%0 Journal Article %@ 0191-2917 %A Subrahmanyam, P %A Reddy, L J %A Gibbons, R W %A McDonald, D %D 1985 %F icrisat:8391 %I American Phytopathological Society %J Plant Disease %N 9 %P 813-819 %T Peanut rust: a major threat to peanut production in the semiarid tropics %U http://oar.icrisat.org/8391/ %V 69 %X The groundnut disease caused by Puccinia arachidis is reviewed in relation to distribution; yield losses; symptoms and identification; disease cycle and epidemiology; cultural and chemical control strategies and breeding for resistance