February 1998
Agronomy and Soils
Departmental Series No. 209
Alabama Agricultural
Experiment Station
James E. Marion, Director
Auburn University, Alabama
1997AABAMA PERFORMANCE
COMPARISON OF PEANUT VARIETIES

1997 ALABAMA PERFORMANCE
COMPARISON OF PEANUT VARIETIES
JAMES P. BOSTICK, LARRY W WELLS, AND BRIAN E. GAMBLE
1
INTRODUCTION
The number of peanut varieties available to Alabama growers has increased in recent years, thus
placing greater need for unbiased performance data regarding varietal selection for production.
PRODUCTION
The 1997 test was conducted at the Wiregrass Substation in Headland. The experimental design
was a randomized complete block consisting of two-row plots, 20 feet long, replicated four times.
The test was planted on May 7, 1997, with a cone planter at a rate of six seed per feet. Recommended
agronomic practices were followed regarding fertility, disease, insect, and weed control. The test was
conducted under irrigation.
Entries considered to be earlier than Florunner in maturity were dug on September 12, 1997.
These entries included AT 120, Andru 93, NC 7, and ViruGard. All other entries except Southern
Runner and FLA MDR 98 were dug on September 19, 1997. Southern Runner and FLA MDR 98,
considered to be later in maturity, were dug on October 3, 1997. Information concerning relative
maturity was provided by the plant breeder responsible for developing the variety.
DISCUSSION
The information presented here represents data from three years at a single location. Performance
comparisons among varieties should be drawn judiciously under these circumstances. Tomato spot-
ted wilt virus occurrence and yield data have been subjected to an analysis of variance and means
separated by using Duncan's Multiple Range Test. Means followed by the same letter (A-E) are not
significantly different at the 0.05 level of probability. Data is not presented for white mold or limb
diseases since visual evaluation revealed none or only slight occurrence.
SIZE AND GRADE DATA TERMS
Data were collected and averaged on samples from replicates II, 1, and IV for size and grade.
The samples were graded following Federal-State Inspection Service procedures for grading farmer-
stock peanuts.
Terms Used:
g/100 SMKRS
2 
(grams per 100 sound mature kernels riding screen)--Weight in grams 
of 100 sound
whole mature kernels from the shelled sample riding a 15/64 x 1-inch slotted screen or a 16/64 x 1-
inch slotted screen for Virginia or Runner varieties, respectively.
'Adjunct Professor of Agronomy and Soils and Executive Secretary of Alabama Crop Improvement Association;
Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent, Wiregrass Substation, respectively.
2
One ounce equals 28.4 grams.
2 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
Pct. SMKRS (sound mature kernels riding screen)--Portion of shelled sample as described above.
Pct. SS (sound splits)--Portion of shelled sample split or broken but not damaged.
Pct. TSMK (total sound mature kernels)--Portion of the shelled sample comprised of sound mature
kernels plus sound splits.
Pct. OK (other kernels)--Kernels that pass through a 15/64 x 1-inch slotted screen or 16/64 x 1-inch
slotted screen for Virginia or Runner varieties, respectively.
Pct. DK (damaged kernels)--Kernels that are moldy, decayed, affected by insects or weather condi-
tions resulting in seed coat or cotyledon discoloration or deterioration.
Pct. TK (total kernels)-All shelled sample kernels including TSMK, OK, and DK.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors express appreciation to Austin K. Hagan, Associate Professor of Plant Pathol-
ogy, for providing the disease evaluation data and to Glenn Wehtje, Associate Professor of Agronomy
and Soils, for the statistical 
analysis. Appreciation 
is also expressed to Sara 
Casey, Wiregrass 
Substa-
tion, for her cooperation.
TABLE 1. YIELD OF PEANUT VARIETIES AT THE WIREGRASS SUBSTATION, HEADLAND, ALABAMA, 1997
Variety or Yield Duncan
line grouping
lb.ac.
