Citation:

DH Smith. 1980. Disease resistance in peanuts. Pages 431-447. In: Biology and Breeding for Resistance to Arthropods and Pathogens in Agricultural Plants. MK Harris (editor). The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, College Station, Texas and University of California, Agency for International Development, Pest Management Project, Berkeley CA USA, 605 pages.

Keywords: Arachis hypogaea, plant breeding, plant pathogens, pod rot Pythium myriotylu, Rhizoctonia solani, early leafspot Cercospora arachidicola, late leafspot Cercosporidium personatum, peanut rust Puccinia arachidis, web blotch Phoma arachidicola, leaf scorch and pepper rot Leptosphaerulina crasssiasca, aflatoxin Aspergillus flavus, A. parasiticus, stem rot Sclerotium rolfsii, Cylindrocladiu black rot C. crotalariae, pod rot, pod breakdown Pythium myriotylum minor, Verticilliu wilt V. dahlia, collar rot Diplodia gossypina, lesion nematode Pratylenchus brachyurus, root knot nematodes Meliodogyne arenaria, M. hapla, rosette virus, peanut mottle virus, peanut stunt virus, bacterial wilt Pseudomonas solanacearum