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This paper is a review of the literature in recent years that focuses on the the most relevant pest and disease of chickpea (Cicer arietinum). Chickpea is a remarkable legume crop and has become an integral part of a sustainable production system. Chickpea cultivation plays a pivotal role in innovative sustainable models of agro-ecosystems inserted in crop rotation for soil improvement and the reduction of chemical inputs. Damage by insect pests and disease-causing pathogens are considered as the most significant factors leading to low yield in chickpea. Being rich in protein, chickpea plant is vulnerable to a number of insect pests, which attack on roots, foliage and pods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Solanaceae and Cucurbitaceae diseases represent an important limitative factor of crop varieties. The study include the following topics: study of genetic resources and breeding technologies for increasing disease resistance, protected crop experiments, Mycology, fruit quality study in the context of climate change, plant propagation, biostimulators and abiotic stress, different responses of the plant immune systems, possibilities for the practical application of valuable genes in increasing the tolerance or resistance to pathogens of solanaceous plants, rapid identification of genes for resistance and sensitivity, new methods for sustainable resistance to pathogens and pests, new methods of transmitting resistance to biotic and abiotic stress, with an extended intersection between pathways / pathways for resistance to pathogens and tolerance to abiotic and biotic stress. This review highlights the latest research in the diseases and application of new methos in the management of the control of various pathogens, in protected areas and fields, at variety of Solanaceae and Cucurbitacea species grown in organical or conventional system, in the current context of climate change. The study are interdisciplinary area with genetics and physiology of plants, as well as the multiple interactions with the environment, including biotic and abiotic stress. Also the new technologies offer possibilities to modernize the methods and practices of cultivation in the field and protected areas, as well as obtaining valuable results in the implementation of a diverse range of techniques applied in the monitoring and control of the attack of the various pathogens. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]