Table 1 The incidence of black root rot disease under drought and combined stress treatments in two different locations of field trial from the year 2014 to 2018*.

From: Impact of drought stress on simultaneously occurring pathogen infection in field-grown chickpea

Treatment

2014-15

2015-16

2016-2017

2017-2018

Field-1

Field-1

Field-2

Field-1

Field-2

Field-1

Field-2

Control

4.167a

1.938a

8.571a

0.625a

35.14a

0a

11.588a

Mild DS

9.167ab

2.908a

9.524ab

1.78ab

47.98bc

10.041bc

14.52ab

Moderate DS

10b

3.531a

9.524ab

6.78bc

56.48de

11.968cd

25.906cd

Severe DS

14.167bc

7.9c

10.476ab

8.96c

63.29ef

15.641de

31.824de

Pathogen

10b

3.851ab

9.048ab

1.11a

42.85ab

6.2723b

19.885bc

Mild CS

15.833c

6.544bc

11.905ab

6.81bc

54.73cd

10.597bc

20.56bc

Moderate CS

24.167d

7.151c

12.857ab

7.51c

65.59f

19.111ef

27.97de

Severe CS

26.667d

14.123d

16.667b

18.6d

66.36f

20.46f

35.203e

Grand mean

14.271

5.9932

11.071

6.5243

54.057

11.761

23.433

CV

16.18

19.8

41.7

35.46

8.29

15.71

17.66

LSD at p  < 0.05

5.4604

2.8066

8.0858

5.4711

7.8507

4.3702

7.2458

  1. *Data represents percent BRR incidence in chickpea field location 1 and 2. Average of 2-3 block replicates are represented here. RCBD two-way ANOVA was used for the comparison of means of each field experiment and significance was assessed by the least significant difference (LSD at p < 0.05) post hoc test. Statistics are performed column-wise. Different letters (a, b, c, d, e, f) in a column denote significant difference in mean at p < 0.05. DS = drought stress; CS = combined stress; CV = coefficient of variance; LSD = least significant difference; Field location-1 = NIPGR, New Delhi; Field location-2 = GKVK, Bengaluru. Data shows an increase in the BRR incidence under severe CS and severe DS treatments compared to pathogen treatment and control.