Improvement of Sensory Quality and Composition of Virginia-Type Peanuts

This program provides the sensory data that is included among the criteria considered for cultivar release. The result is the release of lines with superior flavor profiles, or at least not diminished profiles. It is not possible to ascribe improved price or sales to improvement of flavor, nor is it possible to assert that the release of cultivars with superior flavor results in greater market share for Virginia-type peanuts, but processors of peanuts insist that flavor is their overriding concern. The flavor and sensory quality evaluations will continue provided there is funding available for the project.