Registration of ICGV-SM 85048 Peanut Germplasm

ICGV-SM 85048 (Reg. no. GP-90, PI 598134), an improved Spanish peanut (Arachis hypogaea L. subsp.fastigiata var. vitlgaris) germplasm, was developed at the SADC/ICRISAT (Southern African Development Community/International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics) Groundnut Project in Malawi. It was first tested at the Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute (MSIRI), Mauritius, in 1988. After evaluations in on-station and on-farm trials, it was released in 1992 as 'Stella' in Mauritius (8). It is suitable for cultivation both in sugarcane (Sacchanim officinarum L.) interrows and in pure stand