This paper reviews the most economically important foliar diseases of chickpea, faba bean, lentil, lupin and pea caused by fungi and viruses. Many of these pathogens are seed-borne which has aided their local and international spread and survival. Fungal foliar diseases caused by species of Ascochyta, Botrytis, Colletotrichum, Didymella, Erysiphe, Mycosphaerella, Peronospora, Phoma, Pleiochaeta and Uromyces will be discussed. Some 46 viruses naturally infect these five crops, but only information relating to the most important viral diseases will be presented. The importance of quarantine restrictions to prevent further spread of these pathogens will also be discussed. New and pertinent knowledge of the biology, epidemiology and control of these fungal and viral diseases, particularly that which has been published since the last IFLRC in 1992, will be reviewed.
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