Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid., which causes dry root rot in pigeonpea is one of the most destructive plant pathogens in the world. Management of this disease through chemicals is not eco friendly and economically feasible. An attempt was made to assess the reaction of the important pigeonpea genotypes against dry root rot disease by sick pot technique. The fungus was multiplied on sand corn meal media and applied to sterilized soil. Among the twenty-four pigeonpea genotypes screened for the two consecutive years (2001 and 2002), none of the genotypes showed immune reaction. However, two genotypes PT-221 and ICPL-90097 had resistant reaction and DEPS- 9, Gullalli local, GS-1, ICPL-89049, Phy-K-2, TAT-9621 and V-50 recorded moderately resistant reaction.