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A foliar disease resistant groundnut variety - VRI Gn 5.

Volume : 89
Issue: Apr-jun
Pages: 215 - 217
Published: June 17, 2023
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Abstract


The groundnut culture VG 9711 is an extract of the cross CG 26 x ICGS 44. It is a bunch type maturing in 105-110 days. It is resistant to rust and late leaf spot diseases. It had recorded an average pod yield of 2133 kg ha" under rainfed and 2384 kg hat under irrigated conditions. The shelling outturn is 75.0 per cent. The kernels are medium size with red testa colour. The reproductive efficiency of VG 9711 is higher than VRI 2. It has seed dormancy for 45 days. It was released as variety VRI Gn 5 by the State Variety Release Committee during January, 2001.

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215 - 217
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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Groundnut Foliar disease resistance Reproductive efficiency Seed dormancy
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