Peanut Information Network System
Producer Values
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. Please click here if you wish to contribute information to this page.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The peanut germoplasm database can be found at :
http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/crop.pl?86
