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Research Project: High Oleic Peanut Cultivars and Germplasm with Improved Disease Resistance for the Southwestern United States

Location: Peanut and Small Grains Research Unit

Title: Sclerotinia blight on peanut: A short review

Author
item Chamberlin, Kelly
item Bennett, Rebecca
item DUFFECK, MAIRA - Oklahoma State University

Submitted to: Agronomy
Publication Type: Review Article
Publication Acceptance Date: 2/20/2025
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary: Sclerotinia blight is a damaging disease of peanut that causes crop losses in countries across the world. The disease remains troublesome with regards to management strategies, and availability of resistant sources. This review provides an overview of the history of the disease on peanut, management practices, progress towards the development of resistant cultivars.

Technical Abstract: Sclerotinia blight is one of the most widespread and economically damaging diseases of peanut causing significant crop losses in countries across the world. The disease, although it has been an issue for producers for over 100 years, remains troublesome with regards to inheritance of resistance, management strategies, and resistant germplasm sources. This review provides an overview of the history of the disease on peanut, management practices, progress towards the identification of genomic regions responsible for resistance, and the development of resistant cultivars.