Integrated management of crown rot in a chickpea – wheat sequence

Abstract

Key findings • Sow chickpea crops between standing wheat rows. • Sow the following wheat crop directly over the row of the chickpea crop from the previous year. • Keep wheat stubble intact and do not spread it across the soil surface. • This will maximise yield of both chickpea and wheat crops and reduce the incidence of crown rot in the wheat phase of the rotation sequence.