Along with Arnie, FloRun™ ‘725’ offers a high level of Tomato Spotted Wilt resistance.
A new high-yielding, disease-resistant peanut variety was released by the University of Florida’s, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, North Florida Research and Education Center in Marianna, Florida. The new variety, named FloRun™ ‘725,’ combines a high level of resistance to Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus and very good tolerance to leaf spot and white mold, says UF peanut breeder Barry Tillman. Additionally, it has demonstrated excellent pod yield and grades.
“This variety also carries the high-oleic trait, which improves oil quality and product shelf life, and therefore consumer experience, says Tillman.
Unique among current peanut varieties is its very high level of resistance to TSWV that comes from a source of resistant germplasm that has been under development at the NFREC for about 25 years.
Good Tolerance To Leaf Spot, White Mold
Developed strictly by conventional breeding methods, Tillman says FloRun™ ‘725’ and the variety Arnie are the only two commercially available peanut varieties with TSWV resistance from this unique germplasm source.
“Over several years of testing, both FloRun™ ‘725’ and Arnie have demonstrated higher levels of TSWV resistance than other commercially available peanut varieties in the Southeastern United States,” he says. “Additionally, FloRun™ ‘725’ has shown very good tolerance to two other major peanut diseases, late leaf spot and white mold.
“In Florida tests, it was similar to Georgia-12Y in reaction to these two diseases,” Tillman says.
Georgia-12Y has the best combination of resistance to late leaf spot and white mold currently on the market.
FloRun™ ‘725’ has a medium to small runner seed size, a medium-sized plant and is in the medium-maturity category.
According to Tillman, in 2024, about 30 acres of breeder seed was produced and with that seed, the foundation seed of FloRun™ ‘725’ will be produced in 2025. Early seed availability for growers will happen in 2026. PG
