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Peanuts: Pest Alert
August 20, 2025 – Wilmington, Delaware
Into the Homestretch: Managing Disease in a Challenging Year
2025 is proving up to be a rewarding but challenging year for peanut growers. Aside from the markets and price, weather has been the headline most weeks. As many farmers are thinking about getting ready for harvest, now is the crucial time to finish the season strong by diligently scouting your fields. According to UGA pathologist Dr. Bob Kemeriat, on the podcast, All About the Pod Season 3, Episode 25 he states: “Based on the pictures coming in from county agents, I have never seen this much Aerial Rhizoc in years and years.”
‘Aerial Rhizoc’ or ‘aerial blight’ (also known as limb rot, pod rot, or seedling disease) is especially bad this year, so using a great fungicide has never been more important. According to Dr. Tim Brenneman, “the more vegetative growth you have the more likely you are to see it.”
No Time to Cut Corners: Why Using a Trusted Fungicide Matters
After the substantial investments made to get this year’s crop to this point, now is not the time to cut corners. Farmers must continue monitoring fields. Because it is impossible to scout every inch of every field for White Mold, Leaf Spot or Rhizoctonia (Aerial Blight), the best way to know you are getting the control out of every inch is to use a broad spectrum product like Umbra® Fungicide. As you make your final disease management decisions, using a trusted products will deliver the best results.
Umbra, powered by the active ingredient Flutolanil (also found in Convoy® Fungicide) and brought to you by the most trusted company of over 20 years, Nichino developed Umbra to tackle challenging years like this. Umbra is a powerful option for controlling White Mold, early and late Leaf spot, as well as the industry’s best option for Rhizoctonia.
Protect Your Yield from Detrimental Disease with Umbra Fungicide