TABLE 1.

Disease rating scale for Ascochyta blight (AB) in chickpea.

Scale	Disease intensity	Reaction
1	No disease visible on any plant	Highly resistant
3	Lesions visible on <10% of the plants, no stem girdling	Resistant
5	Lesions visible on up to 25% plants, stem girdling on <10% plants but little damage	Moderately resistant
7	Lesions present on most of the plants, stem girdling on 50% of the plants and resulting death of a few plants causing considerable damage	Susceptible
9	Lesions profuse on all plants stem girdling present on >50% of plants and death of most of the plants	Highly susceptible

The AB₃₂₇₉ and AB₄₈₂ populations were scored for disease reaction on a 1–9 rating scale. Lines with a disease rating of ≤4 were considered resistant, and lines with disease rating of 5–6 were considered moderately resistant; and those with rating of above 6 were considered susceptible to highly susceptible.