Influence of Cultural and Pest Management Practices on Performance of Runner, Spanish, and Virginia Market Types in North Carolina

Table 8

Peanut canopy defoliation caused by leaf spot disease as influenced by fungicide program within a market type.

Market type	Fungicide; sprays	2005	2006	2007	2008
	Number	%
Runner	0	11 a	8 a	18 a	5 a
Runner	2	10 a	4 a	5 b	0 a
Runner	5	0 a	1 a	4 b	0 a
Virginia	0	60 a	24 a	47 a	18 a
Virginia	2	55 b	17 b	21 b	0 b
Virginia	5	3 c	1 c	1 c	0 b
Spanish	0	8 a	38 a	39 a	10 a
Spanish	2	4 a	21 b	38 a	1 a
Spanish	4	1 a	0 c	0 b	0 a

Means within a year and market type followed by the same letter are not significantly different at .
Spanish market type was dug 14 d prior to digging both runner and Virginia market types resulting in only 4 sprays for the Spanish market type.