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Groundnut is the 13th most
important food crop and 4th in oil seed crop of the world.
Groundnut seeds (kernels) contain 40-50% fat, 20-50% protein
and 10-20% carbohydrates. Groundnut seeds are nutritional
source of vitamin E, niacin, falacin, calcium, phosphorus,
Magnesium, Zinc, Iron, ribloflavin, thiamine and potassium.
One reason for low yields ground nut is the susceptibility
of currently grown cultivars to groundnut rosette disease
(GRD), the most destructive disease of groundnut. Although
rosette epidemics are sporadic, yield losses approach 100%
whenever the disease occurs in epidemic proportions. For
example, an epidemic in northern Nigeria destroyed
approximately 0.75 million hectares of groundnut with an
estimated loss of US$250 million in regional trade. Other
diseases of ground nut that are of economic importance
includes, cercospora leaf spot, tikka disease, rust,
seedling blight, etc. in this paper, eight major ground nut
diseases and their methods of control have been extensively
discussed
Keywords: Groundnut, Diseases, Control, Nigeria
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