(R) G A Green ................................................................................ 5,118 A
(V) AT 50-1114 ............................................................................. 4,882 A-B
(R) So. Runner .............................................................................. 4,837 A-B
(R) VruGard..................................4,774 A-B
(R)*FLA MDR 98 ......................................................................... 4,538 A-C
(V)VA C92R ................................................................................. 4,411 B-C
(R) AT 108 .................................................................................... 4,401 B-C
(R) Andru 93............................4,365 B-D
(R)**GK 7 High Oleic.............................4,274 B-E
(R) GK 7..................4,238 B-E
(R) Exp 59-4144 ........................................................................... 4,211 B-E
(R) GA Runner ............ ..................... 4,211 B-E
(R) GA 921302 ................................................................... 4,193 B-E
(R) AT 120 .................................................................................... 4,165 B-E
(R) Sun~leic 97R ......................................................................... 4,147 B-E
(R) Florunner ................................................................................ 3,930 C-E
(R) Sunrunner.................................. 3,830 C-E
(R) Flavor Runner ......................................................................... 3,630 D-E
(V) NC 7.............3,603 E
(R) RUNNER TYPE (V) VIRGINIA TYPE
*Formerly tested as UF 91108
**Formerly tested as Exp 8-2122
TABLE 2. TWO-YEAR AVERAGE YIELD OF PEANUT VARIETIES AT THE
WIREGRASS SUBSTATION, HEADLAND, ALABAMA, 1996-97
Variety or Avg. Duncan
line 1996 1997 yield grouping
lb./ac. Ib./ac. lb./ac.
GA Green ...................................... 6,598 5,123 5,861 A
So. Runner ................................ 5,409 4,892 5,126 B
Andru 93 ............................. 5,853 4,367 5,110 B
GK7 ........................................... 5,971 4,238 5,105 B
ViruGard .................................... 5,309 4,772 5,041 B
GARunner ................................... 5,763 4,203 4,983 B
AT 120 ......................................... 5,690 4,156 4,923 B
Sunrunner ..................................... 5,953 3,835 4,894 B
Florunner ..................................... 5,772 3,923 4,848 B
GK 7 High Oleic ........................... 5,391 4,273 4,832 B
AT 108 ......................................... 4,973 4,396 4,685 B
VAC92R ...................................... 4,937 4,405 4,671 B
Flavor Runner .............................. 5,590 3,634 4,612 B
TABLE 3. THREE-YEAR AVERAGE YIELD OF PEANUT VARIETIES AT THE
WIREGRASS SUBSTATION, HEADLAND, ALABAMA, 1995-97
Variety or Avg. Duncan
line 1995 1996 1997 yield grouping
lb./ac. lb./ac. lb./ac. lb./ac.
GA Green.............................. 6,244 6,598 5,123 5,988 A
ViruGard ............................ 6,089 5,309 4,772 5,390 B
GK 7 ...................................... 5,745 5,971 4,328 5,318 B
So. Runner ........................... 5,409 5,409 4,842 5,220 B
NC 7 ...................................... 5,309 6,643 3,594 5,182 B
AT 108 .................................. 5,980 4,973 4,396 5,116 B
Florunner ............................. 5,518 5,772 3,923 5,071 B
GA Runner ........................... 5,245 5,763 4,203 5,070 B
Andru 93 .............................. 4,982 5,853 4,367 5,067 B
VAC92R ............................ 5,708 4,937 4,405 5,017 B
AT 120 ............................... 4,882 5,690 4,156 4,909 B
1997 ALABAMA PERFORMANCE COMPRISON OF PEANUT VARIETIES 3
4 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
TABLE 4. AVERAGE SIZE AND GRADE ON PEANUT VARIETIES AT THE
WIREGRASS SUBSTATION, HEADLAND, ALABAMA 1997
Variety or SMKRS SMKRS SS TSMK OK DK TK
line
go/100 Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct.
Andru 93.........68 67 2 69 5 2 76
AT 108..........71 69 1 70 3 1 74
AT 120..........70 63 2 65 6 2 73
AT 50-1114.......97 70 1 71 3 2 76
Exp 59-4144......70 69 3 72 4 2 78
FLAMDR98......67 69 2 71 4 1 76
Flavor Runner.....62 68 1 69 6 2 77
Florunner........62 67 1 68 5 2 75
GA 921302.......68 67 2 69 4 2 75
GAGreen........58 69 1 70 4 1 75
Ga Runner........63 70 1 71 4 2 77
GK7............64 71 1 72 4 2 78
GK 7 High Oleic ......... 69 70 1 71 4 2 77
NC7............79 56 2 58 3 3 64
SunOleic 97R......63 72 2 74 3 1 78
Sunrunner........66 66 1 67 6 3 76
So.Runner........58 67 1 68 5 1 74
VA C92R......... 88 65 1 66 3 2 71
ViruGard.........78 69 2 71 3 3 77
TABLE 5. TWO-YEAR AVERAGE SIZE AND GRADE OF PEANUT VARIETIES AT THE
WIREGRASS SUBSTATION, HEADLAND, ALABAMA, 1996-97
Variety or SMKRS SMKRS SS TSMK OK DK TK
line
glO00 Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct.
