Plant Pathol J > Volume 39(4); 2023 > Article
Zeleke, Ali, Tekalign, Hailu, Barbetti, Ayele, Aliyi, Ayele, Kahsay, Tiruneh, and Tewolde: Occurrence of Faba Bean Diseases and Determinants of Faba Bean Gall (Physoderma sp.) Epidemics in Ethiopia

Abstract

Physoderma fungal species cause faba bean gall (FBG) which devastates faba bean (Vicia faba L.) in the Ethiopian highlands. In three regions (Amahara, Oromia, and Tigray), the relative importance, distribution, intensity, and association with factors affecting FBG damage were assessed for the 2019 (283 fields) and 2020 (716 fields) main cropping seasons. A logistic regression model was used to associate biophysical factors with FBG incidence and severity. Amhara region has the highest prevalence of FBG (95.7%), followed by Tigray (83.3%), and the Oromia region (54%). Maximum FBG incidence (78.1%) and severity (32.8%) were recorded from Amhara and Tigray areas, respectively. The chocolate spot was most prevalent in West Shewa, Finfinne Special Zone, and North Shewa of the Oromia region. Ascochyta blight was found prevalent in North Shewa, West Shewa, Southwest Shewa of Oromia, and the South Gondar of Amhara. Faba bean rust was detected in all zones except for the South Gonder and North Shewa, and root rot disease was detected in all zones except South Gonder, South Wollo, and North Shewa of Amahara. Crop growth stage, cropping system, altitude, weed density, and fungicide, were all found to affect the incidence and severity of the FBG. Podding and maturity stage, mono-cropping, altitude (>2,400), high weed density, and non-fungicide were found associated with increased disease intensities. However, crop rotation, low weed infestation, and fungicide usage were identified as potential management options to reduce FBG disease.

Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) originates from the Near East and is one of the first domesticated legumes after chickpeas and peas (Caracuta et al., 2015). Ethiopia is the second-leading producer of faba beans, following China (FAOSTAT, 2016), and is considered one of the nine ideal geographical areas to cultivate faba beans (Keneni et al., 2005). Faba bean is utilized as a rotational crop in wheat- and barley-based cropping systems and contributes to soil fertility through nitrogen fixation (Agegnehu and Fessehaie, 2006). The total area sown to faba bean in 2020 was 504,570 ha, with a total production of 1,070,637 tons and productivity of 2.1 tons/ha (Central Statically Authority, 2020). The low productivity of the faba bean is mainly due to its susceptibility to numerous abiotic and biotic constraints (Jarso et al., 2008).
The faba bean gall (FBG) (Physoderma sp.) (You et al., 2021), Ascochyta blight (Ascochyta fabae), faba bean rust (Uromyces viciae-fabae), chocolate spot (Botrytis fabae) and faba bean necrotic yellows virus and black root rot (Fusarium solani) are the major faba bean diseases identified in Ethiopia (Gorfu and Beshir, 1994). Of these, FBG is considered the most serious threat to faba bean production (Hailu et al., 2014). The rapid spread of FBG from infested areas to uninfected areas in Ethiopia has led to the devastation of large areas of cultivated faba beans (Nigir et al., 2016). In some instances, there may be a total loss (Hailu et al., 2014) and in others yield losses of 50-62% have been reported on released commercially faba bean varieties and up to 54% on farmer/local varieties in Ethiopia (Bitew et al., 2022). Studies in China show FBG causes smaller yield losses there of about 20% (Lang et al., 1993; Yan, 2012).
Faba bean production practices are many and varied, including differences in weeding, fungicide application, cultural management, fertilizer application, and cropping systems. Along with agroecological and seasonal variability across years, they together influence FBG and other diseases’ occurrence, development, and level of subsequent crop damage. As such factors can have a role in the distribution and severity of FBG disease in Ethiopia (Bitew et al., 2021; Hailu et al., 2014), there is a need to identify associations of disease incidence (DI) and severity with diverse farm practices, and geographical and ecological variability to identify the most critical factor(s) offering the best opportunities for possible intervention to improve disease management. Toward this outcome, this study aimed to determine the geographical distribution, relative importance, incidence, and severity of FBG epidemics in Ethiopia, and their association with factors influencing those epidemics.

Materials and Methods

Study area

The disease assessment was conducted in three faba bean-producing regions; the Oromia region (North Shewa, West Shewa, Southwest Shewa, Arsi, and Finfinne Special Zone), the Amhara (South Gondar, North Shewa, and South Wollo), and Tigray (South Tigray). Faba bean production potential was taken into account when selecting the regions and zones. Mainly the study areas have differed in altitude, and weather conditions) (Rainfall, Temperature, and relative humidity) (Table 1). The rainfall data of the surveyed districts were obtained from meteorological stations from planting to survey periods during the surveyed year. FBG and other diseases have been assessed from three zones in the 2019 and 2020 main cropping seasons in the Amahara region, from three zones in 2019 and, five zones in 2020 in the Oromia region, and one zone in the Tigray region in 2019 and 2020.

