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Effects of Meloidogyne arenaria, Aspergillus flavus, and Curing Time on Infection of Peanut Pods by Aspergillus flavus. D. K. Bell, Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton 31794; Norman A. Minton(2), and Ben Doupnik, Jr.(3). (2)Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton 31794; (3)Nematologist, Plant Science Research Division, ARS, USDA, University of Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton 31794. Phytopathology 61:1038-1039. DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-61-1038.

Studies were conducted to determine effects of Meloidogyne arenaria, Aspergillus flavus, and curing time on infection of peanut pods by the fungus. Plants were grown in field microplots of fumigated soil inoculated with either A. flavus, M. arenaria, or A. flavus + M. arenaria. Pods from M. arenaria-inoculated plants were heavily galled, but the incidence of A. flavus and total fungi was not affected. Length of curing time also did not affect the incidence of A. flavus or total fungi. Only in pods from A. flavus-inoculated plants was the incidence of A. flavus increased. Aflatoxin contamination was not affected by any of the treatments. We concluded that M. arenaria damage to peanut pods did not affect A. flavus infection.