Peanut viruses: etiology, epidemiology, and nature of resistance

Approach

Virus diseases, in epidemic proportion, are limiting factors in peanut production. The three most destructive viruses infecting peanut worldwide basis are peanut mottle virus (most research in U.S.), groundnut rosette (incidence and research confined to Africa), and bud necrosis (most prevalent in India with ICRISAT research focus).

In-depth research focused on groundnut rosette virus, some epidemiological and resistance studies on peanut mottle virus, and the identification of other viruses of peanut that occurred in Africa and the U.S. Therefore, the major goal of this project was to attain a better understanding of the casual agent of rosette and the disease, so that some methods of control can be developed, along with efforts to control the other present and later identified major viruses.

Focus

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