TY  - JOUR
N2  - 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.

AV  - public
A1  - Upadhyaya, H D
A1  - Waliyar, F
A1  - Nigam, S N
TI  - Breeding for Resistance to aflatoxin Contamination in Groundnut
UR  - http://www.icrisat.org/aflatoxin/breeding.asp
JF  - Aflatoxin
SP  - 1
Y1  - 2002///
ID  - icrisat4180
EP  - 6
PB  - International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
ER  -