Sampling methods

The sampling structure consisted of three hierarchal levels of faba bean-growing agroecology in Ethiopia. The Amhara, Oromia, and Tigray regions are Ethiopia’s highlands of potential faba bean production areas. Within these three regions of faba bean-growing highlands, six zones from the Oromia region and three zones from the Amhara region, and one zone from the Tigray region were selected by purposive sampling. The number of districts from each representative zone was also selected by purposively sampling methods based on production potential, accessibility, and area coverage. A total of 999 faba bean fields (283 in 2019 and 716 fields in the 2020 cropping season) across 50 districts within nine zones in the three regions were assessed in main cropping seasons. In N/Shewa (Oromia) 9 districts (n = 137), W/shewa 10 districts (n = 104), S/W/shewa 6 districts (n = 78), Arsi 7 districts (n = 91), Special zone 2 district (n = 16), N/Shewa (Amhara region) 6 districts (n = 160), S/Gondar 4 district (n = 152), S/wollo 4 district (n = 171), and S/Tigray 3 districts (n = 90) were selected during assessments. The FBG and other faba bean disease assessments from each locality in the districts were selected randomly. Generally, from the assessed faba bean fields, 483 fields were across 13 districts, 426 fields across 34 districts, and 90 fields across 3 districts of Amhara, Oromia, and Tigray regional states, respectively (Table 1).
Field surveys were made at two growth stages, i.e., first stage survey (seedling to flowering growth stage) at end of July, and the late-stage survey (podding to maturity growth stage) was conducted at end of September to early October. Each survey site was coordinated with the Global Positioning System (GPS) for mapping disease distribution in Ethiopia. The distribution map of FBG in three regions (Amahara, Oromia, and Tigray) was developed representing the highlands of faba bean-producing areas in Ethiopia.
Identifications were conducted based on previously described and reported symptomology of FBG disease by Hailu et al. (2014) and Bitew et al. (2022) to confirm the typical symptoms of FBG visualized in the faba bean plant and other host species during the assessment periods. The FBG symptoms observed on other host species were confirmed by observing key morphological characteristics such as typical Physoderma zoosporangia, and zoospore structures under a light microscope as described by You et al. (2021).

Disease assessments

Disease assessments were studied by observing fields of faba bean and sampling by following available roads and routes in the selected location with assessment stops at 3-5 km intervals based on vehicle odometer. Five points with a 10 m distance among the quadrants from each faba bean farm were received by throwing a quadrant area of 1 m2 in a walking “X” pattern on the farm, and the points were averaged and noted on the datasheet for incidence and severity per farm. Disease incidences were computed as diseased faba bean plants with shows symptoms to a total of faba bean plants examined in the quadrants. Disease severity of FBG was measured based on 15 faba bean plants randomly selected using a modified 0-9 scoring scale where, 0 = no symptom, 1 = very small and few green lesions on the leaves, 2 = very small and green sunken lesions, 3 = many green sunken small lesions, 4 = many small lesions and few large lesions turning into brown color, 5 = many brown color and large lesions, 6 = brown lesions coalescing, 7 = brown large lesions coalescing, 8 = plants darkened and stem collapsed, and 9 = dead plants (Ding et al., 1993).
Ascochyta blight disease symptoms on faba bean plants using the 1-9 disease scoring scales as stated by Hanounik et al. (1987), Chocolate spot severity disease using standard disease scales of 0-9 by Bernier, and Faba bean rust disease using the 1-9 disease scoring scale as stated by International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (1986), and faba bean root rot disease as an area of root tissue damaged using a 0-5 rating scale as McFadden et al. (1989) was used to score disease severity on 15 faba bean plant selected in the quadrants.
Disease prevalence (DP), DI, and Percent Severity Index of the FBG and other faba bean diseases were computed based on the following formulas expressed in three separate percent disease indices.
(1)
DP(%)=Fields Infected with diseasesTotal Faba bean fields observed×100
(2)
DI(%)=Infected faba bean plants in the quadrantTotal faba bean plants examined from the quadrant×100
(3)
PSI=Sum of numerical ratings in quadrantThe number of faba bean plants scored ×maximum score on a scale×100

Data analysis

The incidence and severity of FBG were classified into discrete binomial qualitative data groups as previously described by Nayak et al. (2018). As a result, several fields recorded with FBG showing ≤35% and >35% incidence, and ≤25% and >25% severity were used as class boundaries to generate a binary dependent variable (Table 2). To depict the bivariate distribution of the fields, contingency tables of DIs, prevalence, severity, and independent variables were created (Table 2). The relationships of Ethiopia’s highlands of potential faba bean production areas, zones, crop growth stage, the density of crop, cropping system, field slope, cropping pattern, altitude, the density of weeds, type of soil, application of fertilizer, method of drainage, nearby crop type, and ±fungicide spray(s) were investigated using logistic regression by the SAS procedure of GENMOD (Yuen et al., 1996).
The logistic regression model enables the assessment of the significance of several independent variables that influence the response variable (Fininsa and Yuen, 2001). The response variable was the likelihood of FBG incidence exceeding 35% and severity exceeding 25% in a given faba bean field.
The significance of the independent variables was investigated in two methods (Belete et al., 2013). First, the relationship between all independent variables with incidence and severity in a single variable model was considered. This entailed testing the deviation reduction assigned to a variable when that variable was originally introduced into the model. Second, the relationship of an independent variable with FBG incidence or severity was assessed when it was added to the model with all other independent variables. Finally, in the reduced multiple variable models, selected independent variables that have a significant association with FBG incidence or severity when entered first and last into a model were incorporated.
The parameter estimates and standard errors were examined in both single and multiple models using the GENMOD function in SAS. Fininsa and Yuen (2001) demonstrated how to create a deviation table for the final reduced multiple variable models. The likelihood ratio test was used to evaluate the importance of the variables and was compared to the Chi-square value when variables were added to the reduced model (McCullagh and Nelder, 1989). Analysis of deviation, odd ratio, and standard error of new variables in a reduced model demonstrated the role of independent variables and variable classes within the independent variables in determining the importance of FBG incidence.

