Wild relatives of groundnut are repositiories of valuable genes of economically important traits. Our field gene bank has more than 64 acessions of wild species of Arachis
The available wild species are being utilised in the genetic improvement of groundnut through conventional and non conventional breeding methods
NRCG is the national repository of groundnut germplasm and our gene bank has over 6000 accessions of groundnut
Characterisation and evaluation of the germplasm is one of our major area of work
Molecular methods are alos being employed for the characterisation and to search for markers useful in breeding programme
We have developed high frequency regeneration protocols for groundnut
We have developed high frequency regeneration protocols for groundnut
Groundnut has been a poor man's delicacy
We are working on the value addition of groundnut to realise the future of groundnut as a food crop
We are actively involved in the development of biofertilisers for groundnut
Groundnut shell is an ideal substrate to grow edible mushrooms
We take up basic seed production of nationally important varieties of groundnut
A multiple disease resistant germplasm line CS 19 was developed from interspecific crosses
186 isolates of A. flavus were characterised using ITS PCR
186 isolates of A. flavus were characterised using AFLP
High frequency regeneration protocols were developed for Bambara groundnut
Transformation protocols were developed for groundnut and now being used in production of transgenics
