%0 Conference Paper
%A Nigam, S N
%B Third International Conference of the Peanut Research Community On Advances in Arachis through Genomics and Biotechnology (AAGB – 2008)
%C ICRISAT, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
%D 2008
%F icrisat:5602
%P 1-1
%T Strides in groundnut crop improvement and new challenges
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/5602/
%X    Groundnut is grown in 22.2 million ha in more than 100 countries in the world   with a total production of 34.5 million t and an average productivity of 1.55 t   ha-1(FAO, 2006). Asia accounts for 55.2% of the global area and 66.7% of the   global production of the crop compared to 40.3% of the area and 25.6% of the   production in Africa. During 1980-2006 period, the global groundnut area grew ...........