Source: Roy Roberson in Farm Press Blog, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 9/16/13
Peanut growers in the Southeast who make any money this year probably
owe a part of it to North Carolina State University Plant Breeder Tom
Isleib.
He is the ‘father’ of Bailey and Sugg varieties of peanuts and without
these highly disease resistant varieties, this year’s peanut crop could
have been a major disaster. For more of this story, Click here. |