eprintid: 4180
rev_number: 7
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datestamp: 2011-11-21 11:02:46
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type: article
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contact_email: Library-ICRISAT@CGIAR.ORG
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creators_name: Upadhyaya, H D
creators_name: Waliyar, F
creators_name: Nigam, S N
icrisatcreators_name: Upadhyaya, H D
icrisatcreators_name: Waliyar, F
icrisatcreators_name: Nigam, S N
affiliation: ICRISAT(Patancheru)
country: India
title: Breeding for Resistance to aflatoxin Contamination in Groundnut
ispublished: pub
subjects: s1.3
full_text_status: public
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.

date: 2002
date_type: published
publication: Aflatoxin
publisher: International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
pagerange: 1-6
refereed: TRUE
official_url: http://www.icrisat.org/aflatoxin/breeding.asp
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citation:   Upadhyaya, H D and Waliyar, F and Nigam, S N  (2002) Breeding for Resistance to aflatoxin Contamination in Groundnut.  Aflatoxin.  pp. 1-6.      
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/4180/1/Web_Art_2002_Breeding_Groundnut.pdf