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Bright yellow and white spots on leaves indicating thrips injury.

Note to Farmer About Thrips Peanut Notes No. 114 2025

I noticed significant injury from thrips feeding in one of your fields. Hemi at 3 oz/acreis what folks are using due to resistance in thrips to Orthene (acephate.) Need to add 80/20 nonionic…

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Paraquat and Thrips Injury Peanut Notes No. 71 2025

The following link contains information on applying paraquat based on thrips injury. Whenever we have significant injury from this pest, we can get a significant yield loss if we then apply paraquat.…

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Results From 2023 and 2024 Foliar Thrips Control Trial Peanut Notes No. 6 2025

The following slide deck includes results from a trial comparing acephate, Radiant SC, Baythroid XL, and Brigade applied to control thrips in peanuts.2023 and 2024 Thrips Foliar Sprays

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Thrips Injury and Paraquat SWSS Presentation Peanut Notes No. 9 2024

Ethan Foote will be making this presentation at one of the weed science meetings this week. It points to interactions of thrips injury and paraquat injury. Our goal was to see if applying acephate…

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Expectations of Thrips Control with Acephate Dominic Reisig Peanut Notes No. 99 2023

The following link has more details on what to expect after acephate is applied.A Reasonable Expectation for Acephate (Orthene) Control

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Acephate Activity in Peanuts Peanut Notes No. 97 2023

I spoke to Rick Brandenburg and Dominic Reisig about how quickly to expect acephate (Orthene) to kill thrips. Within 24 hours, many of the immature thrips will be controlled (dead). However, there…

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Examples of Thrips Injury Peanut Notes No. 83 2023

The following has thrips injury 3 weeks after planting with AgLogic versus non-treated peanut.Gramoxone plus Basagran can be applied safely to peanuts with the amount of thrips injury following…

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Thrips Injury and Paraquat Peanut Notes No. 67 2023

Peanuts in many fields are up and growing and in some cases thrips injury is becoming apparent. We are also seeing weed escapes, especially if PPI and PRE herbicides were limited. Make sure thrips…

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Threshold for Foliar Sprays for Thrips Peanut Notes No. 63 2023

I had a question about thrips control in peanuts that are just now emerging or have been up for a short period. The threshold we use in peanuts is related to thrips injury and not counts of the…

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Dan Anco Comments Peanut Notes No. 48 2023

Peanut is once again coming out of the bag and going in the ground. The end of April typically marks our early portion of acres starting to be planted. Soil temperatures have fluctuated some with…