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Keywords: management of peanut diseases with fungicides and nematicides, cultural control, pesticide resistance

Seedling diseases: Aspergillus flavus, A. niger, Fusarium spp., Macrophomina phaseolina, Penicillium spp., Pythium myriotylum, Rhizoctonia solani, Rhizopus spp., Sclerotium rolfsii,

Foliar diseases: early leafspot Cercospora arachidiocola, late leaf spot Cercosporidium personatum, rust Puccinia rachides, web blotch Phoma arachidicola

Stem, root, and pod diseases: S. rolfsii, P. yriotylum, R. solani, Fusarium, black rot Cylindrocladium crotalariae, Chalara elegans Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Pythium root rot,

Nematodes: root knot Meloidogyne arenaria, M. hapla, root lesion Pratylenchus brachyurus, sting nematode Belonolaimus longicaudatus, ring nematode Criconemoides ornatus, stunt nematode Tylenchorhynchus spp., spiral nematode Helicotylenchus spp., lance nematode Hoplolaimus galeatus, dagger nematode Xiphenema americanum, Javanese root knot nematode M. javanica,

Virus diseases: peanut mottle, peanut stunt, spotted wilt

Management of peanut diseases with non-chemical strategies, seedling diseases,