Recent outbreaks of E. coli on fresh produce and from swimming in lakes, etc., raise concerns regarding this type of contamination. This is the second year of funding to reduce the allergic potential of peanuts through bioengineering and traditional breeding by reducing or modifying the peanut proteins responsible for the allergic reaction, which can cause death in the extremely sensitive. Vaccine research is part of this project. The peanut is a low cost, highly nutritious food worldwide. They contain nearly half of the 13 essential vitamins and 35 percent of the essential minerals.
Peanuts contain mostly unsaturated fat, which can reduce the risk of heart attack.
Peanuts and peanut butter are among America s most popular foods and are a good, low-cost source of protein. Vaccine development research is progressing quickly and is important to prevent further interstate spread of this serious disease. Most Georgia agriculture fields have highly variable soils with areas that are sandy and others that have soils with higher water holding capacities. Current irrigation systems are not capable of varying the rate of water application to meet the needs of the plants on different soil types. This research can lead to drastically improving the efficient use of costly and scarce water resources, and at a time when agriculture production is in critical need of improved efficiencies because of drought, low prices, increased global competition, and higher environmental demands.