Results

The FBG and other major diseases of faba bean fields were assessed in the altitude range from 1900 to 3358 m.a.s.l., Rainfall (5 to 1,520 mm), relative humidity (36.3% to 89.5%), and a minimum temperature of 9.5°C and maximum of 44.3°C) information were obtained from metrological stations to the respective locations from the faba bean planting month (June) until the last month (October) of the survey (Table 1, Fig. 1).
Aggregation of independent variables for the survey of FBG into distinct variable classes within several corresponding fields for each class as presented in Table 2. Out of the total surveyed faba bean fields, high (>2,400 m.a.s.l.) altitudes 53%, mid (2,201-2,399) altitudes 36.6%, and low (1,900-2,200) altitudes 10.3% had been assessed for independent variables of altitude classes. Similarly, faba bean fields of 99% rotating with non-legumens crops showed the lowest incidence and severity of FBG disease as compared to the mono-cropping variable class (Table 2).

Symptomatology and pathogen morphology

The gall-like symptoms were detected during the assessment periods on above-ground faba bean plant parts on leaves, petioles, stems, and pods as described in Fig. 2A-F. The early infection of FBG symptoms with very small tumor-like swelling (normal green) symptoms was observed on newly emerged faba bean leaves (Fig. 2A). The medium-sized tumor-like swelling (brownish color) on the underside leaves and with depression on the upper leaf surface with mostly uninfected leaf green areas was observed during assessment in the faba bean field (Fig. 2B). The most of faba bean fields assessed were severely infected with irregular, coalesce, and large necrotic galled areas on petiole, leaves, stems, and pods (Fig. 2C-F).
While the faba bean is the major host most severely attacked by FBG, the gall symptoms were also found on other legume crops such as field pea (Pissum sativum) on leaves and stems (Fig. 3). The FBG was also observed attacking the Trifolium spp. and other legume plant species like Vicia sativa (Vetch) and Medicago scutellata.
The typical symptoms of FBG were observed as similar as indicated in Fig. 2. The FBG symptoms observed on other host species were confirmed by observing key morphological characteristics such as typical Physoderma zoosporangia, and zoospore structures under a light microscope.

Incidence and severity of FBG with different independent factors

The overall FBG disease across regions (Amhara, Oromia, and Tigray) and cropping seasons (2019 and 2020) recorded 76.2% prevalence. The prevalence of FBG for the 2019 and 2020 surveyed seasons was recorded at 72.8% and 78.5% respectively (Table 3). The FBG disease was most prevalent in the Amhara region (95.7%), followed by Tigray (83.3%), and less in the Oromia region (54%). The highest prevalence of FBG disease was recorded from the South Gondar zone (98%) and North Shewa (95%), followed by South Wollo (94.2%) zones. The 83.9% and 83.3% of FBG prevalence were obtained from the North Shewa zone of Oromia and the South Tigray zone respectively. The minimum FBG DP was observed in Arsi (33%), West Shewa (14.5%), and Southwest Shewa (10.8%) zones in the Oromia region.
In the faba bean fields where the FBG was assessed, DI and severity were influenced by different biophysical factors such as crop growth stage, crop density, cropping system, altitude, weed density, application of fertilizer, method of drainage, nearby crop, and application of fungicide (Table 3). The lowest incidence (8.6%) and severity (3.6%) were obtained from the faba bean field practiced crop rotation with non-leguminous crops (cereal and vegetable crops). In contrast, 58.2% incidences and 22.07 severity percentage of FBG disease were recorded from the faba bean field with a mono-cropping system. The highest DI (81.3%) and severity (29.8%) were recorded from an independent variable class of maturity growth stage, whereas the lowest incidence (45.5%) and severity (15.07%) were received from the seedling growth stage. The higher mean incidence (69.3%) and severity (25.7%) were observed in faba bean fields with infested with higher weed density as compared to fields with low weed density of incidence (44.7%) and severity (17.6%). Faba bean fields situated at high altitudes (>2,400 m.a.s.l) had the highest FBG incidence (74.1%) and severity (28.5%) as compared to areas with medium altitudes (2,201-2,399 m.a.s.l) and lower altitudes ranged (1,900-2,200 m.a.s.l.) (Table 4). Inorganic (NPS: nitrogen, phosphate, and sulfur with the ratio of 19% N, 38% P2O5, and 7% S) fertilizer application to faba bean fields at sowing time was found associated with the lowest incidence (51.4%) and severity (16%) of FBG disease as compared to faba bean fields that did not receive any type of fertilizer. Faba bean fields near legume crops had the highest DI (74.1%) and severity (26.1%), whereas faba bean fields near cereal crops had the lowest incidence and severity (55.06% and 21.3%, respectively). Faba bean fields sprayed with fungicide had the lowest incidence (46.7%) and severity (9.3%) of FBG compared to faba bean fields that did not receive any fungicide (67.6% incidence, 33.2% severity) (Table 3).
The distribution map of FBG disease in Ethiopia through the Amahara, Oromia, and Tigray regions was created to depict the highlands of faba bean-producing areas. In general, the total FBG DI varied from 0% to 100% in all examined faba bean fields with the highest distribution range from 61% to 100% (Fig. 4).

