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Tex. Improvement of Peanuts Through Breeding and Selection . 



To (l) develop new varieties and strains of Spanish type 

 peanuts with resistance to Southern blight, and Cercospora 

 leaf spots, hi^ yielding ability, uniformity of shape and 

 size of seed, and seed dormancy; (2) increase emphasis on 

 assembling and testing of new peanut breeding materials for 

 a substantially hi^er order of resistance to major diseases; 

 (3) conduct hybridization and selection within groups of new 

 and old breeding materials in the direction of combining 

 hi^ disease resistance with other outstanding characteristics; 

 and (4) use all available genetic techniques in reaching the 

 above objectives, including chemical and radiological methods 

 of modifying germ plasm. 



PI. Path., PI. Physiol., Agron. 569 



Tex. Diseases of Peanuts . To study major diseases of peanuts 



in Texas and develop practical measures toward their control. 

 PI. Physiol., PI. Path. 60$, Coop. USDA 



Soybeans 



Ga. Breeding. Culture, and Fertilization of Soybeans in 



Georgia . To (l) develop disease resistant varieties of 

 soybeans that can be profitably grown in Georgia for these 

 uses: for hay that will give good forage yields and abundant 

 seed, for hogging-off with low oil content that hold seed 

 well and produce high seed yields, and for edible varieties 

 that will make suitable green vegetable beans or dry beans; 

 (2) determine environmental factors which prevent seed 

 setting and development of varieties resistant to these 

 factors; and (3) determine effect of lime and fertilizer 

 nutrients on yield of seed and hay, and on oil content. 

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Ind. Host Relationships, and Methods of Control of Diseases 



of Soybeans . (l) Learn prevalence and economic importance of 

 diseases of soybeans. (2) Identify Causal organisms, their 

 life histories, pathggenicity, epidemiology and methods of 

 infection. (3) Develop disease resistant varieties and other 

 appropriate control measures. 



Bot., PI. Path., Agron. 970, Coop. ARS 



