Peanut Disease Photos

Early detection and identification of diseases are critical in developing effective and low cost approaches for control. Thorough scouting can identify disease problems when they are easiest to control. Accurate identification of diseases is necessary for selection of the most appropriate management tactics and crop protection products. Click on a link below to see information on the disease or topic:

Aspergillus crown rot


Botrytis blight


Chemical injury


Cylindrocladium black rot (CBR): Plant symptoms / Root, stem and seed symptoms


Diplodia collar rot: Plant symptoms / Root and pod symptoms


Irregular leaf spot


Leaf spots: Early leaf spot / Late leaf spot / Early and Late leaf spot comparison


Peanut rust


Rhizoctonia limb rot


Root-knot nematodes


Sclerotinia blight: Example 1 / Example 2


Spotted wilt: Example 1 / Example 2


Stem rot: Example 1 / Example 2


Web blotch


Peanut disease calendar


Peanut disease list


Peanut reproductive stages


Peanut disease photos revised January 2015 Entire document version



Barbara Shew Department of Plant Pathology North Carolina State University Copyright 2015. All Rights Reserved. NC State University.