@article{icrisat4180,
       publisher = {International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics},
            year = {2002},
           title = {Breeding for Resistance to aflatoxin Contamination in Groundnut},
           pages = {1--6},
          author = {H D Upadhyaya and F Waliyar and S N Nigam},
         journal = {Aflatoxin},
             url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/4180/},
        abstract = {Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is an annual legume grown primarily for high quality
edible oil (36 to 54 \% on dry matter basis) and easily digestible protein (12 to 36 \%) in its
seeds. It is cultivated in 107 countries in tropical, sub-tropical and warm temperate
regions of the world. The crop is grown on about 25.54 million ha world wide with an
estimated total production of 35.09 million t in shell and an average productivity of 1.37 t
ha-1 (Food and Agriculture Organization, 2001). In several countries of Asia, which
accounts for 57.44\% of world area and 66.69\% of production and Africa, which accounts
for 37.86\% area and 24.54\% of production, groundnut is an important cash crop. Over
two-thirds of the global groundnut production occurs in seasonally rainfed regions where
drought is a potential constraints for crop production. Beside low productivity which
ranges from 0.7 to 0.8 t ha-1 in these regions, drought particularly the one which occurs
at the end of season, predisposes crop with invasion by the aflatoxin-producing fungus
Aspergillus flavus.
}
}