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The status of technologies used to achieve high groundnut yields in India.

Basu, M. S.; Ghosh, P. K.;

Achieving high groundnut yields: Proceedings of an International Workshop, Laixi, Shandong, China, 25-29 August 1995. Year: 1996 Pages: 27-40 Ref: 10 ref.

1996

บทคัดย่อ

Groundnut is the premier oilseed crop of India; it holds a 35% share of the total oilseed area (24 million ha) and contributes nearly 40% of the total oilseeds production (20 million t). The low level of productivity in India is largely because the crop is rainfed, exposed to various biotic and abiotic stresses, and to the socioeconomic factors associated with small and marginal farmers in dryland areas. Concerted research efforts have been made to alleviate the constraints by: emphasizing the development of high-yielding cultivars with multiple resistances to foliar diseases and pests, and resistance to drought; breeding for earliness; introducing efficient Rhizobium strains; and developing economically viable production and protection technologies with an emphasis on integrated pest management. The use of these technologies can result in yield advantages of 50-63%. Present research priorities are confined to the development of a crop production technology for rice-based cropping systems with s

pecial reference to acid soils; aflatoxin management; on-farm research; and defined postharvest technologies. The encouragement of groundnut growers' cooperatives in new niches and non-traditional areas will ensure adequate price support and marketing that will contribute to achieving high yields and crop sustainability.