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Eight different (resistant and susceptible) chickpea varieties were studied for various growth parameters including vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal status. This study was carried out before and after the spray of the pathogen, Ascochyta rabiei and the results were evaluated. Resistant varieties showed significantly high values for growth parameters studied. Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal infections especially arbuscules were recorded high for resistant varieties. In contrast susceptible varieties showed a noticeably low values for all growth parameters. However as far as their mycorrhizal status is concerned, significantly high values for vesicular infections were observed.