%0 Journal Article %@ 0022-0957 %A Nambiar, P T C %A Nigam, S N %A Dart, P J %A Gibbons, R W %D 1983 %F icrisat:9648 %I Oxford University Press %J Journal of Experimental Botany %K Root hairs, Arachis hypogaea, Non-nodulation, Groundnut %N 141 %P 484-488 %T Absence of Root Hairs in Non-Nodulating Groundnut, Arachis hypogaea L. %U http://oar.icrisat.org/9648/ %V 34 %X Root hairs observed at the site of lateral root emergence in nodulating groundnut cultivars were found to be absent in non-nodulating groundnut lines. In a segregating F2-population of the cross NC 17 × PI 259747 a strong association was observed between the presence of root hairs and nodulation, and the absence of root hairs and non-nodulation.