Evaluation of Trait-based and Empirical Selections for Drought Resistance at the National Research Centre for Groundnut, Junagadh, Gujarat, India

摘要

ONE OF THE IMPORTANT oilseed crops of the world is peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.). Compared with several other crops, peanut is regarded as drought-resistant Because of this, this crop is mainly grown under rain-fed conditions. As such, it is quite popular among farmers of the marginal semi-arid tropics, where due to low and erratic precipitation the crop is subjected to mild to severe water deficit stress, In India, peanut is primarily grown on about 7 M ha where drought results in very large fluctuations in total production. In Gujarat, for example, it is grown on 1,92 M ha, 90 per cent of which is rain-fed.