Scientific Publication

Early-maturing, large-seeded and high-yielding groundnut varieties ICGV 96466, ICGV 96468 and ICGV 96469

Abstract

ICGV 96466, ICGV 96468 and ICGV 96469 are large-seeded, early-maturing and high-yielding groundnut genotypes developed through hybridization at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics in Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India, and released in 2004. In yield trials conducted at ICRISAT during the rainy and post-rainy seasons of 1997-2001, ICGV 96466, ICGV 96468 and ICGV 96469 recorded higher yields and 100-seed weights than the control cultivars JL 24 (early-maturing) and Somnath (medium maturing with large seeds)