Crop Science · 1998 · 18 citations · 0 references
ICGV-SM 86715 (Reg. no. GP-89, PI 598133), an improved \nVirginia peanut (Arachis hypogaea L. subsp. hypogaea var. hypogaea) \ngermplasm line, was developed by the SADC/ICRISAT \n(Southern African Development Community/International Crops \nResearch Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics) Groundnut Project in \nMalawi. It was released in 1992 as 'Veronica' for pure stand cultivation \nin Mauritius by the Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute \n(MSIRI), Reduit, Mauritius (5). It has resistance to rust (caused \nby Puccinia arachidis Speg.), late leafspot [caused by Phaeoisariopsis \npersonata (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Arx; syn. Cercosporidium \npersonatum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Deighton], and pepper spot \n[caused by Leptosphaerulina crassiasca (Sechet) C.R. Jackson & \nD.K. Bell]. It was also found free from early leafspot (caused by \nCercospora arachidicola S. Hori) in Mauritius