Peanut: A Promising Star to Feed the Future

Dear Colleagues,

Peanut (groundnut) is an important legume grown widely around the world. It is a highly nutritious and healthy food that is consumed in a variety of forms. Being nitrogen-fixing, it requires minimal inputs and performs well under water-limited conditions. Diseases can be damaging, but peanut often produces a crop when many others fail. For these reasons, peanut is considered critical for local food security. Recent success in sequencing the genomes of the cultivated peanut and several diploid relatives opens opportunities for gene identification and genomic selection in breeding. The use of wild relatives to introduce new diversity is already showing results. Crop production practices tailored to the inputs available are critical for maximizing yields and quality.

In this Special Issue, we invite research and review articles (a limited number) focused on the following areas of study: (i) the application of genomics, high-throughput phenotyping and other -omic technologies for analyzing diversity, gene identification and breeding to develop improved varieties; (ii) understanding and improving nutrient use efficiency, including nitrogen fixation; (iii) developing effective weed, pest and disease management strategies; and (iv) improving and maintaining nutritional quality through varietal development and better storage and processing.

Dr. Dave Hoisington
Dr. David Jordan
Guest Editors

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