Lentil (Lens culanaris L.) and Chickpea (Cicer arietium L) are the major cool season crops of Nepal which provides the cheapest source of protein particularly to the poor people and are indispensable to the existing cropping system due to their role in soil, human health and crop diversity. Lentil and chickpea suffers from a range of biotic and abiotic stresses. Of the biotic stresses, vascular wilt (a fungal, soil borne disease) (Fusarium oxysporum fsp lentis and ciceri) in lentil and chickpea is the most devastating . Wilt/root rots of chickpea and lentil are serious diseases of Nepal.

Lentil (Lens culanaris L.) and Chickpea (Cicer arietium L) are the major cool season crops of Nepal which provides the cheapest source of protein particularly to the poor people and are indispensable to the existing cropping system due to their role in soil, human health and crop diversity. Lentil and chickpea suffers from a range of biotic and abiotic stresses. Of the biotic stresses, vascular wilt (a fungal, soil borne disease) (Fusarium oxysporum fsp lentis and ciceri) in lentil and chickpea is the most devastating . Wilt/root rots of chickpea and lentil are serious diseases of Nepal.