“…At ICRISAT, several elite lines have been developed with desirable characters transferred from wild Arachis species such as ICGV 86699 (Reddy et al, 1996) with multiple pest resistance, ICGV 87165 (Moss et al, 1998) with multiple disease and insect resistance, ICGV 99001 and 99004 with resistance to LLS, and ICGV 99003, and 99005 resistant to rust (Singh et al, 2003). Varieties such as Spancross (Hammons, 1970), Tamnut 74 (Simpson and Smith, 1975), Coan (Simpson and Starr, 2001), NemaTAM (Simpson et al, 2003), ICGV-SM 85048 (Nigam et al, 1998), and ICGV-SM 86715 (Moss et al, 1998), having a genetic base from wild Arachis species, were released for cultivation, mostly in USA. The development and utilization of synthetic amphiploids such as TxAG-6 with large genetic variation (Simpson et al, 1993) has made possible the transfer of resistance genes from wild species into cultivated groundnut.…”