Potential Use of Wild Legume Plant Exudates for the Prevention of Fusarium Wilt Disease (Fusarium oxysporum) in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the potential of using wild legume exudates as a biocontrol agent against Fusarium oxysporium which causes wilt in chickpea plants. For this purpose, wild leguminous plants from Erzurum were collected and their exudates were obtained. From wild legume plants from which exudates were obtained in the study, belonging to the genus Onobrychis which It was determined that two of them are endemic and the other three are cosmopolitan species. Chickpea plant was grown in Green house and the plants were infected with F.oxysporium. Legume exudates were applied to the infected plants. The data like root stem length, were measured root stem length, chlorophyll, carotenoid, and lipid peroxidation amounts were measured. In addition, antioxidant enzymes were examined. The result of our finding concluded that exudated from wild legume has been concluded that exudates obtained from wild legume plants can be used as a non-toxic and economically viable fungicide against F.oxysporium. In addition, the results ındıcated that both endemic and cosmopolitan Onobrychis exudates can be used as fungicides against F.oxysporium in chickpea, which is a protein source in developing countries and is widely consumed in the world, and this is the first study for these species.