Other foliar and root rot diseases of faba bean

The combined means for years 2019 and 2020 assessments for prevalence, incidence, and severity of chocolate spot, Ascochyta blight, faba bean rust, and root rot diseases found in various zones in the three surveyed regions are summarized in Table 4. Chocolate spot is more prevalent and was more common in the West Shewa (100%), Finfinne Special Zone (100%), and North Shewa (99%) of the Oromia region, followed by South Gonder (98%) and North Shewa (95%) of Amahara region. Ascochyta blight prevalence was found in Finfinne Special Zone (100%), North Shewa (98%), West Shewa (98%), and Southwest Shewa (97%), followed by the Arsi zone (91%) of the Oromia region. Except for faba bean rust in South Wollo, no faba bean rust or root rot disease was detected in the Amhara region. The incidence of major faba bean diseases tended to follow a similar pattern as found for DP (Table 4).

Factors associated with FBG disease

When independent variables such as the assessed region, zone, year, crop growth stage, cropping system, altitude, weed density, and fungicide application are entered first into the logistic regression model, they are strongly associated with FBG incidence and severity. When slope, soil type, drainage methods, and crop nearby were entered first into the logistic model, they exhibited no association with FBG incidence and severity (Table 5).
The independent variables of surveyed regions, surveyed year, zones, crop growth stage, altitude, crop density, weed densities, cropping pattern, cropping system, fertilizer application, crop nearby, and fungicide spray, when variable entered first (VEF) into the model for FBG incidence, the highest deviance reduction, and best probability values, were observed. Similarly, when the variable entered last (VEL) into the model for FBG incidence the surveyed region, surveyed year, zones, altitude, weed density, cropping system, and soil type, fungicide application showed the greatest deviance reduction and best probability values. The surveyed region, surveyed year, zones, crop growth stage, crop density, cropping system, the slope of the field, cropping pattern, altitude, weed density, fertilizer application, and fungicide application when VEF into the model for FBG severity showed the greatest deviance reduction and best probability values. In addition, the surveyed region, surveyed year, zones, crop growth stage, crop density, cropping system, the slope of the field, cropping pattern, altitude, weed density, and fungicide application when entered last into the model for FBG severity showed the greatest deviance reduction and best probability values (Table 5).
In reduced multiple variable models, clustered variables of surveyed regions, year, zones, crop growth stage, crop density, cropping system, field slope, cropping pattern, altitude, weed density, soil type, fertilizer application, and fungicide were statistically tested as presented in Table 6.
The analysis results of deviance for the variables added one by one to the reduced model showed the importance of each variable and variable class. The deviance value, parameter estimates, and standard error of new variable classes in a reduced model have resulted in FBG DI and severity are given in Tables 6 and 7. The highest FBG incidence recorded from the assessed faba bean field has a high probability of association with the surveyed year 2020, Amhara region, South Gondar and North Shewa zone (Amhara), maturity growth stage, mono-cropping, high altitude (>2,400 m.a.s.l), high weed infestation, and unsprayed fungicide (Table 6). Whereas, the surveyed year 2019, Oromia region, West Shew, S/W/Shewa zone, seedling growth stage, lower-altitude (1,900-2,200 m.a.s.l.), crop rotation, low weed infestation (>100/m2) and sprayed fungicide had associated with the lowest FBG incidence (Table 6). Tigray region, 2020 surveyed year, North Shewa (Oromia), maturity growth stage, mono-cropping system, high altitude (>2,400 m.a.s.l.), high weed density (>100/m2), and unsprayed fungicide were associated with the highest FBG severity (Table 7). The lowest FBG severity assessed in the surveyed year of 2019, Oromia region, Southwest Shewa, and Arsi zone, seedling growth stage, crop-rotation system, low altitude ranges (1,900-2,200), low weed densities, sprayed fungicide of the faba bean field had shown a high likelihood of association (Table 7).

