CONTENTS 



I'ACE 



Preface vii 



CHAPTER I 



Economic Importance of Peanuts 3 



B. B. Hi^gins 



CHAPTER H 

 Origin and Early History of the Peanut ...".. 18 

 B. B. Higgins 



CHAPTER HI 



Morphology, Genetics and Breeding 28 



Walton C. Gregory, Ben W. Smith, John A. Yarbrough 



CHAPTER IV ^ 



Physiology and Mineral Nutrition '. 89 



Henry C. Harris, Roger W. Bledsoe \ 



CHAPTER V 

 Soil Properties, Fertilization and Maintenance of Soil 



Fertility 122 



E. T. York, Jr., W. E. Colwell 



CHAPTER VI 



Cultural Practices 173 



D. G. Sturkie, J. T. Williamson 



CHAPTER VII 



Insect Pests 210 



Frank Selman Arant 



CHAPTER VIII 



Peanut Diseases 262 



/Kenneth H. Garten, Coyt Wilson 



