Registration of ICGV-SM 86715 Peanut Germplasm

ICGV-SM 86715 (Reg. no. GP-89, PI 598133), an improved Virginia peanut (Arachis hypogaea L. subsp. hypogaea var. hypogaea) germplasm line, was developed by the SADC/ICRISAT (Southern African Development Community/International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics) Groundnut Project in Malawi. It was released in 1992 as 'Veronica' for pure stand cultivation in Mauritius by the Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute (MSIRI), Reduit, Mauritius (5). It has resistance to rust (caused by Puccinia arachidis Speg.), late leafspot [caused by Phaeoisariopsis personata (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Arx; syn. Cercosporidium personatum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Deighton], and pepper spot [caused by Leptosphaerulina crassiasca (Sechet) C.R. Jackson & D.K. Bell]. It was also found free from early leafspot (caused by Cercospora arachidicola S. Hori) in Mauritiu