by btillman | Feb 2, 2024
A new runner-type peanut variety named ‘Arnie’ was released by the University of Florida-IFAS on January 26, 2024. The ‘Arnie’ peanut cultivar was developed at the University of Florida, North Florida Research and Education Center near Marianna, Florida...
by btillman | Jul 28, 2023
Barry Tillman, UF/IFAS Peanut Breeder, Nick Dufault, UF/IFAS Extension Crop Pathologist., Ian Small, UF/IFAS Crop Pathologist, Ethan Carter, Regional Crop IPM Agent, and Mark Mauldin, UF/IFAS Extension Washington County. This week, (July 24 and July 27) Early Leaf...
by btillman | Jul 14, 2023
Last year, the peanut crop in some areas suffered more losses from tomato spotted wilt than in recent memory. If the disease pressure at the NFREC-Marianna in April-planted peanuts is an indication, there is likely to be more spotted wilt in 2023 too....
by btillman | Jan 20, 2023
A new peanut variety has been released by the University of Florida, North Florida Research and Education Center. FloRunTM ‘52N’ was released on January 19, 2023 and represents the first normal oleic cultivar released by the UF/IFAS peanut breeding program in over 10...
by btillman | Jul 1, 2022
So far in June 2022, I’m noticing more spotted wilt in the Suwannee Valley and Gainesville areas than usual. I’ve found it in early planted peanuts in the Panhandle of Florida too, but that’s more typical. What’s rare is finding spotted wilt at similar levels...
