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Arachis batizocoi

Arachis batizocoi is a wild herbaceous relative of the cultivated peanut, native to Bolivia and Paraguay, grown mainly for research and breeding. Its key value is as a source of disease resistance and genetic diversity for peanut improvement.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly during the growing season and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or loamy soil
Temperature
20–32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Bolivia to NW. Paraguay
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Arachis batizocoi is a herb native to Bolivia and Paraguay. This plant is cited as gene sources for research in plant biology of peanut (Arachis hypogaea). Arachis batizocoi maintains a divergent genome as well as high fertility that facilitates the upbringing of new and beneficial alleles within peanut crops. Such high crossability has increased the frequency of several advantageous alleles that have improved plant life and agricultural output. Among these are boosted resistance against groundnut yield-limiting diseases such as late leaf spot (LLS) and groundnut rosette disease (GRD), larger seeds, and a higher overall yield.

Other Arachis plants

Arachis archeri · Arachis cardenasii · Arachis correntina · Arachis diogoi · Wild Peanut · Rhizoma peanut · Peanut · Arachis ipaensis · Arachis lutescens · Peanut · Pinto peanut · Creeping Peanut

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Arachis batizocoi by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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