Study findings from Y.T. Gan et al provide new insights into agriculture and soil science.(Report)

"Improved cultural practices can be used to manage ascochyta blight in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), a disease caused by Ascochyta rabiei (Pass.) Labrousse. This study examined the effect of planting pattern, seeding rate, and fungicide application systems on ascochyta blight severity and crop yield of chickpea at Swift Current (50 degrees 25'N, 107 degrees 44'W), SK, Canada, in 2004 and 2005," scientists in Canada report.

"Crop was grown in uniform row (25 cm) and paired-row spacing (25 cm within each pair and 75 cm between pairs), at 44 and 31 plants m(-2), and with 1x and 0.67x the recommended fungicide application rates. Area under disease progress curve (AUDPC) averaged …