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July Peanut Pointers Peanut Notes No. 81 2019

The following is a regular column for Peanut Grower magazine in JulyWith early season issues addressed, in July and August and into early September growers focus on controlling weed escapes (in…

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Mixtures of Herbicides and Acephate Peanut Notes No. 80 2019

If thrips injury is still present applying acephate is a good idea (see previous Peanut Notes). Based on our work in North Carolina, acephate can be applied with the postemergence herbicides we use…

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Transition to PPO Inhibitors Peanut Notes No. 79 2019

Transitioning Away from Gramoxone to PPO InhibitorsWe are getting close to the time to move away from Gramoxone to herbicides like Cobra, Ultra Blazer or Storm. This is driven in part by weed size…

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Thrips Data From Virginia Tech Peanut Notes No. 78 2019

The links below contain data from Dr. Sally Taylor's program in southeastern Virginia. Dr. Brandenburg is doing similar work in North Carolina. This work will be discussed at the upcoming CHROME…

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Spider Mites Early in the Season Peanut Notes No. 77 2019

Spider Mite ThoughtsRick BrandenburgDepartment of Entomology and Plant PathologyI hope everyone received some much-needed rains this weekend. Due to the hot and dry conditions, there were concerns…

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Information on Fungicide Seed Treatments and Insecticide for Thrips Control Peanut Notes No. 76 2019

The following summary is from a recent article in Peanut Science. The full article can be reached at the following link:Influence of Planting Date, Fungicide Seed Treatment, and Phorate on Peanut in…

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Information on Thrips and Planting Dates Peanut Notes No. 74 2019

Information on thrips populations and imapcts on yield and their management can be found in the brief summary in the first link below. This is a part of the full article published in Peanut Science…

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Comments on Mites From 2019 Peanut Information Series AG-331 Peanut Notes No. 73 2019

Questions about mites are beginning to come in. Weather and climate seem to be erratic, and even though we are very dry now, in 10 days we could be wet. However, we are starting out very hot and very…

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Peanut Injury and Weed Control With Gramoxone SL, Basagran and Dual Magnum Peanut Notes No. 72 2019

The images at this link show control of weeds 4 days after application of Gramoxone SL plus Basagran plus Dual Magnum. Note that the smaller weeds were often controlled completely while the larger…

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Injury After Combinations of Paraquat and Residual Herbicides Peanut Notes No. 71 2019

The following images demonstrate injury from mixtures of paraquat. All treatments were applied with nonionic surfactant at 1 pint per 100 gallons in 15 GPA.Injury from Gramoxone SL Mixtures