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Studies on the Groundnut Pod Borers

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Title Studies on the Groundnut Pod Borers
 
Creator Anitha, V
 
Subject Groundnut
Entomology
 
Description Arachis hypogaea L. (groundnut or peanut) is mainly used as a dietary
supplement in the developed countries either as roasted and salted and eaten as a
snack or as milled products. However, groundnuts are an important source of
dietary protein and lipid, especially in developing countries. In India, the world's
largest producer of groundnut, the oil is of prime importance as a cooking medium
(Wightman and Amin, 1988), and in recent years this crop has gained a lot of
importance due to shortage of edible oil. In India groundnut is grown in about 8
m ha producing 7.2 million tonnes of pods with an average yield of 900 kg ha''
(FAO, 1990). This reflects 45 per cent of the total oilseeds area contributing 55 per
cent of the total oilseeds in the country (NRCG. 1987). Although this crop
occupies a unique place in the country's oilseed production the import of edible oil
has gone up from time to time to meet the demand.
 
Date 1992
 
Type Thesis
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/647/1/60581.pdf
Anitha, V (1992) Studies on the Groundnut Pod Borers. Masters thesis, Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University.