Advisories for Leaf Spot and Sclerotinia Blight Peanut Notes No. 145 2025

Spray advisories for leaf spot and Sclerotinia Blight are available through a list serve. Dr Lux describes how to use these tools on the menu associated with peanut production meetings. Contact LeAnn if you want to be added or if you have questions. The key piece of information is the last effective spray date. There is a lot of important information within the advisories. However in practice, the LESD is the most important piece of information on the advisories. If you have sprayed since that date, you are protected from disease.

A screenshot of both advisories is provided below:

Category Peanut Sclerotinia Advisory Peanut Leaf Spot Advisory
Date July 3, 2025 July 3, 2025
Location Buckland Elementary (Gates, NC) Buckland Elementary (Gates, NC)
Set Date 2025-06-25 07:00:00 2025-06-26 07:00:00
Advisory Do not spray today Spray today
Disease Level LOW
LESD 2025-06-19
Growing Degree Days since LESD 1743.4 387.2
Growing Degree Days since May 1 1130.9 1130.9
Record Count 189 out of 193 165 out of 169
Additional Notes Row Index = 2 Five Day Index = 12 Last Effective Spray Date = 2024-10-01 Lethal conditions = false Favorable hours = 65