Abstract:

The leafminer Aproaerema modicella Deventer. was reported to damage groundnut crop in Uganda in 1998 (www.CABI.org). Reported elsewhere in the African continent, including Mozambique, Malawi, Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa (www.monitor.co.ug). Groundnut leafminer is reported to have reached epidemic densities causing severe losses in some parts of Africa (www.New Vision.co.ug). In Uganda, ground nut leafminer has become an important pest in major groundnut producing regions (Mukankusi et al. 2000). Elsewhere, the pest is considered most important in India (Reddy, 1988). The pets have been reported cause up to 86% yield loss (Cugala et al. 2010). Other groundnut insect pest includes Aphids Aphis craciviora, Thips Palmi Karney, and termites. Isoptera. Thus, an integrated pest management strategy is very important in addressing this problem (Okello et al. 2010). The objective of this study was to evaluate and identify groundnut genotypes resistant to leaf miner pest from selected groundnut genotypes.