The webinar will give a status update on peanut breeding programs in the three production regions. Discussion will focus on which traits are most important in their geographic areas and how the breeders are addressing those needs. The transformation of breeding programs to marker-assisted selection will be covered.

These are the presenters for this webinar:

• Dr. Steve Brown, executive director, The Peanut Research Foundation
• Dr. Jeff Dunne, assistant professor, peanut breeding facility at N.C. State University
• Dr. Corley Holbrook, USDA supervisory research geneticist, Tifton, Ga.
• Dr. John Cason, assistant professor and peanut breeder, Texas A&M University

This Growing Together webinar series is an American Peanut Council’s member benefit and is exclusively for APC members. To watch past webinars from the series, click here.