The disease is difficult to distinguish from blight caused by Ascochyta pisi, though D. pinodes is the more aggressive of the two pathogens.

[10] Furthermore, burying of infected residues declines pathogen survival,[11] however, crop rotation and tillage regimes have little influence on disease severity.

[12] Delayed sowing by 3–4 weeks reduces ascochyta blight severity by more than 50%,[13] however, such measures are not feasible at higher latitudes, because of a shorter growing season.

[18] Besides morphological traits, a proteomic and metabolomic study pinpointed molecular markers contributing to resistance.

[19] Disease severity of leaves was also reported to be lower when pea plants are associated with rhizobial bacteria that presumably provoke so called induced systemic resistance.