Effects of Fungicides, Time of Application, and Application Method on Control of Sclerotinia Blight in Peanut

Table 4

Effect of broadcast and banded applications of the fungicides boscalid and fluazinam applied at different times of the day on peanut yield.

Timing,	Application	Pod yield (kg ha^−1)
fungicide (kg a.i. ha^−1)	method	2008 I	2008 II	2009	2010
Day
Boscalid (0.48)	Broadcast	4551	5546	3666	5303
Boscalid (0.48)	Banded	4480	5346	2779	6319
Fluazinam (0.88)	Broadcast	4107	6265	2806	5471
Fluazinam (0.88)	Banded	4421	5589	2221	5762
Night
Boscalid (0.48)	Broadcast	3371	5103	3142	5285
Boscalid (0.48)	Banded	3928	5184	3088	5860
Fluazinam (0.88)	Broadcast	4350	4994	2953	5280
Fluazinam (0.88)	Banded	3549	6033	2570	5663
Fluazinam (0.58)	Broadcast	3987	5627	2228	5221
Fluazinam (0.58)	Banded	3874	5389	2194	5974
Nontreated control	n/a	4042	4247	1697	3613
Cultivar means
Flavor Runner 458		4060	5393	2439	4623
Tamrun OL 02		—	—	2452	—
Tamrun OL07		—	—	3259	5995

Daytime applications were made between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., whereas nighttime applications were made between 11:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. Two trials (I and II) were conducted in Gaines County in 2008, whereas the trials from 2009 and 2010 were conducted at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Stephenville. The number of replications for fungicide treatments varied by location totaling 4, 12, and 8 for trials in 2008, 2009, and 2010, respectively. Values within a column for each main effect are not different according to Fisher’s Protected LSD () [34].