Spotted Wilt Disease Evaluation Among High-Oleic Peanut Cultivars

Abstract

The release of high-oleic, United States runner and virginia market type peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) cultivars has been steadily increasing during the past several years. Two planting dates were utilized for disease evaluation and agronomic performance among these newer high-oleic cultivars. The first planting date test was in mid-April to allow for increased incidence of spotted wilt disease caused by Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV). The second planting date test was in mid-May to allow for less TSWV and provide more of an optimum time by comparison. Significant differences (P ≤ 0.05) were found within each of the three (3-year) averages among cultivars for TSWV and total disease (TD) incidence, pod yield, and dollar values. Among the virginia-types, Georgia Hi-O/L, Georgia-05E, and Georgia-08V, and runner-types, Georgia-02C and Georgia-09B, consistently had the lowest TSWV and TD incidence and the highest pod yield and dollar values in both the mid-April and mid-May planting date tests. No significant differences were found between the mid-April and the mid-May planting dates when averaged across this 5-year study for TSWV and TD incidence, pod yield, and dollar values. This suggests that the high-level of TSWV-resistance among these newer high-oleic cultivars should have a greater influence than planting dates on agronomic performance. Accepted for publication 8 June 2013. Published 12 August 2013.