Peanut Research
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The Peanut Foundation is requesting general and genomic research proposals for funding for 2017, the only time the foundation will solicit proposals in this funding cycle. Proposals should address research priorities relevant to the needs of the peanut industry. Proposal selection and budgetary award will be based on available funds. TPF will consider 2017 proposals…
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APRES (the American Peanut Research and Education Society) has put out a call for original papers or posters to be presented at the 2016 APRES Annual Meeting this July. Candidates should submit an abstract online at www.apresinc.com by March 31, 2016. Authors of both oral presentations and posters will be notified by May 1 if…
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This month’s Research Spotlight within the Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab is Dr. Boris Bravo-Ureta, a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Connecticut and a Visiting Professor of Agricultural Economics at the University of Talca in Chile. He is currently leading a project with the Peanut & Mycotoxin…
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Researching 1,500 Peanuts, One Variety at a Time Published Tuesday, July 14th, 2015 – Growing Georgia By Allison Floyd In the late 1990s, tomato spotted wilt virus took a bite out of peanuts in the Southeast, claiming half of some farmers’ crop and about 10% of the overall yield in 1997. One of the most…
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The Georgia Peanut Commission will hold their annual Research Report Day, Feb. 11, 2015, at the National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory (NESPAL), located on the University of Georgia Tifton campus in Tifton, GA. The event provides growers and industry representatives an opportunity to hear the latest reports and newest information available on peanut research…
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Over 100 international scientists and stakeholders attended the 7th International Conference on Advances in Arachis though Genomics and Biotechnology (AAGB) last week, November 11-14, in Savannah, Georgia USA—including a large contingent of collaborators from the Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab. The AAGB conference, first held in Guangzhou, China in 2006, brings together a diverse group…
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The annual Georgia Peanut Tour, held September 16th to 18th in southeast Georgia, is a major attraction for the nation’s peanut industry, including a number of international visitors. The event not only showcases the Georgia peanut industry, but also serves to educate consumers, growers and researchers. This year, several of the attendees were affiliated with…
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