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University of Georgia

Peanut Diversity

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While Americans are familiar with one or two varieties of peanut, farmers in other parts of the world have been able to develop hundreds of varieties thanks to the peanut's natural ability to shuffle its two distinct subgenomes to produce new traits. These are some of the peanuts grown by the Caiabí people who live on the Ilha Grande, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Peanut is very important for them and they cultivate diverse types, each one with its use, name and story.

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Fábio de Oliveira Freitas

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