Screening wild Arachis for resistance to groundnut plant hopper Hilda patruelis in Malawi

Minja, E M and Merwe, P J A Van der and Ferguson, M E and Mviha, P J (2002) Screening wild Arachis for resistance to groundnut plant hopper Hilda patruelis in Malawi. International Arachis Newsletter, 22. pp. 49-51.

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Abstract

Plants of Arachis villosulicarpa, A. erecta, A. arasterio, A. monticola and two unidentified Arachis species were grown in single rows with 7 A. hypogaea cultivars as checks during 1999. Seed germination was poor particularly for A. arasterio where only 1 seed per row germinated and survived to harvest. These preliminary observations indicated that Hilda infested all test genotypes. In an off-season crop planted in June 2000, seed germination was >95% and there was no termite or rosette incidence. Hilda infestation was noted on all plants at the late podding stage. All (100%) of A. arasterio plants were green and healthy at the time of the assessment as were the other wild species (86-95%).

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Subjects: Mandate crops > Groundnut
Depositing User: Library ICRISAT
Date Deposited: 21 Sep 2011 08:20
Last Modified: 14 Sep 2013 09:32
URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/1756
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