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Today, the UF/IFAS peanut-breeding program is developing new methods to breed superior peanut cultivars even faster and more efficiently. One of these methods, called near-infrared spectroscopy, allows breeders to test single peanut seeds for fatty acids, enabling scientists to determine relatively quickly which peanut cultivars have the high-oleic trait. Another area of peanut-breading research is the use of genetic markers. DNA-marker technology promises to expedite cultivar development. More importantly, it will allow breeders to assemble important traits into a single genetic line.

The focus of the UF/IFAS peanut breeding program is to combine as many desirable traits as possible into a single cultivar to produce top-grade, disease-resistant peanut plants with excellent yield and the healthy, high-oleic trait. The UF/IFAS peanut-breeding program will continue to deliver promising new cultivars that allow farmers to produce a product that is easier to grow, more profitable, healthier, and more delicious to eat.

High Impact Releases


Florunner (1969): This dominated the market, especially in the U.S. where it occupied more than 80 percent of the peanut acreage for two decades by out-yielding other varieties by 20 to 25 percent.

Southern Runner (1986): This was used as a parent to develop Georgia Green (released by the University of Georgia), a variety that dominated the market after Florunner succumbed to the tomato spotted wilt virus disease.

SunOleic 95R and SunOleic 97R (1994 and 1996): These were the first high-oleic peanut varieties released. SunOleic 97R was the foundational variety for high-oleic varieties grown around the world.

C-99R (1999): Because of its disease resistance, this has been used extensively as a parent in commercial varieties that have accounted for more than 90 percent of the southeastern U.S. peanut acreage in the past decade.

Florida-07 (2006): This disease-resistant, high-yielding, high-oleic variety has been the most widely planted higholeic runner variety in the U.S. in the past decade.

Research Contacts


Barry Tillman

Barry Tillman

Breeding & Genetics
Peanut
Agronomy North Florida REC

                               

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