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Research Project: Development of High-Yielding, High-Oleic Peanut Cultivars or Germplasm with Tolerance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses

Location: Crop Genetics and Breeding Research

Title: Peanut yield gains over the past fifty years

Author
item Holbrook, Carl - Corley

Submitted to: Peanut Science
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/15/2019
Publication Date: 7/15/2019
Citation: Holbrook Jr, C.C. 2019. Peanut yield gains over the past fifty years. Peanut Science. 46:73-77.

Interpretive Summary: To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the American Peanut Research and Education Society (APRES) we examined the changes in average yield of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) during that time period. Before APRES, yields had never been greater than 2,000 lbs/ac. In 1967 the average yield was 1967 lb/ac. In 2017 the average peanut yield was 4074 lb/ac. Average yield gains for the first 50 years of APRES was 46.2 lb/ac/yr. APRES played critical roles in facilitating research and extension to achieve these yield advances for the U.S. peanut industry.

Technical Abstract: To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the American Peanut Research and Education Society (APRES) we examined the changes in average yield of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) during that time period. Before APRES, yields had never been greater than 2242 kg/ha (2,000 lbs/ac). In 1967 the average yield was 1978 kg/ha (1967 lb/ac). In 2017 the average peanut yield was 4566 kg/ha (4074 lb/ac). Average yield gains for the first 50 years of APRES was 51.8 kg/ha/yr (46.2 lb/ac/yr). APRES played critical roles in facilitating research and extension to achieve these yield advances for the U.S. peanut industry.