Peanut Varietal Development
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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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July 9-10th, 2015 University of Florida Professor Greg MacDonald is hosting over 40 visitors from different countries including: Ghana, Israel, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia, Senegal, Mozambique, and Burkina Faso, as well as representatives from the U.S. peanut research and commercial sectors; for a field tour of peanut germplasm. MacDonald has approximately 1500 different cultivars from the…
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Dr. Rangaswamy (Muni) Muniappan, Director of the Integrated Pest Management Lab and a Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab Collaborator, has been awarded the 2014 BIFAD Award for Scientific Excellence in the Researcher Category. Muniappan received the BIFAD Award for Scientific Excellence today in Des Moines, Iowa. It is presented each year by the presidentially appointed…
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One of Africa’s most popular farming shows, the Shamba Shape-Up, featured PMIL Collaborator David Kalule Okello, speaking about seed selection in April of 2014. Fast forward to 23:01 to begin David’s portion. He was also featured in February of 2014 in Paul Ndiho’s blog: “Ugandan Groundnut Farmers Cashing In On Improved New Varieties.”