PeanutBase

Orange, white and variegated flowers all on the same plant! Hybrids between wild species of peanut are unstable in their genetics - this one is a nice example!

An amazing diversity of peanuts are cultivated by the people of Guarujá village, Xingu Indigenous Park, Brazil. The 'Instituto Socioambiental' has just published a book on them - Wonderful!

Harvesting individual peanut plant selections at the University of Georgia Midville field station. Only the most pest and disease resistant plants, each with a mixture of wild and cultivated genetics are selected

The LegumeInfo & SoyBase team is hiring! usajobs.gov/job/652664100 In this position, you will perform web programming & database maintenance, & evaluate and interpret data in biological contexts related to research & breeding applications. *must be a US Citizen or US National*

#Soybean #Research Community check out this job opportunity w/ the USDA-ARS. Supervisory Research Geneticist -conduct research in order to improve quality & reduce the costs of soybean & bean production *You must be a US Citizen or US National to apply.* usajobs.gov/job/647910500

Hey folks, before your weekend kicks off, please take our survey about #FAIRdata in #agricultural research and #breeding programs. The survey is anonymous and will help us shape future goals and directions. Submitt you answer by May 9th here tinyurl.com/yb6dh4vr

AgBioData folks! We are having our virtual, community workshop on March 15-17. We need your experience and feedback on agricultural data sharing to develop best practices of FAIR data. Register at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist….

USDA-ARS Postdoctoral Fellowship: usajobs.gov/job/628933800 USDA-ARS Computational Plant Biology Fellowship, via ORISE: zintellect.com/Opportunity/De… @plantpostdocs @thepostdoctoral #Postdoc #postdocjobs

International seed exchanges and peanut crop diversity made it into this week's PNAS research highlights!!! 😀 pnas.org/content/118/38…

The genetic diversity of five wild peanut species collections directly available for peanut breeders in the form of three new tetraploid hybrids acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pl…

Great to show off the Wild Peanut Lab plots at the UGA Midville field day. Fantastic organization from farm manager Anthony Black and team!!! It was hotter then two rats wrestling in a woolen sock though!!!

Wild Peanut Lab field trials at UGA Midville. Small genetic contributions from wild species confer strong disease resistances! youtu.be/LnGUW-1OeVM

Many wild peanuts remain uncollected Fortunately Guillermo Seijo, extraordinary botanist and my great friend, keeps working through adversity! Here he describes a new species- Arachis inflata. Its pods have air-sacs facilitating dispersal by water! tinyurl.com/jvytuyn7

GA‐BatSten1 and GA‐MagSten1, derived from peanut wild relatives, with superior resistance to leaf spots, rust, and root‐knot nematode are being used in US breeding programs for the production of resistant cultivars doi.org/10.1002/plr2.2… #OpenAccess @UGA_CollegeofAg

Three thousand peanut plots, planted by hand @UGA Midville, on the hottest day of the year so far! Seeds have small genetic contributions from wild peanut species, bringing in new strong resistances to leaf spots, rust fungi, white mold, virus and nematodes

@FtFPeanutLab was awarded a NIFA grant for peanut breeding for drought, leaf spot and oil. site.caes.uga.edu/ftfpeanutlab/2…

@gdcbisu students are you interested in a post-Bachelor's research opportunity with USDA-ARS studying legume genetics? The research project is looking for important agronomic traits that correspond through evolutionary histories. zintellect.com/Opportunity/De…

Although not found in the United States, peanut smut is a disease found on the peanut and is caused by a fungus which replaces the peanut with spores. In Argentina, yield losses can be up to 50%.

George Washington Carver is famous for his research in agriculture that improved living standards of American farmers. Famous for developing products from the peanut & sweet potato, he made many other contributions. Find out go.usa.gov/xASWC go.usa.gov/xASW4 #BHM