ICRISAT Archival Report 2006 - The seedlings of success in the ...

During the Annual Rabi/Summer Season Groundnut Workshop 2005/2006 of AICRP-GN, 21 new varieties were
proposed for inclusion in the coordinated trials. Of these, 10 varieties had either ICRISAT supplied germplasm or
breeding lines in their parentage or were direct introduction (ICGV 91114, ICGV 98281, ICGV 98223, ICGV
96110, ICGV 97045, ICGV 98396, and ICGV 98412). In addition to these, 47 other lines have been included in
different state-level multi-location trials.
Nepal: Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) released two high-yielding varieties ICGV 86300 (as
Rajarshi) and ICGV 90173 (Baidehi) for general cultivation in Nepal.
Timor Leste: After one more year of on-farm trials, the Ministry of Agriculture intends to propose two groundnut
varieties, ICGV 88438 and ICGV 95278, for release in the country.
Uzbekistan: ICGV 86155 - a short-duration variety, as ‘Salomat;’ and ICGV 94088 - a medium-duration variety, as
‘Mumtoz,’ have been released for cultivation in Uzbekistan. Salomat is recommended for planting as main crop and
also as double crop in Kaskkadarya and Surkhandarya provinces of Southern Uzbekistan. Mumtoz is recommended
as a main crop throughout the country.
Philippines: The Ilagan Agricultural Research Station, Ilocos, has introduced ICGV 86564 - a large-seeded variety
in the region. This variety has outperformed the local as well as improved varieties in the region, both, in terms of
yield and seed size. It has been named as ASHA in India, which means ‘Hope’. It has been introduced in the
farmers’ fields in the Northern province of the country, Ilagan. Farmers are impressed with its performance. It has
been included in the state trials so that it gets released officially.
Ghana: The groundnut research in Asia has spill over benefits for Africa also. Recently, the Savanna Agricultural
Research Institute, Ghana, released two groundnut varieties, which were developed at ICRISAT Center, Patancheru,
India. ICGV 92099 - released as Gusie-Balin, is an early-maturing high-yielding variety with resistance to leaf spots.
ICGV 90084 - released as Kpaniely, is a medium-duration high yielding variety with high oil content and resistance
to leaf spots.
SN Nigam and R Aruna
Milestone: Breeder seed of improved varieties made available to NARS, NGOs, private sector, and farmer groups
(SNN/RA) Annual
Breeder seed (25.5 t) of five varieties (ICGS 44, ICGS 76, ICGV 91114, ICGS 11, and ICGV 86564) was produced
in the 2005/2006 post-rainy and the 2006 rainy seasons, and 21.6 t was distributed to different public and private
sector seed producing agencies and farmers for further seed multiplication.
Milestone: Technical information and public awareness literature/documents developed and disseminated (Annual)
The 2006 issue of International Arachis Newsletter with 16 articles from 5 countries, and news and views items
from different parts of the world was published.
SN Nigam
Activity 6C.6.2: Strengthen the NARS and farmers capacity in application of diagnostic tools and integrated
aflatoxin management technologies
Milestone: Integrated aflatoxin management technologies disseminated thru farmer participatory trials and village
level training courses (FW/SNN) Annual
On-farm evaluation of components of aflatoxin management in groundnut: Integrated aflatoxin management
trials using compost, gypsum, and Trichoderma viride was conducted during the 2005 rainy season in 10 farmers’
fields at threevillages in Pileru area of Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh, India. In a 100 2 m experimental plot,
compost (5 t ha -1 ) was incorporated in the soil after field preparation, Trichoderma (sand coated 100 kg ha -1 ) was
applied in the soil at sowing and gypsum (500 kg ha -1 ) was applied at the flowering time. The plantings were carried
out during the second fortnight of July using local variety TMV 2, which is highly susceptible to aflatoxin
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