidence. This implies that in the future changing climate scenario, DRR could cause even higher economic losses in chickpea. Research in this field would aid in understanding the mechanisms of the disease and possibly reduce future losses caused by the disease.

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Mirchandani, R., Irulappan, V., Chilakala, A.R. et al. Dry root rot disease: Current status and future implications for chickpea production. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. B Biol. Sci. 93, 791–800 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40011-023-01451-w

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