This section contains information useful for peanut farming. Information is provided in the areas of agronomics and fertilization, peanut diseases, pest management, peanut irrigation, peanut drying and harvesting, peanut grading and testing as well as peanut storage.
Production Practices
This section provides links and information about how peanuts are produced in several regions around the world. The source of the article, as well as a short summary and keywords, is provided with each link.
Peanuts 101 | Peanut production season plan | Peanut seed production: A guide for Virginia-type peanuts | more
Agronomics and Fertilization
This section provides links to documents that discuss various issues dealing with peanut planting, fertilization and agronomics. The source of the article, as well as a short summary and keywords, is provided with each link.
Planting | Peanut cultivar selection and options | Advisory Index for Transitioning from Conventional to Reduced Tillage Peanut Production in North Carolina | more
Diseases
This section provides links to documents that discuss various issues dealing with peanut diseases. The source of the article, as well as a short summary and keywords, is provided with each link.
TSWV risk index | Peanut Disease Photographic Atlas | 2007 Peanut Disease and Insect Guide| more
Pest Management
This section provides links to documents that discuss various issues dealing with peanut pest management. The source of the article, as well as a short summary and keywords, is provided with each link.
Georgia Pest Management Handbook – Peanut Insect Control | Managing southern corn rootworm in peanuts | more
Irrigation
This section provides links to documents that discuss various issues dealing with peanut irrigation. The source of the article, as well as a short summary and keywords, is provided with each link.
Irrigation vs. Dryland Cropping | Global RainSIM – Version 1.0 | PIVNOZ-PIPELOSS | more
Drying and Harvesting (Curing)
This section provides links to documents that discuss various issues dealing with peanut drying and harvesting. The source of the article, as well as a short summary and keywords, is provided with each link.
Determining peanut pod maturity and estimating optimal digging date | PECMAN software | more
Grading and Testing
This section provides links to documents that discuss various issues dealing with peanut grading and testing. The source of the article, as well as a short summary and keywords, is provided with each link.
Product Specifications | Shelling and Grading | Cultivating Efficiency: CALS Extension and research faculty members help Ghana peanut growers with new shelling technology | more
Storage
This section provides links to documents that discuss various issues dealing with peanut storage. The source of the article, as well as a short summary and keywords, is provided with each link.
Warehouse Ventilation Calculator | more
Farming Equipment
This section provides links to sites selling farm equipment specific to peanut farming. Also, this section provides information on equipment operation.
Chemical Suppliers
This section provides links to manufacturers and distributors of agrichemicals used in peanut farming.
Weed Management
This section provides links to sites and software useful for managing weed problems common in peanut. The source of the article, as well as a short summary and keywords, is provided with each link.
USDA National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS)
NPGS is a cooperative effort by public (State and Federal) and private organizations to preserve the genetic diversity of plants (view our Seeds for Our Futurebooklet). The world’s food supply is based on intensive agriculture, which relies on genetic uniformity. But this uniformity increases crop vulnerability to pests and stresses. Scientists must have access to genetic diversity to help bring forth new varieties that can resist pests, diseases, and environmental stresses. The NPGS aids the scientists and the need for genetic diversity by:
- acquiring crop germplasm
- preserving crop germplasm
- evaluating crop germplasm
- documenting crop germplasm
- distributing crop germplasm
Since many important crop species originate outside the United States, the first steps toward diversity are acquisition and introduction. New germplasm (accessions) enter NPGS through collection, donation by foreign cooperators or international germplasm collections. An identifying number such as the Plant Introduction number (PI number) is assigned to each accession. The accession is then evaluated, maintained, and made available for distribution.