Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences1028-88801812-5735Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/pjbs.2006.1021.1027Arachis hypogaea L.) Using 17 Main Agronomic and Quality Traits]]>KotzamanidisS. T.StavropoulosN. IpsilandisC. G.6200696Forty-three cultivars from the Greek collection of groundnut were characterized and evaluated for various agronomic and quality traits and resistance to waterlogging, during 1986-90 in the farm of the Cotton and Industrial Plants Institute. Seventeen morphological and physiological traits included in the descriptor lists of IBPGR and ICRISAT were used in total. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) extracted 5 factors representing 77.3% of the total variation. PC1 explained 35.6, PC2 14.2, PC3 13.0, PC4 8.4 and PC5 6.1% of the total variance. Cluster analysis classified the assessed cultivars into distinct cultivar-groups on the basis of pod and seed characteristics. The evaluation showed that most Greek Arachis cultivars belong to subspecies hypogaea, group Virginia. Only a few belong to subspecies fastigiata groups Valencia or Spanish. The experimental work succeeded in preliminary identification of certain cultivars with promising tolerance to waterlogging at harvest which are to be used either directly in the Arachis production zone in Northern Greece, or as breeding materials for the improvement of the species.]]>Banks, D.L.,197616499502Bunting, A.H.,195523158170Bunting, A.H.,195826254258Coffelt, T.A. and R.O. Hammons,1974Arachis hypogaea.]]>292327Dwivedi, S.L., K. Thendapani and S.N. Nigam,1989161420Ferguson, M.E., P.J. Bramel and S. Chandra,2004Arachis hypogaea L.).]]>4418471854Fundora, M.Z., M. Hernandez, R. Lopez, L. Fernandez, A. Sanchez, J. Lopez and I. Ravelo,2006Arachis hypogaea L.) cultivars for the establishment of core collections.]]>2006Gibbons, R.W., A.H. Bunting and I. Smart,1972Arachis hypogaea L.).]]>217885Godoy, I.J.,1982Arachis hypogaea L.).]]>4235273527Gregory, W.C., B.W. Smith and J.A. Yarbrough,19511951pp: 2888Gregory, W.C. and M.P. Gregory,19761976pp: 151-154pp: 151-154IBPGR, ICRISAT,19921992Kotzamanidis, S.,1989Arachis hypogaea.]]>45458Kotzamanidis, S.,1994Arachis hypogaea L.).]]>184958Krapovickas, A. and V.A. Rigoni,1960Arachis hypogaea L.]]>14198238Papadopetros, D.,19791979Shakudo, K. and S. Kawabata,19652 populations.]]>151922Soomro, B. and A.S. Larik,198135263274Varisai-Muhamad, S., T. Ramanathan and M. Ramachandran,1975Arachis hypogaea.]]>45378378