Source: Roy Roberson in Farm Press Blog, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 9/16/13

Peanut growers in the Southeast who make any money this year probably owe a part of it to North Carolina State University Plant Breeder Tom Isleib.

He is the ‘father’ of Bailey and Sugg varieties of peanuts and without these highly disease resistant varieties, this year’s peanut crop could have been a major disaster.