Gains in Groundnut Productivity Illustrate Success of Resistance Breeding Based on Exotic Gernlplasm
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Gains in Groundnut Productivity Illustrate Success of Resistance Breeding Based on Exotic Gernlplasm
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Singh, A K
Nigam, S N |
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Groundnut
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Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) is a major oilseed crop in India, accounting for 34.5 percent of total oilseeds area (24.5 m ha) and 41.3 percent of total oilseeds production duction (20.3 m t) in the country. Since the late 1980s there has been a gradual increase in area (12 percent), production (9 percent), and productivity (6 percent) of the main rainy-season groundnut crop. The average pod yield has increased from 794 kg ha in 1980 to 988 kg ha in 1994, again…………………………….
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Genetic Resources Communications Systems, Inc
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1996
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Article
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application/pdf
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en
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http://oar.icrisat.org/5573/1/Diversity_12_3_1996_59-60_1996_Grains.pdf
Singh, A K and Nigam, S N (1996) Gains in Groundnut Productivity Illustrate Success of Resistance Breeding Based on Exotic Gernlplasm. Diversity, 12 (3). pp. 59-60. ISSN 0744-8163 |
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