Emery
High-oleic, large-seeded Virginia type
Emery is a high-oleic large-seeded Virginia-type peanut selected in a conventional breeding program.
Characteristics
- Alternate branching pattern
- Intermediate runner growth habit
- Medium green foliage
- 68% jumbo pods
- 24% fancy pods
- 17% super extra-large kernel content
- 47% extra-large kernel content
- 72% total sound mature kernels
- Seed with tan seed coat averaging 936 mg per seed
Disease Resistance
Partially resistant or tolerant to three of the four most common disease in the Virginia-Carolina peanut producing area:
- Early leaf spot
- Sclerotinia blight (SB)
- Tomato spotted wilt tospovirus (TSWV)
Susceptible to: Cylindrocladium black rot (CBR) caused by C. parasiticum
High-oleic
Emery has the high-oleic seed oil trait patented by the University of Florida. The high-oleic trait produces an array of changes in the fatty acid composition of peanut oil compared with normal-oleic cultivars, most notably the elevation of oleic acid and the reduction of linoleic and palmitic acid contents. Compared with normal-oleic cultivars, Emery exhibits the extended shelf life associated with high-oleic lines.
Producers of Emery seed will be required to test conditioned seed to verify high oleic composition. Emery is covered by utility patents on high oleic oil chemistry.
Yield
Yield of Emery is similar to those of existing Virginia-type cultivars including Bailey, Sugg, Sullivan, and Wynne. In the NCSU Advanced Yield Tests averaged across 28 tests conducted over five years, Emery’s value per acre was greater than those of Sugg and Sullivan. Pod characteristics and grade of Emery were most similar to those of Wynne and CHAMPS. Emery had bright jumbo and fancy pods.
In the·regional performance trials in 2012 through 2014, Emery had greater crop value than Sugg and Wynne. Compared with the bright-podded release Bailey, the pod brightness of Emery evident in the NCSU trials did not appear although Emery’s pod brightness was similar to that of Bailey. Emery was comparable to Wynne for pod size distribution.
Flavor
The roasted peanut, sweet, and bitter, attributes of flavor in Emery lines were quite good compared with other Virginia-type cultivars, being superior to Gregory, Bailey, and Sugg for roasted peanut. Emery also compared well with runner-type flavor standards Florunner, Georgia Green, and Georgia-06G.
Cultivar Development
Emery was developed by pedigree selection among and within families descended from a single backcross of large-seeded high-oleic variety Brantley to Bailey sister line N03079FT.
How to get Emery
Parties interested in a license can contact:
Charles Barnes
NC Foundation Seed
8220 Riley Hill Road, Zebulon 27597
ncfspi@nc.rr.com
919-269-5592