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Wild Arachis Genetic Resources at ICRISAT

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Title Wild Arachis Genetic Resources at ICRISAT
 
Creator Rao, V R
Sadasivan, A K
 
Subject Groundnut
 
Description The conservatron olArachls germplasm IS an urgent need ICRlSA T hes bean desrgnatd.s a mwot
reposrtofy'ol Arrchls germplem. wrth the obwrrves 01 coll~tronm, arnfenance and evaluatron 01
the genetrc resources. end the documentatron and dtstrrbutron 01 mahrral end tnlormatton
Wrld specres 01 Arachls are acqurred through transler from known genelrc resocrrce crnlsrs rn
Indra end abroad, and elso by collectmg expedrrrons The accessrons whrch reproduce by seed are
multrplred by growrng rn Ihe lreld Currently the pods arestored a1 d°C wrlh 35% relrttve hunitdtry
Long-term storage lacrlrtres are berng burlt The rhrzometous accessrons ere merntarrved by growing
rooted cuftrngs rn concrete conterners A serres oldescrrpfors surfable lor Iheevalualron 01 wtld
specres 01 Arachls rs berng developed, meenwhrle the groundnur descrrptors developed by l8PGR
end ICRlSA T are berng used
At ICRISA T, wrld specres are screened agarnst drseases andpesfs Those specres wtth resrstancr
are berng urrlrzed in the Groundnuf lmprovemenl Program Arach~sg ermplasm 1s avatlabte lrbe 01
charge lo all sctentrsts who wrsh to use rt The current status of wrld Arach~s germplasm and the
lufure program are presented
 
Date 1985
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/4156/1/CP_201.pdf
Rao, V R and Sadasivan, A K (1985) Wild Arachis Genetic Resources at ICRISAT. In: Proceedings of an International Workshop on Cytogenetics of Arachis, 31 Oct - 2 Nov 1983, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India.