Evaluation of Selected Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Lines for Yield and Haulm Nutritive Quality Traits
Groundnut pods and haulms are important sources of income for smallholder farmers in Ghana, with an emerging market for groundnut haulms as livestock feed. A population of 30 groundnut genotypes were evaluated for yield (pod and haulm) and its components as well as good haulm nutritive value.
Chris Ojiewo, Theme leader – Genetic Gains Program, ICRISAT
Chris Ojiewo, Seed systems & Project coordinator for the Tropical Legumes projects, explains the many challenges involved in seed multiplication, why the private sector often fails to invest in these seeds, and what drives farmers to purchase seeds from the open market and not from authentic sources This video also explores what strategies are needed to improve seed supply and demand for the benefit of smallholder farmers.
The Tropical Legume project’s impact on groundnut improvement research outputs in Nigeria
This poster abstract details the impacts of the Tropical Legumes projects on groundnut production and productivity in Nigeria.
Evaluation of an animal drawn groundnut digger for improved productivity of groundnut farmers in semi-arid West Africa
This conference paper presents the results of a field experiment conducted with two groundnut varieties to measure the operational performance and the effectiveness of an animal drawn groundnut digger on pod, fodder loss and pod loss.
An innovative approach to common bean-based technology generation and the promotion of improved livelihoods in the lowland areas of Ethiopia
This poster describes the different approaches – including hybridization and selection from advanced lines – that Ethiopia’s common bean research programs has adopted to fast-track variety evaluation and registration.
Current status of groundnut improvement in Uganda
This poster discusses methods for improving groundnut yield in Uganda, such as Marker Assisted Selection for high oleic breeding and BMS for Digitalization of data capture, management, analyses and storage.
Registration of ‘Serenut 6T’ Groundnut
This article describes the characteristics of ’Serenut 6T’ (Reg. No. CV‐136, PI 682726), a high‐yielding, Spanish‐type groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L. subsp. fastigiata var. vulgaris ) with two seeds per pod. Serenut 6T was released in 2010 by the National Semi‐Arid Resources Research Institute, Soroti, Uganda.
Genome-wide discovery and deployment of insertions and deletions markers provided greater insights on species, genomes, and sections relationships in the genus Arachis
This study provides significant insights into the phylogenetic relationship among accessions, genomes, sub species and sections. These InDel markers are a useful resource for the groundnut research community – for genetic analysis and breeding applications.
Genome-wide SNP genotyping resolves signatures of selection and tetrasomic recombination in peanut
To facilitate high-throughput genotyping of Arachis species, 20 genotypes were re-sequenced and genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were selected to develop a large-scale SNP genotyping array.
Development and evaluation of a high density genotyping ‘Axiom_Arachis’ array with 58K SNPs for accelerating genetics and breeding in groundnut
The article discusses the development of a high-density SNP array ‘Axiom_Arachis’ with 58 K SNPs and deminstrates its utility in a groundnut genetic diversity study.
