New Peanut Variety Resistant To Nematodes, Virus
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 10:21
in Biology & Nature
A new peanut variety may help farmers in their battle against two key peanut problems. Peanuts are a very popular commodity, with annual U.S. production well above 2 billion pounds. But peanut varieties are plagued by pests like the peanut root-knot nematode and diseases like tomato spotted wilt virus.