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Consider resistance-management options with these pesticide products. Pesticide options for 2015 include a new fungicide offering from Syngenta and an insecticide/nematicide combination product from Bayer CropScience. Included in this article is information about these new products and a few others...

Plus, research briefs on a new Spanish variety and a weed competition study. Producers have come to depend on disease resistance built into their peanut varieties, but that in no way lessens the attention that should be paid to all...

Here’s why we recommend the sod/livestock-based peanut/cotton rotation. By Jim Marois and David Wright, T. W. Katsvairo, and J. R. Rich, UF/IFAS NFREC Agronomy Research The past two decades have seen major changes in cultural practices in the peanut/cotton cropping systems....

Four management reminders spring from issues encountered in the last crop. A real roller coaster of a year is how Scott Monfort, University of Georgia Extension agronomist, describes 2014. Hoping the coaster-ride is over and 2015 will be smooth sailing,...

Remember how important this one input is to a top-yielding crop. Inoculants are an essential input on peanuts. How often to apply an inoculant likely depends on each producers preference for making certain that fresh, viable, peanut-specific, nitrogen-fixing bacteria are...

The market situation for peanuts has been the talk of all winter meetings because the lack of competitive prices for other row crops. The result will likely be too many peanuts, a plunge in the price and continued volatility...

Wayne Nixon, agronomist, talks about field testing soil amendment product, Quick-Sol, in the Carolinas. An increase in peanut yield of 1,500 pounds per acre from technology that costs less than one fungicide application was more than veteran North Carolina agronomist...

Many factors combine to influence the risk of losses to Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus. Some factors are more important than others, but no single factor can be used as a reliable TSWV control measure. Research data and on-farm observations indicate that when combinations of factors are considered, an individual field’s risk of losses due to TSWV can be estimated. There is no way to predict with total accuracy how much TSWV will occur in a given situation or how the disease will affect yield, but by identifying high-risk situations, growers can avoid those production practices that are conducive to major yield losses.

    Variety selection is one of the most important decisions in peanut production. Newer varieties have resistance to multiple diseases, including white mold, but the best variety choice remains those that will achieve a rapid, uniform stand and provide good...

At the recent National Peanut Buying Points Association annual convention, Keith Schumann, AgriLogic Consulting, LLC, spoke about the new insurance program available beginning with the 2015 peanut crop. As with the previous policy, producers can elect to use their contract...

In 2014, losses to Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus across the Southeast were up to three percent. Although that is still a small number, it does indicate that TSWV is on the rise and producers are urged to keep up...

Click on any image for a larger view. FLORIDA PUSLEY (RICHARDIA SCABRA) Florida pusley is a low-growing, annual weed species that appears almost prostrate. It can be effectively controlled only with pre-plant incorporated herbicides. Florida pusley has bright green leaves with...

Two herbicide options, Fusilade and Select, are compared for the management of this difficult weed. By J. Ferrell, M. Durham and H. Smith, University of Florida, IFAS Common bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon)is a mat-forming perennial weed that can be found just about...

Click on any image for a larger view. LESSER CORNSTALK BORER Lesser cornstalk borer is an important pest in the Southeastern and Southwestern growing areas. It is usually a problem during hot, dry weather and is more often a problem on...

Click on any image for a larger view. SCLEROTINIA BLIGHT Sclerotinia blight’s initial symptom includes a rapid wilting or flagging of the tips of infected branches. Initially, lesions are small, light green and water-soaked. As the disease develops, the lesions turn...