Coverage, Timing Key to White Mold Control in Peanuts
Getting ahead of fast-moving white mold is critical to stopping the disease in its tracks, especially in a year like 2023 when pressure was especially high in Southeast peanut production.
“We haven't seen pressure like that going back at least 15 years for white mold, in particular,” says Daniel Albritton, sustainable solutions specialist for Valent U.S.A.
In high pressure situations, Albritton stresses the importance of front-loading white mold disease control programs with strong, effective fungicides, such as Excalia® Fungicide. Rotating modes of action is also critical to season-long control.
“It's about helping keep that white mold pressure low, because it can spread quickly, especially as the season progresses, vines get larger and they start growing together and we have these hot, humid days where we're getting rain every afternoon,” Albritton says. “We’ve got to have these better materials on the ground to help keep that white mold in check. I was looking over some of the Peanut Rx guidelines and the recommendations that growers need to remember is sometimes you might want to spray at night as these peanut canopies start getting larger. They'll open at night and we can get that material down on the ground to really target the white mold.”
Because adequate fungicide coverage is essential to white mold control, Albritton recommends timing applications shortly before an expected rainfall in dryland conditions. In irrigated production systems, he suggests letting the fungicide dry on the leaves before turning on irrigation and washing the fungicide down to the ground to ensure white mold coverage. Excalia is rainfast two hours after application.
A Yield Destroyer
Diseases such as white mold can devastate a peanut crop’s yield if left untreated. Excalia Fungicide provides a zone of protection against disease, protecting yield potential.
“We call it flagging when you can see out in the field where the white mold is located. It's going to ultimately just kill that plant if it gets bad enough right, and it can spread within that area,” Albritton says. “With Excalia, we're going to stop it. We are going to stop the spread. We're going to control it right there in its tracks, so it doesn't get any worse and continue to spread.”
A FRAC Group 7, Excalia is a highly effective SDHI fungicide to combat white mold in peanuts, even under heavy pressure. With excellent locally systemic and translaminar activity, Excalia provides fast movement into the plant for powerful disease control. Excalia also targets Rhizoctonia limb and pod rot and Sclerotinia blight for broad spectrum peanut soil-borne disease control. Plus, it offers suppression of early and late leaf spot.
Excalia can be tank mixed with other crop protection products, including other fungicides, and offers low use rates.
“The number one thing our growers bring to our attention is, man, it's nice to grab one case of Excalia or put a couple cases in the back of the truck. We can go all day with lower use rates compared to our competition. Growers don't have to carry so much across the field and there are a lot less passes,” Albritton says.
For more information, visit Valent.com/Excalia or talk to your local Valent representative.
Always read and follow label instructions.
Excalia is a registered trademarks of Valent U.S.A. LLC.
“We haven't seen pressure like that going back at least 15 years for white mold, in particular,” says Daniel Albritton, sustainable solutions specialist for Valent U.S.A.
In high pressure situations, Albritton stresses the importance of front-loading white mold disease control programs with strong, effective fungicides, such as Excalia® Fungicide. Rotating modes of action is also critical to season-long control.
“It's about helping keep that white mold pressure low, because it can spread quickly, especially as the season progresses, vines get larger and they start growing together and we have these hot, humid days where we're getting rain every afternoon,” Albritton says. “We’ve got to have these better materials on the ground to help keep that white mold in check. I was looking over some of the Peanut Rx guidelines and the recommendations that growers need to remember is sometimes you might want to spray at night as these peanut canopies start getting larger. They'll open at night and we can get that material down on the ground to really target the white mold.”
Because adequate fungicide coverage is essential to white mold control, Albritton recommends timing applications shortly before an expected rainfall in dryland conditions. In irrigated production systems, he suggests letting the fungicide dry on the leaves before turning on irrigation and washing the fungicide down to the ground to ensure white mold coverage. Excalia is rainfast two hours after application.
A Yield Destroyer
Diseases such as white mold can devastate a peanut crop’s yield if left untreated. Excalia Fungicide provides a zone of protection against disease, protecting yield potential.
“We call it flagging when you can see out in the field where the white mold is located. It's going to ultimately just kill that plant if it gets bad enough right, and it can spread within that area,” Albritton says. “With Excalia, we're going to stop it. We are going to stop the spread. We're going to control it right there in its tracks, so it doesn't get any worse and continue to spread.”
A FRAC Group 7, Excalia is a highly effective SDHI fungicide to combat white mold in peanuts, even under heavy pressure. With excellent locally systemic and translaminar activity, Excalia provides fast movement into the plant for powerful disease control. Excalia also targets Rhizoctonia limb and pod rot and Sclerotinia blight for broad spectrum peanut soil-borne disease control. Plus, it offers suppression of early and late leaf spot.
Excalia can be tank mixed with other crop protection products, including other fungicides, and offers low use rates.
“The number one thing our growers bring to our attention is, man, it's nice to grab one case of Excalia or put a couple cases in the back of the truck. We can go all day with lower use rates compared to our competition. Growers don't have to carry so much across the field and there are a lot less passes,” Albritton says.
For more information, visit Valent.com/Excalia or talk to your local Valent representative.
Always read and follow label instructions.
Excalia is a registered trademarks of Valent U.S.A. LLC.