Discussion

The present study showed that FBG gall disease is rapidly spreading from its original point to previously uninfected faba bean production areas and continues to increase in overall severity across affected regions of Ethiopia. The appearance of FBG disease was first reported from North Shewa by Gorfu et al. (2012) and subsequent wider spatial and temporal distribution was reported in the northern and central highlands of Ethiopia by Hailu et al. (2014), in the Wollo highlands Hailemariam et al. (2016), in the Emba-Alaje, Ofla, Enda-Mekhoni, and Raya-Alamata districts of south Tigray zone Abebe et al. (2018), in the North Shewa zone of the Amahara region Bitew (2015), in the western highlands of Oromia region by Debela et al. (2017), and the South Gondar of Amhara region by Ademe et al. (2018). The rapid spread and high prevalence, incidence, and severity of FBG were likely due to many factors, including inappropriate farm management practices, absence of resistant varieties, lack of a disease-free seed supply, and lack of attention on internal quarantine to address the substantial farmer-to-farmer seed exchange system. A similar study report from China showed that FBG pathogen inoculum could be minimized from season to season, from existence distributed from an infested area to uninfested areas through simple practices such as selecting and using disease-free seed, including disinfecting seed before planting (Lang et al., 1993).
The altitudinal variation in surveyed zones of the Amhara, Oromia, and Tigray regions had a very significant impact on FBG DI and severity. A previous survey reported that as the elevation of faba bean production increased, the incidence and severity of FBG disease correspondingly increased (Bitew et al., 2021; Hailemariam et al., 2016; Hailu et al., 2014; Yitayih et al., 2021). Similarly, in China, FBG is one of most problematic in highland areas at an elevation of 2,500-3,400 m (Lang et al., 1993).
The current study also highlighted how rotating the faba bean with other non-legume crops (e.g., horticultural and cereal crops) substantially lowered DI and severity compared to the fields planted to faba bean after a faba bean or another legume crop. As cereal crops are a non-host to FBG, there is an opportunity for farmers to rotate faba bean crops with cereals and other non-legume crops to reduce the pathogen inoculum source in the soil (Getaneh et al., 2018).
Faba bean fields infested with a high weed density showed higher rates of FBG compared to fields infested with a low weed density. Similar findings that high weed-infested faba bean fields show increased FBG DI and severity as compared with low weed density were previously reported by Bitew et al. (2021), Yitayih et al. (2021), and Hailemariam et al. (2016).
Maximum FBG disease severity and incidence occurred from podding onwards across the maturity stages as compared to seedling, vegetative, and flowering stages. This is due to continuous high rainfall, and cool temperatures in the highland areas, especially in the September and October months which create particularly favorable conditions for the production and release of FBG inoculum (zoospores), zoospore easy movement by run-off water, and rain splash. The FBG disease onset may depend on weather conditions (rainfall, cool environment, and the source of inoculum). If the previous year’s farm is cultivated with faba bean and the important environmental conditions are maintained, it will start at an early stage (seedling stage) on the next season planted of the same or similar crop. The disease progress decreased toward the late growth stage of faba bean as the grower early applied fungicide. Accordingly, Getaneh et al. (2018) noted that the combined presence of rain, wind, and zoospore release in the field results in rapid disease spread that peaks around pod formation, and then gradually subsides. The recent study by Yitayih et al. (2021) noted that vegetative and flowering stages had higher FBG DI and severity than podding growth stage. However, in the study by Yitayih et al. (2021), fungicide had been applied at the vegetative stages in the study area, likely resulting in a low DI and severity at the later growth stage.
The occurrence of other faba bean diseases such as; chocolate spot, ascochyta blight, faba bean rust and root rot are important of faba bean disease reported from the assessment areas, except root rot disease absent in all surveyed zones of Amhara region and faba bean rust only observed in South Wollo again from Amhara region.

Recommendation

FBG was the most prevalent in faba bean production areas, particularly in the South Gondar, South Wollo, and North Shewa of the Amhara region, North Shewa zone of the Oromia region, and South Tigray zone of Tigray region. Furthermore, in Ambo, Jeldu, Dendi, Chelia, and Midakegn districts from the West Shewa zone, and Chitu district from the Southwest Shewa zone of the Oromia region highland areas was reported from present study as newly infested faba bean production fields with FBG disease. A logistic regression model highlighted the relationship between the different independent factors and FBG incidence and severity during the assessment periods of 2019 and 2020. The independent variable classes of the crop at podding and maturity stages, mono-cropping, altitudes greater than 2,400 m.a.s.l., high weed density, and unsprayed faba bean fields with fungicide as being significantly associated with the highest disease intensity, indicating that these are likely important factors for FBG epidemics. Crop rotation; faba bean production at altitude ranges from 1,900 to 2,200 m.a.s.l., and from 2,201 to 2,399 m.a.s.l.; low weed infestation in faba bean field; fungicide application can all be considered as management opportunities towards limiting the adverse FBG impact on faba bean. Whereas FBG may overriding cause of devastating faba bean yield losses, it remains important to also monitor and manage the other faba bean diseases to minimize overall losses from diseases. Finally, further investigation of disease biology and ecology, active and passive FBG pathogen inoculum transmissions, defining the diversity of Ethiopian FBG pathogen isolates, and FBG interactions with other co-occurring pathogens could be important foci for future studies.

Notes

Conflicts of Interest

No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

Acknowledgments

Our thanks go to the Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR Project: CIM/2017/030 “Faba Bean in Ethiopia-Mitigating disease constraints to improve productivity and sustainability”), International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) and the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) for the financial and logistic support. We also greatly acknowledge Dr. Seid Ahimed Kemal from ICARDA for the Follow-up on the research implementation.

Fig. 1
Monthly rainfall and relative humidity in eight zones for the 2019 and 2020 cropping season. WS, West Shewa; ST, South Tigray; FSZ, Finfinne Special Zone; SWS, South West Shewa; NSO, North Shewa (Oromia); NSA, North Shewa (Amhara); SG, South Gondar; SW, South Wollo.
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Fig. 2
Faba bean gall symptoms: (A) initial infection on leaves (arrows), (B) start to galls form on leaves, (C) galls on petioles and sever on leaves, (D) galls forming on the stem in the field, (E) gall-forming on a single detached faba bean stem, (F) galls forming on pods, (G) healthy faba bean farm, (H) severely infected faba bean field, and (I) dead faba bean plants.
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Fig. 3
Faba bean gall infects field pea as an alternative host: (A) gall-forming on leaf and (B) gall of stem.
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Fig. 4
A map illustrating the distribution of faba bean gall disease in studied zones of mainly faba bean cultivating regions in Ethiopia.
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Table 1
Weather conditions (June to October), altitudes, number of districts, and fields across surveyed zones within a region for the 2019 and 2020 cropping seasons
Region Zone Altitude ranges (m.a.s.l.) Rainfall ranges (mm) Relative Humidity ranges (%) Temperature (°C) No. of districts No. of fields

