{"id":327,"date":"2019-04-25T16:14:05","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T20:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/?p=327"},"modified":"2019-04-25T16:14:05","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T20:14:05","slug":"picking-the-right-peanut-fungicide-program-bob-kemerait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/2019\/04\/picking-the-right-peanut-fungicide-program-bob-kemerait\/","title":{"rendered":"Picking the Right Peanut Fungicide Program Bob Kemerait"},"content":{"rendered":"

Picking the Right Peanut Fungicide Program Bob Kemerait<\/strong>
\nPicking the \u201cright\u201d fungicide program is one of the most complicated (and confusing) decisions that our peanut growers
\nmust make every season. I am often asked to share the \u201cbest\u201d peanut program; this is an impossible request as there is
\nno \u201csingle-best\u201d program. The \u201cbest\u201d fungicide program varies from farmer to farmer, and from field to field. The
\ncomponents of a \u201cbest\u201d program include:<\/p>\n

1. Timeliness of applications; it is critically important to stay AHEAD of disease.<\/p>\n

2. Good coverage of the peanut plants; coverage is essential regardless of fungicide program.<\/p>\n

3. Properly calibrated sprayers and a spray volume of not less than 10 gal\/A.<\/p>\n

4. Timely irrigation or rainfall to effectively redistribute the foliar-applied fungicide for control of white mold and
\nRhizoctonia limb rot; irrigation is most effective if it occurs from approximately 8 to 24 hours after fungicide application.<\/p>\n

5. Selection of specific fungicides which are active against the diseases that will occur in a field. (These diseases almost
\nalways include leaf spot and white mold, but may also include Aspergillus crown rot, Rhizoctonia limb rot,
\nCylindrocladium black rot, aka \u201cCBR\u201d, peanut rust, and Pythium pod rot).<\/p>\n

6. Selection of specific fungicides with proven efficacy against specific diseases, e.g., CBR, that may be in a field and
\nbetter efficacy against diseases, e.g., leaf spot and white mold, in \u201chigher risk\u201d situations.<\/p>\n

7. Selection of fungicide programs that add \u201cconvenience\u201d to the grower. Examples include fungicides that may allow
\nthe grower to combine or reduce the number of applications because of improved efficacy and\/or a longer protective
\nwindow. For example, Priaxor allows a grower to combine the first two leaf spot sprays (30 and 45 days after planting)
\ninto a single application at 45 days after planting. Use of Velum Total in-furrow for nematode control allows growers to
\nbegin their leaf spot program at 45 days after planting. The Syngenta Miravis\/Elatus program allows growers to switch
\nfrom a 7 to a 5 spray program.<\/p>\n

8. Use of Peanut Rx disease risk index which allows growers to estimate the risk in their fields to leaf spot, white mold
\nand spotted wilt diseases. By determining their risk, growers can use more aggressive (and costly) programs in higherrisk fields and programs with fewer sprays (and lower costs) in lower-risk fields.<\/p>\n

9. Growers who are highly risk-averse when it comes to fungicides and disease in their peanut crop can reduce their
\nworry by choosing more aggressive and higher input programs.<\/p>\n

10. Lastly, in addition to points 1-9, cost is certainly an important consideration. In making a final decision on which
\nfungicides to include in a disease management program for peanuts, growers must weigh the initial cost of the program
\nto expected profitability of a program. Lowest price may not result in greatest profitability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Picking the Right Peanut Fungicide Program Bob Kemerait Picking the \u201cright\u201d fungicide program is one of the most complicated (and confusing) decisions that our peanut growers must make every season. I am often asked to share the \u201cbest\u201d peanut program; this is an impossible request as there is no \u201csingle-best\u201d program. The \u201cbest\u201d fungicide program […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disease","category-peanuts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions\/328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}