TY  - CONF
N2  - In 1976 (CRISAT was desrgnatsd a world center for the rmpro~ment0 1 yrrM and qurlrty 01
groundnut and to act as a world re~~~rtloorr yth e genetc resources 01 the cultrvatsd Awh18
hypogaea and Its WIM relatrws rn the genus Arachrs About 6% 01 the world's groundnuts are
produced by small hrmers rn the semr-artd troprcs (SA Tb but yrelds are low a1 around 780 kglha of
dnsd pods The potentla1 yreMs are over 5000 kg ha but cannot be attarned becausr of such
COnStramtS as drs(~sesp.e sts, and unmlrable rsrnlall Thrs pamr drscusses these and other produciron
constrarnts and outl~nesre search berng done on them by the ICRISA T Groundnut lmprowmrnt
Program The establrshment of the ICRISA T Regronal Groundnut Program rn Southern Afrrca and
our prolected cooperatrve programs lor Southeast Asra and West Alrrca wtll greatly rncrwsr the
scope 01 the ICRISA T Groundnut Program to assrst nalronal programs In all aspects ol research on
groundnut problems
AV  - public
A1  - McDonald, D
TI  - The ICRISAT Groundnut Program
UR  - http://oar.icrisat.org/4155/
T2  - Regional Groundnut Workshop for Southern Africa
SP  - 17
Y1  - 1985///
ID  - icrisat4155
EP  - 32
M2  - Lilongwe, Malawi
ER  -