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Identification of Fungus Resistant Wild Accessions and Interspecific Hybrids of the Genus Arachis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Michelotto Marcos Doniseti, Barioni Waldomiro, de Resende Marcos Deon Vilela, de Godoy Ignácio José, Leonardecz Eduardo, Fávero Alessandra Pereira
Abstract excerpt
Peanut, Arachis hypogaea L., is a protein-rich species consumed worldwide. A key improvement to peanut culture involves the development of cultivars that resist fungal diseases such as rust, leaf spot and scab. Over three years, we evaluated fungal resistance under field conditions of 43 wild accessions and three interspecific hybrids of the genus Arachis, as well as six A. hypogaea genotypes. In the first year,...
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