Biology:Arachis villosulicarpa

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Short description: Species of plant

Arachis villosulicarpa
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Arachis
Species:
A. villosulicarpa
Binomial name
Arachis villosulicarpa
Hoehne

Arachis villosulicarpa is a perennial peanut species, which is cultivated by indigenous people in Mato Grosso, a state of Brazil .[1] Its wild progenitor is thought to be Arachis pietrarellii.[1] Although it is related to the common peanut, Arachis hypogaea, it was separately domesticated: A. villosulicarpa is diploid,[1] whereas A. hypogaea is tetraploid.

It is one of several species that might be used as gene source for plant breeding to improve the important cultivated peanut Arachis hypogaea.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Galgaro, L.; Montenegro Valls, J. F.; Lopes, C. R. (1997). "Study of the genetic variability and similarity among and within Arachis villosulicarpa, A. pietrarellii and A. hypogaea through isoenzyme analysis". Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 44: 9–15. doi:10.1023/A:1008609115357. 
  2. Wynne, J. C.; Beute, M. K.; Nigam, S. N. (1991). "Breeding for Disease Resistance in Peanut (Arachis Hypogaea L.)". Annual Review of Phytopathology 29: 279–303. doi:10.1146/annurev.py.29.090191.001431. http://oar.icrisat.org/2965/1/Annu.%20Rev.%20Phytopathol._29_279-303_1991.pdf. 

External links


Wikidata ☰ Q2880880 entry