Singh, A.P. and Kumar, A. (2015) Groundnut’s drought tolerance fulfills demands of food and productivity. International Journal of Engineering Science Reviews, 15 (2). pp. 44-51.
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Abstract
Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) self pollinated legume cultivated in about 100 countries of 6 continents on about 36 million hectares of land is biggest source of edible oils and food. A groundnut seeds are rich source of vitamins, minerals, anti oxidants, flavinoids and isoflavinoids. Various new varieties are being developed which are rich in oil content, high yielding and provides better food quality. The above factors are mainly influenced by abiotic stress on plants. Drought is one of the major abiotic stresses for groundnut as it is grown in the areas where there is less rainfall. If we can develop the drought tolerance varieties of groundnut the productivity will increase in multiples. So there is a need to develop new tolerant varieties. Various techniques are being used for the development of new stress tolerant varieties but the success rate is very less. In this review we may focus on the breeding approaches which can be helpful in developing new varieties using molecular breeding and conventional breeding methods
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Drought resistance, molecular breeding, peanut, groundnut, QTLs, pod formation, aflatoxin contamination |
| Author Affiliation: | Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India |
| Subjects: | Plant Production |
| Divisions: | Groundnut |
| Depositing User: | Mr T L Gautham |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Sep 2015 09:31 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2015 09:31 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/13867 |
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