Source: Ron Smith, FARM PROGRESS, 7/28/21


Following identification of tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) in Alabama and Georgia in 1986, peanut production in the Southeast faced an unprecedented threat. “TSWV was the worst virus in peanuts in the Western Hemisphere,” says University of Georgia Plant Pathologist Albert Culbreath. Culbreath, speaking via Zoom technology to the 53rd Annual American Peanut Research and Education Society (APRES) Conference, held virtually for the second year in a row July 12-16, offered a timeline for the development, spread and management of the potentially devastating virus.

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