Evaluation of selected groundnut genotypes for agronomic traits and Foliar diseases at Sokoto 2016

Groundnut is the most important grain legume, in terms of area under cultivation. Eight entries were selected from the multi location and On-farm evaluations for good pod yields, earliness of crop maturity, foliar disease resistance, tolerance to Aflatoxin contamination and entered into on-farm Farmer participatory trials at 12-14 sites located in Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Bauchi, Sokoto, Kebbi, Benue and Borno states covering the Guinea and Sudno-Sahelian ecological zones of Nigeria during 2016 main season. At each of these trial sites, selected farmers were given the four early ( ICGV-IS 07999, ICGV 94379, TAG 24 and ICGV 86024) and four medium maturing ( ICGV 01276, ICGV IS 09992, ICGV 08540 and ICGV 07539 ) elite breeding lines, which were tested along with improved check varieties viz., Samnut-24 (Early) and Samnut-22 (Medium maturity) in mother and baby demonstration fashion.

花生（Groundnut）是按种植面积计算的最重要的粮用豆科作物。研究团队从多点试验及农户田间评价中筛选出8份优异参试材料，这些材料兼具荚果产量优良、成熟较早、抗叶部病害、耐黄曲霉毒素（Aflatoxin）污染的优良性状，随后于2016年主季，在尼日利亚覆盖几内亚和苏丹-萨赫勒（Sudno-Sahelian）生态区的吉加瓦、卡杜纳、卡诺、卡齐纳、包奇、索科托、凯比、贝努埃和博尔诺州的12至14个试验点开展农户参与式田间试验（Farmer Participatory Trials）。在每个试验点，入选农户分别种植4份早熟优良育种品系（ICGV-IS 07999、ICGV 94379、TAG 24及ICGV 86024）和4份中熟优良育种品系（ICGV 01276、ICGV IS 09992、ICGV 08540及ICGV 07539），并将其与改良对照品种Samnut-24（早熟）、Samnut-22（中熟）一同采用母子示范模式开展测试。