An overview of peanut and its wild relatives

DJ Bertioli, G Seijo, FO Freitas, JFM Valls… - Plant Genetic …, 2011 - cambridge.org
The legume Arachis hypogaea, commonly known as peanut or groundnut, is a very
important food crop throughout the tropics and sub-tropics. The genus is endemic to South …

Deciphering peanut complex genomes paves a way to understand its origin and domestication

Y Pan, Y Zhuang, T Liu, H Chen, L Wang… - Plant biotechnology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Peanut (Arachis) is a key oil and protein crop worldwide with large genome. The genomes of
diploid and tetraploid peanuts have been sequenced, which were compared to decipher …

A study of the relationships of cultivated peanut (Arachis hypogaea) and its most closely related wild species using intron sequences and microsatellite markers

MC Moretzsohn, EG Gouvea, PW Inglis… - Annals of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims The genus Arachis contains 80 described species. Section
Arachis is of particular interest because it includes cultivated peanut, an allotetraploid, and …

QTL identification for seed weight and size based on a high-density SLAF-seq genetic map in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.)

S Zhang, X Hu, H Miao, Y Chu, F Cui, W Yang… - BMC Plant …, 2019 - Springer
Background The cultivated peanut is an important oil and cash crop grown worldwide. To
meet the growing demand for peanut production each year, genetic studies and enhanced …

Fostered and left behind alleles in peanut: interspecific QTL mapping reveals footprints of domestication and useful natural variation for breeding

D Fonceka, HA Tossim, R Rivallan, H Vignes, I Faye… - BMC Plant …, 2012 - Springer
Background Polyploidy can result in genetic bottlenecks, especially for species of
monophyletic origin. Cultivated peanut is an allotetraploid harbouring limited genetic …

Species relations among wild Arachis species with the A genome as revealed by FISH mapping of rDNA loci and heterochromatin detection

G Robledo, GI Lavia, G Seijo - Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2009 - Springer
Section Arachis of the homonymous genus includes 29 wild diploid species and two
allotetraploids (A. monticola and the domesticated peanut, A. hypogaea L.). Although, three …

Species relationships among the wild B genome of Arachis species (section Arachis) based on FISH mapping of rDNA loci and heterochromatin detection: a new …

G Robledo, G Seijo - Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2010 - Springer
Arachis hypogaea is an allotetraploid species with low genetic variability. Its closest
relatives, all of the genus Arachis, are important sources of alleles for peanut breeding …

Development of a high-density genetic map based on specific length amplified fragment sequencing and its application in quantitative trait loci analysis for yield …

Z Wang, D Huai, Z Zhang, K Cheng, Y Kang… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
High-density genetic maps (HDGMs) are very useful for genomic studies and quantitative
trait loci (QTL) mapping. However, the low frequency of DNA polymorphisms in peanut has …

Genetic and geographic origin of domesticated peanut as evidenced by 5S rDNA and chloroplast DNA sequences

M Grabiele, L Chalup, G Robledo, G Seijo - Plant Systematics and …, 2012 - Springer
The history of the cultivated peanut involves natural evolution and human domestication.
Despite the economic importance of peanuts and the many studies carried out on their …

Characterization and transferability of microsatellite markers of the cultivated peanut (Arachis hypogaea)

MA Gimenes, AA Hoshino, AVG Barbosa, DA Palmieri… - BMC Plant …, 2007 - Springer
Abstract Background The genus Arachis includes Arachis hypogaea (cultivated peanut) and
wild species that are used in peanut breeding or as forage. Molecular markers have been …