%D 1992 %L icrisat3203 %I International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics %T Status and significance of root-knot disease of groundnut in China %P 13-14 %V 11 %A S X Song %A S B Sharma %A S N Nigam %A H Jiapeng %J International Arachis Newsletter %X China 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……..