Andru 93.........67 68 2 70 5 1 75
AT 108..........68 69 2 72 4 1 76
AT 120..........67 66 2 69 6 1 74
FlavorRunner.....62 70 2 72 6 1 77
Florunner ............. 61 69 3 72 5 1 77
GA Green ............ 59 71 2 73 4 1 77
GA Runner........... 64 70 3 72 5 1 77
GK7 .................. 64 70 4 73 5 1 78
GK 7High Oleic....68 70 3 73 5 1 77
NC7 .................. 83 62 2 64 3 2 67
So. Runner............ 56 70 1 71 5 1 75
Sunrunner ............ 63 68 3 71 6 2 76
VA C92R.............. 88 66 2 68 3 2 71
Viruard.............. 77 70 3 73 4 2 77
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TABLE 6. THREE-YEAR AVERAGE SIZE AND GRADE OF PEANUT VARIETIES AT THE
WIREGRASS SUBSTATION, HEADLAND, ALABAMA, 1995-97
Variety or
line SMKRS SMKRS SS TSMK OK DK TK
g/100 Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct.
Andru 93 ....................... 64 68 3 70 5 1 77
AT 108 .......................... 66 70 2 72 4 1 77
AT 120 .......................... 66 66 3 68 6 1 75
Florunner ...................... 59 70 3 72 5 1 79
GAGreen ...................... 60 71 2 73 4 1 77
GARunner .................... 62 69 3 72 5 2 78
GK7 ........................... 63 71 3 73 4 1 79
NC7 .......................... 87 64 2 66 2 2 70
So.Runner ................. 56 71 1 72 4 1 77
VA C92R ....................... 91 67 2 69 3 2 73
ViruGard ....................... 75 70 4 73 4 1 78
TABLE 7. OCCURRENCE OF TOMATO SPOTTED WILT VIRUS "HITs" IN THE PEANUT VARIETY
TEST AT THE WIREGRASS SUBSTATION, HEADLAND, ALABAMA, 1997
"Hits" 
per plot
Variety or Rep Rep Rep Rep Total Avg. Duncan
line I II III IV grouping
Sunrunner .................... 56 33 21 25 135 33.75 A
GA 921302 .................. 24 36 17 45 122 30.50 A-B
GARunner ................... 38 34 22 27 121 30.25 A-B
Andru 93...................... 14 27 42 29 112 28.00 A-C
Flavor Runner .............. 15 40 31 24 110 27.50 A-C
GK7 ......................... 23 17 24 41 105 26.25 A-D
Florunner ..................... 22 36 16 15 89 2.25 A-E
NC 7 ............................ 21 44 10 10 85 21.25 A-E
AT 108 ......................... 14 11 36 11 72 18.00 A-E
SunOleic 97R ................. 8 27 29 7 71 17.75 A-E
GK 7 High Oleic ...... 14 24 13 14 65 16.25 B-E
AT 120 ...................... 11 27 6 18 62 15.50 B-E
AT 50-1114 ................. 6 8 28 11 53 13.25 C-E
Exp 59-4144 ............. 14 20 9 9 52 13.00 C-E
FLA MDR 98 ............ 23 14 3 11 51 12.75 C-E
VA C92R ..................... 4 7 12 19 42 10.50 D-E
Ga Green ................... 16 3 14 3 36 9.00 E
ViruGard ..................... 9 10 6 5 30 7.50 E
So. Runner ................ 11 6 4 4 25 6.25 E
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TABLE 8. Two-YEAR AVERAGE OCCURENCE OF TOMATO SPOTTED WILT VIRUS "HITS" IN THE
PEANUT VARIETY TEST AT THE WIREGRASS SUBSTATION, HEADLAND, ALABAMA, 1996-97
Average number of "hits" in four replications per variety per year
Variety or 1996 1997 Two-year Duncan
line avg. avg. avg. grouping
Sunrunner ...................................... 16.25 33.75 25.00 A
Andru 93 ..................... ...... 12.25 28.00 20.13 A-B
Flavor Runner ............................... 12.25 27.50 19.88 A-C
