{"id":300,"date":"2015-08-10T21:15:21","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T01:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tattnall\/?p=300"},"modified":"2015-08-10T21:15:21","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T01:15:21","slug":"white-mold-disease-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tattnall\/2015\/08\/white-mold-disease-update\/","title":{"rendered":"White Mold Disease Update"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Here you can see some white mold at the base of a peanut plant. See the white mold update from Dr. Kemerait below<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As the season progresses, we are starting to see more white mold in peanuts.\u00a0 Please see the crop disease update below, which includes strategies for ramping up your white mold spray program if you are not satisfied with your control.<\/p>\n

Crop Disease Update from Bob Kemerait<\/p>\n

1. We still have not found Asian soybean rust to date in Georgia, nor has it been found in Alabama. \u00a0Last week it was identified in Mississippi for the first time this season and it has now been found in two counties in Florida near the Georgia border. \u00a0Conditions have been quite favorable for spread in recent days, so growers should be aware of this in the extreme SW corner of our state.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2. \u00a0Target spot of cotton has been slow to develop this season, though it has been present in a growing number of fields. \u00a0Once the crop get beyond the 6th week of bloom, I am not too much concerned with the disease any more, at least for now.<\/span><\/p>\n

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3. \u00a0Bacterial blight\/Angular leaf spot has been much more common than I remember in the past and has been most commonly reported in\u00a0DPL 1454, though it has also been found in lesser amounts in other varieties as well. \u00a0Unfortunately, there is nothing that can be done to manage this disease (i.e. nothing to spray); however, even at its worst, yield losses rarely are reported to exceed 10% and are often less. \u00a0The disease manifests itself as defoliation and, frequently, boll rots where you first see water-soaked lesions on the bolls.<\/span><\/p>\n

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4. \u00a0White mold of peanut has become increasingly problematic. \u00a0No big surprise as conditions are absolutely perfect for it now (hot, humid and wet).<\/span><\/p>\n

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What to do to increase control where grower is not satisfied?<\/span><\/p>\n

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1. \u00a0REMEMBER: \u00a0In a season like this, the perfect storm of a season, even our BEST fungicide programs for white mold may only provide ~70% control. \u00a0No program will stop all initial “hits” of white mold where a plant here, there and across the field wilts. \u00a0BUT a fungicide program MUST prevent the disease from spreading from that plant to other plants within the row and down the row.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2. \u00a0Though most most growers will not adopt this practice, spraying the peanut field at night or in the darkness of early morning when the leaves are folded is a GREAT way to get the fungicide where it needs to be (the crown of the plant). \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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3. \u00a0Where a grower is not satisfied, he may consider using a more aggressive fungicide. \u00a0For example, Tebuconazole\/Bravo is good but not the best. \u00a0If problems are developing, he may shift to a more effective (an more expensive) program.<\/span><\/p>\n

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4. \u00a0Consider extending the white mold schedule. \u00a0Even if the grower has completed a “traditional” white mold program, he may extend the program, perhaps using the Tebuconazole\/Bravo program mentioned above.<\/span><\/p>\n

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5. \u00a0Use anticipated rain events and irrigation to move the fungicide to the limbs and to the crown of the plant.<\/span><\/p>\n

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