Efficiency of Salycilic Acid in the Reduction of Cicer arietinum Infection by Fusarium roseum

In Algeria, Fungal diseases are the most important biotic limiting the growth of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Salycilic acid application is known as a plant hormone that has the role of signal in responses of defense, whose the acquired systemic resistance. This study was aimed to evaluate the affectivity of some concentrations of Salicylic acid (SA) against the phytopathogenic fungus (Fusarium roseum) on two chickpea genotypes (ILC 3279 and FLIP 8555). Results showed that the inhibitory effect of (SA) on the development of Fusarium roseum increased linearly with increasing the concentration. The colony diameter reduced significantly at 200, 250 mg/l. Additionally, our results showed that the different treatment of (SA) were effective in reducing the disease infection.