Registration of an Early-Maturing Peanut Germplasm ICGV 86015

ICGV 86015, a spanish-type peanut (Arachis hypogaea L. subsp. fastigiata Waldron var. vulgaris Harz) germplasm (Reg. no. GP-73, P1 585005) was bred at the Asia Center of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, India. It was identified and released as an early-maturing widely adapted high-yielding breeding line (3) by the Plant Materials Identification Committee of ICRISAT in 1993. This improved germplasm has been designated as Hung Loc 25 (HL 25) in Vietnam, where, in 33 field experiments and 6 trials involving 344 farming families, it was found most suitable for intercropping with cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) and maize (Zea mays L.) in the southeast coastal and southeastern regions of the country (4). It is proposed for release as BARD 92 in Pakistan for double cropping with wheat (Triiicum aestivum L.) and is particularly adapted to the barani (rainfed) conditions of the Pothwar area in the country.