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Groundnut: A Food Crop

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Title Groundnut: A Food Crop
 
Creator Dwivedi, S L
Nigam, S N
Renard, C
 
Subject Groundnut
 
Description Grollndnut (Arachis /typogaea L.) is growth in over 100 countries in the tropical and subtropical
regions of the world. It is a rich source of oil, protein, minerals, and vitamine. Over the years
there has been a significant chan'ge in grollndnut utilization. While the domestic utilization of
crushed (oil) groundnut decreased by 1-64%, the food uses increased by 11-71% in different
regions. Peanut hutter, roasted in·shell and shelled nuts, and freshly harvested in-shell boiled
lluts are most commonly used food form of groundnut. A substantial amount of roasted
groundnut seeds are used in the preparation of candies and confections in USA. There two
product are also considered to be the major growth area in groundnut consumption in developing
countries. The groundnut cake provides partially defeated flour, protein concentrates and
protein isolates which are now used in the preparation of groundnut based·fortified foods. The
various physical, sensoD, chemical, and nutritional factors determine the quality of groundnut
seeds. Aflatoxin content, presence of chemical residues in the seed, and high fat content have
potential to limit the use of groundnut as a food in human dieL Options to minimize the adverse
efl'ects been developed. ICGV 86564 in Srilanglca, and ICGVs 89214, 88438, and 91098 in Cyprus have
been released for commercial cultivation. Sweet testing valencia types with 3-4 seeded pods are
available for use in breeding. Efforts ar on to reduce the duration of large seeded varieties but
with improved seed quality to fit them in cropping pattern prevalent in Asian countries
 
Date 1996
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/5403/1/Edisi_Khusus_Balitkabi_7_49-54_1996.pdf
Dwivedi, S L and Nigam, S N and Renard, C (1996) Groundnut: A Food Crop. In: Risalah Seminar Prospek Pengembangan Agribinis Kacang Tanah Di Indonesia, 1996, Indonesia.