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The curious case of sporadic nematode susceptibility in "Tifguard" peanut (Arachis hypogaea): seed mixture or genetic instability?
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 2 Sept 2026
Lamon Samuele, Abernathy Brian L, Leal-Bertioli Soraya C M, Bertioli David J
Abstract excerpt
The Runner-type peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) cultivar "Tifguard" carries an introgressed chromosomal segment on chromosome A09 from A. cardenasii that confers resistance to root-knot nematode (RKN). Despite this, a proportion of "Tifguard" plants show RKN symptoms, which could plausibly be attributed to seed mixture or outcrossing. However, recent work has shown that cultivated peanut exhibits surprisingly...
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- Arachis
- Animals
- Plant Diseases
- Seeds
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Genomic Instability
