%0 Conference Paper
%A Mehan, V K
%A McDonald, D
%A Subrahmanyam, P
%B Proceedings of an International Workshop on Bacterial Wilt Disease in Asia and the South Pacific
%C Los Banos, Laguna ,Philippines
%D 1985
%F icrisat:4204
%P 112-119
%T Bacterial Wilt of Groundnut: Control with Emphasis on Host Plant Resistance
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/4204/
%X BACTERIAL wilt caused by P~eudomonas~o lanaceorum  is the only important bacterial disease of  groundnut. It is a rerlous problem in major  groundnut-producing are= of Indonesia (Schuarr  and Hanlcy 1927; Machmud, thele Proceeding,),  in southern China (Darong et at. 1981). and in  restricted areas of Africa (Simbwa-Bunnya 1972).  The di~iws a potential threat to groundnut prcb  duction in several other pans of the uorld, apccially  in warm humid areas. Effectlve control  measurn arc to use sui~able crpp rotations and to  grow wilt-resistant groundnut ~ultivars (Schwarz  and Hartley 1930; Porter et al. 1982). Bmderl have  produced bacterial wilt-resistant groundnut  cultivars in several parts of the world (Schwarz and  Hartley 1926; Darong et al. 1981). Several  scrrcning/inoculation techniques hare been used to  identify sources of resistance (Darong el at. 1981;  Winstead and Kelman 1952), but the wide range of  variability in the pathogen populations complicata  wilt resistance breeding.