That’s when crown rot, a disease that affects peanut plants early in the growing season, can strike. Peanut plants are most susceptible to crown rot between 30 and 50 days after planting.

Originally confirmed in U.S. peanut production in the 1960s, RCR was first detected in soybean crops in the southern U.S. during the 1970s. ... Recognizing the signs of red crown rot.

A severe peanut disease called aspergillus crown rot is on the rise in Georgia, the country's largest producer of peanuts. "What we see here are the remnants of what aspergillus crown rot could ...