An overview of peanut and its wild relatives

DJ Bertioli, G Seijo, FO Freitas, JFM Valls… - Plant Genetic …, 2011 - cambridge.org
The legume Arachis hypogaea, commonly known as peanut or groundnut, is a very
important food crop throughout the tropics and sub-tropics. The genus is endemic to South …

Peanut breeding and genetic resources

CC Holbrook, HT Stalker - Plant breeding reviews, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
I. INTRODUCTION II. EVOLUTION AND TAXONOMY III. REPRODUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT
IV. CYTOGENETICS AND GENOMES V. GENETIC RESOURCES A. Collections B …

Utilizing wild species for peanut improvement

HT Stalker - Crop Science, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The cultivated peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is an allotetraploid species with a very large
and complex genome. This species is susceptible to numerous foliar and soil‐borne …

A study of the relationships of cultivated peanut (Arachis hypogaea) and its most closely related wild species using intron sequences and microsatellite markers

MC Moretzsohn, EG Gouvea, PW Inglis… - Annals of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims The genus Arachis contains 80 described species. Section
Arachis is of particular interest because it includes cultivated peanut, an allotetraploid, and …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic diversity of peanut (Arachis hypogaeaL.) and its wild relatives based on the analysis of hypervariable regions of the genome

MC Moretzsohn, MS Hopkins, SE Mitchell… - BMC Plant …, 2004 - Springer
Abstract Background The genus Arachis is native to a region that includes Central Brazil and
neighboring countries. Little is known about the genetic variability of the Brazilian cultivated …

Peanut breeding and genetics

DA Knauft, JC Wynne - Advances in agronomy, 1995 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter summarizes the accomplishments in peanut breeding and
genetics. The chapter discusses the diversity of peanut. Successful cultivar development …

Economic and academic importance of peanut

MT Variath, P Janila - The peanut genome, 2017 - Springer
Peanut is an important oil, food and feed crop of the world. The kernels are rich in fats and
protein, and 100 g of kernels provide 567 kcal of energy and 8.5 g of dietary fiber. Peanuts …

Molecular biogeographic study of recently described B- and A-genome Arachis species, also providing new insights into the origins of cultivated peanut

MD Burow, CE Simpson, MW Faries, JL Starr… - …, 2009 - cdnsciencepub.com
The cultivated peanut Arachis hypogaea is a tetraploid, likely derived from A-and B-genome
species. Reproductive isolation of the cultigen has resulted in limited genetic variability for …

Integrated Consensus Map of Cultivated Peanut and Wild Relatives Reveals Structures of the A and B Genomes of Arachis and Divergence of the Legume Genomes

K Shirasawa, DJ Bertioli, RK Varshney… - DNA …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The complex, tetraploid genome structure of peanut (Arachis hypogaea) has obstructed
advances in genetics and genomics in the species. The aim of this study is to understand the …

Genomic relationships between the cultivated peanut (Arachis hypogaea, Leguminosae) and its close relatives revealed by double GISH

G Seijo, GI Lavia, A Fernández… - American Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Arachis hypogaea is a natural, well‐established allotetraploid (AABB) with 2n= 40. However,
researchers disagree on the diploid genome donor species and on whether peanut …