Plant only seed that has been tested and is reported to be free of the pathogen. The Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab currently tests 500 seeds per seed lot in making this determination. Even though the seed tests indicate the seed lot is pathogen-free we still recommend a seed treatment with thizbendazole fungicide as added insurance. The rationale is simple. Furthermore, if 1 in 400 seeds are infected, up to 50 infection loci will be present in each acre.
Seed only varieties that have some tolerance to the disease.
Sanford, Dwelly and B-90's have some early season tolerance but none are totally resistant. Do not select a field that is closer than 3 miles from a field grown to chickpea the previous year. We realize that this is a difficult recommendation, but it is important, especially if the disease was present in your production area the previous year. Be prepared to spray with a fungicide. Other Bravo formulations are not registered.