Status and significance of root-knot disease of groundnut in ChinaS XSongauthorS BSharmaauthorS NNigamauthorHJiapengauthorChina is the second largest groundnut producer in the world. The area under groundnut has increased from 2 m ha to 3 m ha I the last 10 years. Many abiotic and biotic stresses affect groundnut production in china in china. The root-knot disease caused by Meloidogyne species is considered to be one of the important biotic constrains to groundnut production…….. Groundnut1992International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid TropicsArticle