GA Runner ................................. 9.25 30.25 19.75 A-C
Florunner ......................................... 15.00 22.25 18.63 A-C
GK 7 ................................................... 8.25 26.25 17.25 A-D
NC 7 ................................................... 9.25 21.25 15.25 B-E
AT 120 ......................................... 14.50 15.50 15.00 B-E
AT 108 ............................................... 8.75 18.00 13.38 B-E
GK 7 High Oleic ................................ 7.00 16.25 11.63 B-E
VA C92R ............................................. 9.75 10.50 10.13 C-E
So. Runner ......................................... 9.00 6.25 7.63 D-E
ViruGard ............................................. 6.00 7.50 6.75 E
GA Green ............................................ 4.00 9.00 6.50 E
TABLE 9. THREE-YEAR AVERAGE OCCURENCE OF TOMATO SPOTTED WILT VIRUS "HITS" IN THE
PEANUT VARIETY TEST AT THE WIREGRASS SUBSTATION, HEADLAND, ALABAMA, 1995-97
Average number of "hits" in four replications per variety per year
Variety or 1995 1996 1997 Three-yr. Duncan
line avg. avg. avg. avg. grouping
GA Runner ........................ 10.75 9.25 30.25 16.75 A
Andru 93 ................................. 8.50 12.25 28.00 16.25 A
Florunner ................................. 7.50 15.00 22.25 14.92 A-B
GK 7 ......................................... 6.50 8.25 26.25 13.67 A-B
AT 120 ..................................... 8.00 14.50 15.50 12.67 A-C
AT 108 .................................. 10.75 8.75 18.00 12.50 A-C
NC 7 ......................................... 4.50 9.25 21.25 11.67 A-D
VA C92R .................................. 7.50 9.75 10.50 9.25 B-D
GA Green.................................5.75 4.00 9.00 6.25 C-D
So. Runner .............................. 2.25 9.00 6.25 5.83 D
ViruGard .............................. 2.75 6.00 7.50 5.42 D

Alabama's Agricultural
Experiment Station 
System
AUBURN UNIVERSITY
Main Agricultural Experiment Station,
Auburn.
IMESTONE MADISON JACKSON 
r E. V. Smith 
Research Center,
Shorter.
MORGA MARSHALL 
DE KALB
ENC 
1. Tennessee Valley Substation,
)N ZA 
Belle Mina.
ETOWAH CHEROKE 2. Sand Mountain Substation,
Crossville.
3. North Alabama Horticulture Substation,
JE SO RS Cullman.
J4. Upper Coastal Plain Substation,
TALLEDEGA CLEBURNE W infield.
HELY CLAY RA5. Forestry Unit, Fayette County.
6. Chilton Area Horticulture Substation,
Clanton.
COOSA TALLAP CHAMBER 
7. Forestry Unit, Coosa 
County.
(6 8 
8. Piedmont Substation,
7 LCamp Hill.
RRY EL RE 9. Forestry Unit, Autauga County.
T A10. Prattville Experiment Field,
MACON RUSSELL 
Prattville.
MONTGOMER 11. Black Belt Substation,
Marion Junction.
ALLAS BARBOUR 12. The Turnipseed-lkenberry 
Place,
Union Springs.
X BUTLER PIKE 13. Lower Coastal Plain Substation,
DNROE HENRY Camden.
CRENSHA COFFEE DALE 14. 
Forestry Unit, Barbour County.
CONECUH 16 15. Monroeville Experiment Field,
CMonroeville.
HOUSTO 16. Wiregrass 
Substation,
A GENEVA Headland.
17. Brewton Experiment Field,
Brewton.
18. Ornamental Horticulture 
Substation,
Spring Hill.
19. Gulf Coast Substation,
Fairhope.