1. Arachis hypogea By Katie Estep

2. Origin  South America o Domesticated 3500 years ago o Country of Origin? (Burow 2009)  Hybrid (Leal-Bertioli 2012)

3. Spread of Peanuts  From South America to Central America  Spanish and Portuguese (Taylor 1994)  Africa to America (Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia 2013)

4. World Wide Production  Top producers: 1) China 2) India 3) USA (Hollis 2013)

5. Production in US  Southeast  Upper Southeast  Southwest (Roberson 2009)

6. Growth  Spurts  Flower blooms and dies on the same day  Peg dig into the ground and peanut develops (Taylor 1994)

7. Production  Four Types Grown As Crops 1) Runner 2) Spanish 3) Valencia 4) Virginia (The Peanut Institute 2014)

8. Uses  Peanut Butter  Roasted Peanuts  Peanut Oil  Peanut Candy  Peanut Cookies  Hay and other animal feed (Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia 2013)

9. George Washington Carver  Did research on plants  Came up with more than 300 products (Monkeyshines On America 2001)  Introduced rotating crops Putting nitrogen into the soil (USA Today Magazine 2008)

10. Peanut Allergy  Immunity System  Reaction (Branum 2010)  Can Be Lifelong  No Cure  Prevention (Food Allergy Research & Education 2013)

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