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Title: Management of Sclerotinia and southern blights in Oklahoma peanuts

Author
item Melouk, Hassan
item DAMICONE, J - OSU, DEPT ENTOMOLOGY

Submitted to: Peanut Research at Oklahoma State University
Publication Type: Experiment Station
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/10/2005
Publication Date: 1/15/2006
Citation: Melouk, H.A., Damicone, J.P. 2006. Management of Sclerotinia and southern blights in Oklahoma peanuts. In: Partners and Progress - Peanut Research at OSU, 2005. Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station, P-1013. p. 8-21.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Although peanut acres in Oklahoma have declined in recent years, the peanut crop remains an important economic crop for those who choose to grow it. A major problem for Oklahoma peanut production is to grow the crop profitably. Yield limiting factors such as diseases, adverse weather conditions, weeds, and insects lower production and/or cost money to control. Irrigation, chemical control, and tillage practices are some of the methods used to control these yield-limiting factors, but often become cost prohibitive. The foundation of any successful crop production system is a good variety that has high yields, excellent quality, and pest resistance. A good peanut-breeding program focuses on enhanced yields, enhanced quality, crop adaptation, and pest resistance. The major emphasis of this research project was to develop and evaluate peanut cultivars that are disease resistant with the main emphasis on Sclerotinia blight. The second objects was to evaluate newly released peanut cultivars developed in Georgia and Florida for their Sclerotinia blight resistance and their ability to adapt to an Oklahoma environment.