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Groundnut Rosette: A Virus Disease Affecting Groundnut Production in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Title Groundnut Rosette: A Virus Disease Affecting Groundnut Production in Sub-Saharan Africa
 
Creator Naidu, R A
Kimmins, R M
Deom, C M
Subrahmanyam, P
Chiyembekeza, A J
Merwe, P J A Van der
 
Subject Groundnut
 
Description Groundnut (peanut, Arachis hypogaea
L.) is cultivated in the semiarid
tropical and subtropical regions of
nearly 100 countries on six continents
between 40°N and 40°S (Fig. 1). For
people in many developing countries,
groundnuts are the principal source of
digestible protein (25 to 34%), cooking oil
(44 to 56%), and vitamins like thiamine,
riboflavin, and niacin (65). In many countries,
groundnut cake and haulms (straw,
stems) are used as livestock feed. Groundnut
is also a significant source of cash income
in developing countries that contributes
significantly to food security and
alleviates poverty (68). In many sub-
Saharan African (SSA) countries, women
predominantly grow and manage the crop
(Fig. 2). Therefore, groundnut cultivation
has a direct bearing on the overall economic
and financial well-being and nutritional
status of women and children.
 
Publisher American Phytopathological Society
 
Date 1999
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/5114/1/PlantDis83%288%29700-709.pdf
Naidu, R A and Kimmins, R M and Deom, C M and Subrahmanyam, P and Chiyembekeza, A J and Merwe, P J A Van der (1999) Groundnut Rosette: A Virus Disease Affecting Groundnut Production in Sub-Saharan Africa. Plant Disease, 83 (8). pp. 700-709. ISSN 0191-2917