PLNT 1213 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Leaf Spot, Tillage, Fungicide
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Brought to europe, africa, and asia by the spanish and portuguese. Introduced with slave trade (brought to us from africa) Georgia is the top producer in the us. In the u. s. peanut is grown on ~1. 2 million acres. . 0 m in oklahoma in 2008: market price is 3 to 4 times more than wheat. Human consumption: 3rd major oilseed of the world after soybean and cotton, over of peanuts produced are consumed as peanut butter. Animal consumption: after oils are extracted, the remaining cake can be used as animal feed, the perennial peanut (arachis glabrata) is used as a forage for grazing and hay. Spanish: smaller kernels, reddish-brown skin, peanut candy, salted nuts. Runner: most common type in us, similar to spanish in appearance, peanut butter. Virginia: largest kernels, roasted in shells. Valencia: three or more small kernels to a pod, roasted in shells. Low growing, annual, legume (not a nut: pinnately leaves.