Min Max
Oromia N/Shewa 2,232-3,108 87-1,034 51-68 11.7 36.2 9 137
S/W/Shewa 1,945-3,008 162-1,534 57-88 12.8 22.5 6 78
W/Shewa 2,067-3,002 142-1,502 56-88 12.65 22.3 10 104
Arsi 2,126-3,246 124-1,520 46-90 13.8 24.5 7 91
F/Special Zone 2,475-2,659 344-1,497 36-88 9.5 44.3 2 16
Amhara N/Shewa 2,590-3,273 142-1,182 58-83 13.0 21.9 6 160
S/Gondar 2,500-3,249 59-850 47-74 16.5 25.7 4 152
S/Wollo 2,166-3,358 52-1,413 55-81 12.7 21.9 4 171
Tigray S/Tigray 1,911-3,081 5-595 51-78 12.3 28.6 3 90
Table 2
FBG disease incidence and percent severity index contingency table for logistic regression model analysis
Independent variable Variable classes No. of fields with FBG (%)

Incidence Percent Severity index


≤35% >35% ≤25% >25%
Year 219 120 163 207 76
2020 213 503 459 257
Region Oromia 237 189 301 125
Amhara 65 418 321 162
Tigray 31 59 45 45
Zone N/Shewa (Oromia) 38 99 60 77
S/W/Shewa 34 3 37 -
W/Shewa 89 56 115 30
Arsi 64 27 76 15
F/Special Zone 12 4 13 3
N/Shewa(Amhara) 34 126 103 57
S/Gondar 7 145 107 45
S/Wollo 24 147 111 60
S/Tigray 31 59 44 46
Crop growth stage Seedling 8 6 10 4
Vegetative 42 94 104 32
Flowering 169 246 308 107
Podding 105 242 196 151
Maturity 9 78 48 39
Crop densitya Low 60 141 117 84
Medium 198 320 335 183
High 75 205 215 65
Cropping systemb Rotation 323 666 656 333
Mon-cropping 2 8 2 8
Slope of fieldc Low 127 270 286 111
Medium 186 342 346 182
High 20 54 34 40
Cropping pattern Sole 566 317 575 308
Mixed 100 16 92 24
Altituded Low 85 18 101 2
Medium 163 203 265 101
High 85 445 301 229
Weed densitye low 220 253 345 128
High 113 413 321 205
Soil type Cambisole 209 458 451 216
Vertisol 118 194 209 103
Nitosol 6 14 11 9
fertilizer application Inorganic 207 266 367 106
Organic 16 58 42 32
Not applied 110 342 258 194
Drainage method Flat 307 630 620 317
Raised 26 36 47 15
Crop nearby Cereal 302 528 557 273
Legume 34 120 111 43
Vegetable 3 12 4 11
Fungicide Sprayed 231 243 420 54
Unsprayed 103 422 246 279

FBG, faba bean gall.

a Target copy number was estimated based on the linear regression of the standard curve in Fig. 4.

b Tt = 1 equals to 1 min.

Table 3
FBG disease prevalence, incidence, and severity of FBG to independent factors in 2019 and 2020 cropping seasons
Independent variable Variable classes No. of fields Prevalence (%) Incidence (%) Severity (PSI)


Mean Range Mean Range
Year 2019 283 72.4 51.7 1-100 19.3 0.2-100
2020 716 78.5 60 0-100 22.9 0.2-95
Regions Oromia 426 54 35.9 2-100 18.6 1-95
Amhara 483 95.7 78.1 0-100 22.7 0.2-91
Tigray 90 83.3 51.2 5-100 32.8 1.6-100
Zones N/Shewa (Oromia) 137 83.9 57.8 2-100 33.9 1-95
S/W/Shewa 37 10.8 6.4 15-90 1.1 5-20
W/Shewa 145 14.5 31.8 5-100 14.1 5-85
Arsi 91 33 22.8 15-100 10.3 4-91
F/Special Zone 16 62.5 29.1 15-90 16.3 5-70
N/Shewa (Amhara) 160 95 71.6 0-100 24.6 0.2-86
S/Gondar 152 98 91.1 1.2-100 21.7 1-91
S/Wollo 171 94.2 72.7 0-100 21.9 0.2-85
S/Tigray 90 83.3 51.2 5-100 32.8 1.6-100
Crop growth stage Seedling 14 78.6 35.7 5-100 15.1 5-46
Vegetative 136 88.2 64.6 1-100 17.2 0.2-90
Flowering 415 66.7 52.8 0-100 17.6 0.2-100
Podding 374 73.8 56.7 0-100 27.5 0.2-96
Maturity 87 95.4 77.6 15-100 28.3 5-91
Crop density Low 201 77.6 61.6 2-100 27.9 0.2-100
Medium 518 72.8 50.5 0-100 22.2 0.4-95
High 280 83.6 68.1 1-100 17.1 0.2-91
Cropping System Rotation 989 77.1 8.6 0-100 3.6 0.2-100
Mono-cropping 10 40 58.2 6-100 22.1 1-45
Slope of field Low 397 78.8 62.4 1-100 19.8 0.2-100
Medium 528 75 54.5 0-100 22.1 0.2-90
High 74 78.4 55.2 0-100 31.6 5-91
Cropping pattern Sole 883 74.6 54.3 0-100 22.4 0.2-100
Mixed 116 93.1 83.6 3.3-100 17.7 0.2-76
Altitude Low 103 18.4 14.3 7.7-100 1.8 1-59
Medium 366 70.5 46.1 1.2-100 17.9 0.2-95
High 530 92.5 74.1 0-100 28.5 0.2-100
Weed density Low 473 67.4 44.7 0-100 17.6 0.2-96
High 526 85.2 69.3 0-100 25.7 0.2-100
soil type Cambisole 667 78.4 61.1 0-100 21.8 0.2-100
Vertisol 312 73.1 50.3 2-100 21.4 0.2-90
Nitosol 20 80 58.1 15-100 31.1 5-91
Fertilizer application Inorganic 473 66 51.4 1-100 16 0.4-96
Organic 74 87.8 70.9 0-100 27.1 0.2-94
Not applied 452 86.3 62.1 0-100 27.2 0.2-100
Drainage method Flat 937 76.8 57.2 0-100 22.2 0.2-100
Raised 62 75.8 56.5 1-100 16.8 1-76
Crop nearby Cereal 830 75.1 55.1 0-100 21.3 0.2-100
Legume 154 89.6 74.1 2-100 26.1 0.2-86
Vegetable 15 40 34.6 3-100 8.4 1-50
Fungicide Sprayed 474 62.2 46.7 1-100 9.3 0.2-80
Unsprayed 525 89.9 67.6 0-100 33.2 1-100

