2025 Research Reports

The Georgia Peanut Breeding Program

Bill Branch, UGA

University of Georgia Agronomic Research & Extension Programs to Address Economic Sustainability of Peanut Production

Scott Monfort, UGA

University of Georgia Cooperative Extension County Agent Programs

Scott Monfort, UGA

Appling & Bacon County

Will Brown & Zack Williams

Ben Reeves

Bill Tyson

Cliff Collins

Ashley Smith

Jeremy Kichler

Tucker Price

Kelsea Hancock

Joshua Dawson

Brian Hayes

Justin Odom

Marion, Webster Sumter & Terrell County

Braxton Crews, Seth MCAllister, Bill Starr & Whitney Spray

Tattnall County

Aubrey Shirley & Jonathan Smith

Georgia Peanut Achievement Club for Recognizing Whole Farm Peanut Yields

Scott Monfort, UGA

Development of Seed-applied and in Furrow Treatments to Ensure the Establishment of Peanut Stands in Georgia

Clemen Oliveira, UGA

Improving Soil Health Using Root-Knot Nematode Resistance in Peanut Principal Investigator

Lesley Schumacher, UGA

Herbicide (Valor) Injury Assessment and Recovery of Peanuts Under a Variable Rate Irrigation Pivot

Wes Porter, UGA
Chance Warren, UGA

The Impact of Variable Soil Water Tension Irrigation Thresholds on Georgia Peanut Production

Wes Porter, UGA
Hannah Grubbs, UGA

Rootworm Population Dynamics and Management

Mark Abney, UGA

Assessment of Prohexadione Calcium Tank-Mixed with Postemergence Herbicides

Tim Grey, UGA
Samantha Bowen, UGA

The Impact of Seed Treatments on Peanut Germination and Viability Over Time During Storage in Controlled and Ambient Temperatures

Tim Grey, UGA
Samantha Bowen, UGA

Development and Evaluation of Cultivars with Disease Resistances to Increase On-Farm Profitability

Corley Holbrook, USDA

Foundational genotyping for TSWV resistance

Jason Wallace, UGA

Long-term Germplasm Enhancement and Development of DNA Molecular Marker Resources for Peanut

Nino Brown, UGA

Impact of Seed Size and Composition on Peanut Seedling Vigor: High-Throughput Phenotyping Approaches

Ved Parkash, UGA

Evaluation and Development of High-Throughput Phenotyping Technologies for Peanut

Javier Rodriguez-Sanchez, UGA

Breeding for physiological drought and heat tolerance in Georgia peanut: from cell to whole plant

Cristiane Pilon, UGA

Optimizing Aspergillus flavus Biocontrol Application Methods for Improved Efficacy in Reducing Aflatoxin Contamination in Peanut

Jake Fountain, UGA

Precision breeding for multiple disease resistance

Peggy Ozias-Akins, UGA

Investigating Peanut Seed Meters and Planting Parameters for Maximizing Peanut Emergence

Glen Rains, UGA
Wes Porter, UGA

Adding an Option for Later-Maturing Peanut Cultivars to SmartIrrigation CropFit

George Vellidis, UGA

Effect of In-Furrow and Foliar Insecticide Treatments on Tomato Spotted Wilt and Yield in New TSWV Resistant Cultivars and Breeding Lines

Albert Culbreath, UGA

Adaptation of New Fungicides and Application Strategies for Control of Early & Late Leaf Spot of Peanut

Albert Culbreath, UGA

Comparing in-furrow insecticides in single and twin row pattern at different plant populations.

Scott Tubbs, UGA
Mark Abney, UGA

Cropping sequence and row pattern adjustments in rotation with peanut

Scott Tubbs, UGA

Night Owl: A Low-Cost Smart Drone System for Defending Peanut Farms from Nighttime Wildlife Intrusion

Taeyeong Choi, Kennesaw State University

Development of an Automated and High-throughput Peanut Maturity Evaluation System with Computer Vision and AI-assisted Technologies

Zhihang Song, UGA

Development of A. stenosperma, A. batizocoi and A. valida-derived advanced lines with strong resistance to LLS and rust

Soraya Bertioli, UGA

New Sources of RKN resistance from the Wild Species A. stenosperma: germplasm release, cultivar development, and pyramiding with foliar disease resistance

David Bertioli, UGA

Finding Novel, Non-Food Applications of Peanuts and By-Products

Atanu Biswas, USDA-ARS

Determining and monitoring physiological responses to abiotic stress using high resolution hyperspectral imaging

Lorena Lacerda, UGA

The Effects of Unblanched Normal-Oleic Peanuts in the Diets of Layers on Performance, Egg Quality, and Nutritional Content

Ondulla Toomer, NC State University

Economic Feasibility and Performance of Pasture-Raised Broiler Chicken in Peanut-Based Farming Systems

Samuel Mwangi, NC State University

Utilizing Peanut Oil in Oil-Based Paints and Stains

Branson Ritchie, UGA

Prevalence of peanut viruses in addition to tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) and their impact on TSWV resistance in peanut

Babu Srinivasan, UGA

Presymptomatic and Early Detection of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV) in Peanut Plants

Dan Sabo, Georgia Tech

Development of peanut varieties with stem rot resistance and potentially more synchronous maturity using marker assisted selection

Akshaya Biswal, UGA

Biomarker-based evaluation of white mold (WHM) resistance in peanuts

Joonhyuk Suh, UGA

Peanut Enterprise Budget and Economic Analysis Initiative for Enhancing Profitability

Yangxuan Liu, UGA

The Peanut Institute Foundation: 2026 Peanut Nutrition Research Update

The Peanut Institute Foundation

The Peanut Research Foundation

Keith Rucker