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Foliar and soilborne diseases constantly attack peanut plants and reduce yield. Growers must carefully weigh their fungicide choices to maximize both their yields and profits. Provost™ fungicide from Bayer CropScience, which recently received EPA registration, can make an immediate positive impact on growers’ bottom lines.

“We have every indication that Provost will be the new standard in peanut disease protection,” said Randy Myers, Provost product manager, Bayer CropScience. “More protection means more peanuts. Provost controls all of the major foliar and soilborne diseases, and it even suppresses Cylindrocladium Black Rot.”

University trials in 2004 and 2005 showed Provost programs consistently out-yielding other programs. For example, in 17 research trials across the Southeast, the average yield improvement over using Folicur® fungicide was 515 lbs per acre.

Provost excels when disease pressure is highest, Myers said. It controls early leafspot, late leafspot, white mold, rust, web blotch and Rhizoctonia limb rot. It also has the greatest activity of any current peanut fungicide on CBR.

“This aggregate protection adds up to more than just a few pounds of peanuts per acre,” Myers said. “We’re talking about a quarter of a ton improvement per acre over some other treatments.”

Some fields will see larger or smaller gains, depending on yield potential and weather patterns. Still, Provost gives everyone a chance for consistently higher yields year-in, year-out, Myers said.

With flexible use rates — 7 oz/A to up to 10.7 oz/A — peanut growers also have options for improved control in fields with a history of high disease pressure or during abnormally wet periods. Provost contains no strobilurin component, which makes it a good fit for resistance management programs because it can be rotated with products containing strobilurins.

Bayer CropScience LP is the U.S. business of Bayer CropScience, which has its global headquarters in Monheim, Germany. Bayer CropScience, a subsidiary of Bayer AG with annual sales of about EUR 6 billion, is one of the world’s leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of crop protection, non-agricultural pest control, seeds and plant biotechnology. The company offers an outstanding range of products and extensive service backup for modern, sustainable agriculture and for non-agricultural applications. Bayer CropScience has a global workforce of about 19,000 and is represented in more than 120 countries, ensuring proximity to dealers and consumers.

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