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Relationships of the wild peanut species, section Arachis: A resource for botanical classification, crop improvement, and germplasm management.
American journal of botany - 1 Jun 2024
Leal-Bertioli Soraya C M, de Blas Francisco J, Carolina Chavarro M, Simpson Charles E, Valls José F M, Tallury Shyam P, Moretzsohn Márcio C, Custodio Adriana R, Thomas Stalker H, Seijo Guillermo, Bertioli David J
Abstract excerpt
PREMISE: Wild species are strategic sources of valuable traits to be introduced into crops through hybridization. For peanut, the 33 currently described wild species in the section Arachis are particularly important because of their sexual compatibility with the domesticated species, Arachis hypogaea. Although numerous wild accessions are carefully preserved in seed banks, their morphological similarities pose...
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