Evaluation of selected groundnut genotypes for agronomic traits and Foliar diseases at Dutsin-ma 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. Experimental location on Google Maps