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Gains in Groundnut Productivity Illustrate Success of Resistance Breeding Based on Exotic Gernlplasm

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Title Gains in Groundnut Productivity Illustrate Success of Resistance Breeding Based on Exotic Gernlplasm
 
Creator Singh, A K
Nigam, S N
 
Subject Groundnut
 
Description 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…………………………….
 
Publisher Genetic Resources Communications Systems, Inc
 
Date 1996
 
Type Article
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Language en
 
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Identifier 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