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 Grain Legume Crops

Common Name:

 Peanut

Latin Name:

 Arachis hypogaea

Variety:

 TxAG-2

Crop Origin:

 South America

Type:

 Annual grain - upright type

Date Planted:

 7 May, 2004

Growth Stages in Ohio

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Cultivation in Ohio

Primary Uses:

 Food

 Planting:

 Plant seeds on smooth, uniform, well-prepared seedbeds with equipment properly adjusted to prevent damage to the seed.  Plant in 18 to 30 inch rows to a depth of 1 to 2 inches.

 Seeding Rate:

 90,000 seeds/acre

Fertility:

 Prefers the pH between 6.0 and 6.5.  Fertilizer applications are similar to that of soybeans.  Peanuts are able to fix their own nitrogen.

Insects:

 Thrips, Potato Leafhopper, Southern Corn Rootworm, Corn Earworm, Spider Mites and Lesser Cornstalk Borer.

Diseases:

 Cylindrocladium black rot (CBR), Sclerotinia blight, Early leaf spot, Web blotch, Tomato spotted-wilt virus can be controlled by proper variety selection.  Chemical control may be needed for control of Cercospora Leaf Spot, Southern Stem Rot, Rhizoctonia pod rot and Nematodes.

Harvest:

 The optimum time for harvesting is when most pods have a veined surface, seed coats are colored, and 75% of pods show darkening on the inner surface of the hull.  Harvesting usually starts with clipping or coultering, then uses a digger-shaker-windrower. Dig deep enough to prevent cutting pegs.

Comments:

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Identification

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Flower:

Seeds:

Distribution:

  More Information  

Links:

 http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/afcm/peanut.html
http://www.vaes.vt.edu/tidewater/peanut/peanutwhole.pdf