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Peanut Improvement for Human
Health
Sangam Dwivedi and Naveen Puppala
Agricultural Science Center at Clovis
New Mexico State University
Clovis, NM, USA
Soheila Maleki
USDA-ARS-SRRC
New Orleans, LA, USA
Peggy Ozias-Akins
Department of Horticulture and Institute of Plant Breeding,
Genetics and Genomics
University of Georgia
Tifton Campus, Tifton, GA, USA
Rodomiro Ortiz
Department of Plant Breeding
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Alnarp, Sweden
ABSTRACT
Peanut ( Arachis hypogaea L., Fabaceae) is an energy-dense and nutritious
food. Regular consumption of peanuts improves human health. Oil content and
oil quality, which is determined by variation in oleic (O) and linoleic (L) fatty
acids, are important seed quality traits in peanut. A
atoxin (produced by fungus
Aspergillus
avus and Aspergillus parasiticus ) is a serious health problem,
whereas peanut allergy is a potentially life-threatening and often lifelong food
 
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