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Below-ground Insect Pests of Peanuts

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Damage by lesser cornstalk borer<br />

• Damaging stage: larvae feed just<br />

below soil surface<br />

• Larvae makes sand tubes on pods<br />

and stem<br />

• High risk to peanut in hot dry years,<br />

sandy soil<br />

• Spreads southern stem rot between<br />

plants

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