Peanut storage

Brower, J.H. 1984. The natural occurrence of the egg parasite, Trichogramma, on almond moth eggs in peanut storages in Georgia. J. Georgia Entomol. 19, 283-290. 

Brower, J.H. 1988. Population suppression of the almond moth and the indianmeal moth (Lepidoptera Pyralidae) by release of Trichogramma pretiosum (Hymenoptera Trichogrammatidae) into simulated peanut storages. J. Econ. Entomol. 81, 944-948. 

Brower, J.H. and Mullen, M.A. 1990. Effects of Xylocoris flavipes (Hemiptera Anthocoridae) releases on moth populations in experimental peanut storages. J. Entomol. Sci. 25, 268-276. 

Brower, J.H. and Press, J.W. (1990) Interaction of Bracon hebetor and Trichogrammapre-tiosum in suppressing stored-product moth populations in small inshell peanut storages. Journal of Economic Entomology 83, 1096-1101. 

Nearly half of the U.S. domestic food consumption of peanuts in 1993 was as peanut butter salted peanuts, at 27.3%, and peanut candy, at 23.9% made up the other half (137). Although the per capita domestic peanut consumption in the United States has increased steadily, the consumption in recent years has not kept pace with production. Domestic food use of peanuts has been confined almost entirely to roasted peanuts. A number of investigations and developmental efforts are being made to extend the use of nonroasted peanut products such as flour and meal flakes. As of the mid-1990s, market outlets for these latter products are neither sizable nor firmly established. The food-use patterns emphasize the uniqueness and demand for products having a distinct roasted-peanut flavor. The development of the desired flavor as well as the storage stability of such flavor in peanut-food products are therefore important. 

Arachin, the counterpart of glycinin in peanuts, consists of subunits of 60,000—70,000 mol wt which on reduction with 2-mercaptoethanol yield polypeptides of 41,000—48,000 and 21,000 mol wt (17) analogous to the behavior of glycinin. In addition to the storage proteins, oilseeds contain a variety of minor proteins, including trypsin inhibitors, hemagglutinins, and enzymes. Examples of the last are urease and Hpoxygenase in soybeans. 

The pulses and certain oilseeds (soy, peanuts, sunflower seed, sesame, and glandless cottonseed) were first accepted by man for their storage stability, high nutrition-to-weight ratio, and attractiveness of the foods that can be made from them. 

Allergy to peanut is caused by proteins in the kernel. Like all seeds, peanuts are rich in protein, in particular the so-called storage proteins that serve as source material during the growth of a new plant. Some of these storage proteins have been shown to be the most important allergens vicilins and albumins. 

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