FBG, faba bean gall; PSI, Percent Severity Index.

Table 4
Prevalence, incidence, and severity of faba bean foliar (chocolate spot, ascochyta blight, rust) and root rot diseases
Regions Zones Prevalence (%) Incidences (%) Severity (%)



CS AB FR RR CS AB FR RR CS AB FR RR
Amhara S/Gonder 98 66 - - 87 73 - - 21 14 - -
S/Wollo 67 56 1.7 - 60 49 23 - 8.2 8 1.4 -
N/shewa 95 41 - - 85 43 - - 13 10 - -
Oromia Arsi 78 91 14 10 89 79 31 28 36 26 7.9 26
W/shewa 100 98 41 18 83 76 57 30 33 25 16 32
N/Shewa 99 98 30 23 72 62 40 34 22 19 15 27
F/Special Zone 100 100 61 9.1 70 73 36 47 36 27 18 37
S/W/Shewa 43 97 51 54 91 83 72 11 13 12 12 6.4
Tigray S/Tigray 59 53 2.5 17 53 43 28 31 15 15 30 32
Overall means 87 74 14 11 77 66 49 32 20 18 17 26

CS, chocolate spot; AB, ascochyta blight; FR, faba bean rust; RR, root rot.

Table 5
Logistic regression models analysis of FBG incidence and severity, LRTs for independent variables when entered first and last into the model
Independent variable df Incidence LRT Severity (PSI) LRT


VEF VEL VEF VEL




DR Pr > χ2 DR Pr > χ2 DR Pr > χ2 DR Pr > χ2
Year 1 13.3 0.0003 13.3 0.0003 8.3 0.0039 8.3 0.0039
Region 2 182.3 <0.0001 197.9 <0.0001 15.3 0.0005 22.3 <0.0001
Zone 8 285.6 <0.0001 106.7 <0.0001 100.4 <0.0001 86.2 <0.0001
Crop growth stage 4 41.2 <0.0001 15.8 0.0033 37.4 <0.0001 40.4 <0.0001
Crop density 2 12.0 0.0025 3.9 0.1442 22.8 <0.0001 18.2 0.0001
Cropping System 1 22.0 <0.0001 17.1 <0.0001 8.3 0.0041 9.0 0.0026
Slope of field 2 2.3 0.3106 0.3 0.8584 20.9 <0.0001 13.1 0.0015
Cropping pattern 1 26.4 <0.0001 0.4 0.5391 9.2 0.0025 7.9 0.0049
Altitude 2 200.9 <0.0001 109.1 <0.0001 96.5 <0.0001 84.1 <0.0001
Weed density 1 72.0 <0.0001 26.4 <0.0001 15.3 <0.0001 13.3 0.0003
Soil type 2 4.7 0.0951 32.6 <0.0001 1.4 0.4883 10.0 0.0066
Fertilizer application 2 41.9 <0.0001 0.5 0.7813 51.7 <0.0001 5.6 0.0618
Drainage method 1 2.0 0.1597 3.6 0.0577 1.9 0.1689 0.5 0.459
Crop nearby 2 33.0 <0.0001 3.5 0.1697 4.8 0.0903 0.3 0.8803
Fungicide 1 93.7 <0.0001 43.0 <0.0001 214.8 <0.0001 101.6 <0.0001

FBG, faba bean gall; df, degrees of freedom; LRT, likelihood ratio test; PSI, Percent Severity Index; VEF, variable entered first; VEL, variable entered last; DR, deviance reduction; Pr, probability of a χ2 value exceeding the deviance reduction.

