Cytogenetics and genetics of groundnuts

This book covers the fundamental and applied aspects of genetics and cytogenetics of cultivated groundnut and its wild relatives. It gives an updated and comprehensive insight into the genetics of characters of basic and economic value. The present status on the research carried out and the role of quantitative genetics and induced mutations presented in this book will be helpful to breeders to concentrate and reorient groundnut genetic improvement programmes. The role of wild relatives as sources of several economically important traits which are absent in the cultivated groundnut has been highlighted, along with the various methods to exploit these additional gene pools for groundnut improvement. The book also reviews and discusses the scope and role of in vitro culture in groundnut impr