Table 6
Analysis of FBG incidence using reduced multiple variable models for determining residual deviance, odds ratio, and SE
Added variable Residual deviance df LRT Variable class Estimate SE Odds ratio

DR Pr > χ2
Intercept - - - - - −19.3 1.5 -
Year 1,125.5 1 25.8 <0.0001 2019 −1.5 0.3 4.7
2020 0a 0a 1
Region 927.6 2 0 <0.0001 Oromia 1.6 0.4 0.2
Amhara 4.06 0.9 57.9
Tigray 0a 0a 1
Zone 820.9 8 70.08 <0.0001 N/Shewa (Oromia) 3.6 0.9 0.3
S/W/Shewa −1 1.1 0.04
W/Shewa −1.5 0.9 0.2
Arsi 2.3 0.9 0.1
F/Special Zone 0a 0a 1
N/Shewa (Amhara) 1.6 0.4 4.8
S/Gondar 0.1 0.6 1.1
S/Wollo 0a 0a 1
S/Tigray 0a 0a 1
Crop growth stage 805.08 4 9.8 0.0436 Seedling −2.1 0.9 2.4
Vegetative −1.1 0.7 4.6
Flowering −1.2 0.7 3.07
Podding −0.9 0.7 2.5
Maturity 0a 0a 1
Crop density 801.2 2 1.6 0.46 Low (<25/m2) −0.2 0.3 1.4
Medium (25/m2) −0.3 0.3 1.2
High (>25/m2) 0a 0a 1
Cropping system 784.15 1 14.3 0.0002 Rotation −24.7 0a 0a
Mono-cropping 0a 0a 1
Cropping pattern 783.5 1 1.8 0.19 Sole 0.7 0.49 0.5
Mixed 0a 0a 1
Altitude 674.4 2 51 <0.0001 Low (1,900-2,200) −2.6 0.5 0.08
Mid (2,201-2,399) −1.1 0.2 0.3
High (>2,400) 0a 0a 1
Weed density 647.95 1 31.08 <0.0001 Low (30-100/m2) −1.1 0.2 0.09
High (>100/m2) 0a 0a 1
Soil type 615.31 2 27.8 <0.0001 Cambisol −1.2 0.6 3.4
Vertisol −2.5 0.7 11.9
Nitosol 0a 0a 1
Fertilizer application 614.8 2 0.6 0.74 Inorganic −0.15 0.24 1.2
Organic 0.1 0.44 0.9
Not applied 0a 0a 1
Fungicide 564.7 1 42.9 <0.0001 Sprayed −1.42 0.22 4.1
Unsprayed 0a 0a -

FBG, faba bean gall; df, degrees of freedom; LRT, likelihood ratio test; DR, deviance reduction; Pr, probability of a χ2 value exceeding the deviance reduction, estimates from the model with all independent variables added; SE, standard error.

a Reference group.

Table 7
Analysis of FBG percent severity index using reduced multiple variable models for determining residual deviance, odds ratio, and standard error
Added variable Residual deviance Df LRT Variable class Estimate SE Odds ratio

DR Pr > χ2
Intercept 1,100.6 - - - - −21.7 1.4 -
Year 1,092.3 1 2.9 0.09 2019 −0.43 0.3 1.5
2020 0a 0a 1
Region 1,070 2 0 0.004 Oromia −1.7 0.8 2.4
Amhara −0.88 0.4 5.5
Tigray 0a 0a 1
Zone 983.8 8 32.4 <0.0001 N/Shewa (Oromia) 1.5 0.7 0.82
S/W/Shewa −2.6 4.3 0.1
W/Shewa −0.17 0.8 0.2
Arsi 0.68 0.8 0.5
F/Special Zone 0a 0a 1
N/Shewa (Amhara) 0.79 0.3 0.9
S/Gondar 0.7 0.4 1.07
S/Wollo 0a 0a 1
S/Tigray 0a 0a 1
Crop growth stage 943.4 4 13.2 0.01 Seedling −0.3 0.7 0.53
Vegetative −0.4 0.4 1.5
Flowering 0.05 0.3 0.9
Podding 0.6 0.3 0.6
Maturity 0a 0a 1
Crop density 925.2 2 8.1 0.018 Low (<25/m2) 0.7 0.3 0.6
Medium (25/m2) 0.3 0.2 0.5
High (>25/m2) 0a 0a 1
Cropping system 916.2 1 6.5 0.01 rotation −24.4 0a 2.1
Mono-cropping 0a 0a 1
Slope of field 903.1 2 6.6 0.04 Low (<5%) −0.9 0.4 2.5
Medium (5-50%) −0.9 0.4 2.4
High (>50%) 0a 0a 1
Cropping pattern 895.2 1 14.2 0.0002 Sole 1.4 0.4 0.3
mixed 0a 0a 1
Altitude 811.02 2 0 <0.0001 Low (1,900-2,200) −3.11 0.8 0.7
Mid (2,201-2,399) −0.98 0.2 0.85
High (>2,400) 0a 0a 1
Weed density 797.8 1 14.09 0.0002 Medium (30-100/m2) −0.7 0.19 0.02
High (>100/m2) 0a 0a 1
Fertilizer application 782.2 2 6.3 0.04 Inorganic 0.16 0.34 0.9
Organic 0a 0a 1
Not applied −0.46 0.21 1.6
Fungicide 679.8 1 0 <0.0001 Sprayed −0.92 0.2 0.8
Unsprayed 0a 0a 1

FBG, faba bean gall; df, degrees of freedom; LRT, likelihood ratio test; DR, deviance reduction; Pr, probability of a χ2 value exceeding the deviance reduction; SE, standard error.

a Reference group.

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