| What are white peas used for? name a variety | animal feed, mascara |
| What are large blue peas used for? name a variety | Animal feed/ human consumption, daytona |
| What are small blue peas used for? | canning, micronizing and pigeons |
| What are marrowfat peas used for? name a variety | Human consumption, Sakura |
| What seed treatment protects peas from downy mildew, ascochyta and damping off? | Wakil XL |
| When are peas best sown? | Mid march - early april |
| What is the ideal sowing depth? | 25mm |
| What is the ideal plant/m2 for marrowfats? | 65 plants/m2 |
| What is the ideal plant/m2 for large blues? | 70 plants/m2 |
| What is the ideal plant/m2 for small blues? | 75-100 plants/m2 |
| What is marsh spot caused by? | Manganese deficiency |
| How can marsh spot be avoided in susceptible soils? | Manganese applied at pod set and again14 days after |
| What is a good cost effective pre-em herbicide? | Pendimethalin + Clomazone |
| What is a very robust pre-em with good BLW control? | Pendimethalin + Imazamox + Clomazone |
| What can be used post mergence to control BLW? | Bentazone and MCPB |
| What is Tropotox (MCPB) good for post emergence? | Thistles and docks |
| What is Basagran (Bentazone) good for post emergence? | Cleavers |
| What specifically must be adhered to when applying Bentazone? | Bentazone Stewardship |
| What grassweed herbicides are available post emergence? | Cycloxydim, Fluazifop, Propaquizafop |
| What is the threshold for Pea and bean weevil? | average count per trap exceeds 30 weevils on any one recording day, crops that
have just emerged or are likely to emerge within next 10 days |
| What insecticde can be applied for pea and bean weevil? | Hallmark zeon |
| When are pea aphids likely to be a problem? | May-june |
| What is the threshold for pea aphid? | 15-20% of plants infested |
| What insecticide will control pea aphid? | Aphox |
| Describe the monitoring process for Pea Moths | Place 2 pheromone traps in mid may, examine every 2 days, threshold is 10 or more moths in either trap on 2 occasions. Check PGRO for spray timing |
| What can be used to control Pea moth | Hallmark Zeon |
| When are Pea Thrips likely to be an issue? | May-June |
| What is the symptom of pea thrip damage? | Mottled silver damage caused by larval feeding |
| What is the threshold for pea thrip? | No threshold, other insecticide targets may give incidental control |
| What are the fungicide timings for Peas? | First pod set and 14 days later |
| What are suitable fungicides for use in peas? | Boscalid, pyraclostrobin and azoxystrobin |
| What are the 3 species causing leaf and pod spot? | Mycospharella pinoides, Ascochyta pisi, Phoma medicaginis |
| Where does the inoculum for leaf and pod spot found? | Soil and trash. Pycnidia in lesions spread conidia |
| What moisture should human consumption peas be harvested at and why? | 18% to avoid staining and shattering |
| What moisture should animal feed peas be harvested at? | 15% |
| What are the symptoms of sclerotinia stem rot? | Water soaked stem lesions with sclerotia within |
| What are management controls of downy mildew? | Remove crop debris, rotation, Wakil XL, azoxystrobin |
| How is mycosphaerella leaf and pod spot transimetted? | Trash and seed inoculum |
| What are high risk conditions of leaf and pod spot? | 20 degrees and humid/ showers in the spring |
| What are the management controls of leaf and pod spot? | Certified seed, volunteer control, azoxystrobin at pod set and flowering |
| When is T1 for peas? | Pod set |
| When is T2 for peas? | 2-3 weeks post pod set |
| Why would azoxystrobin be a good addition to the T2? | Sclerotinia control |
| How long can pea nematode survive in the soil without a host? | 20 years |
| What is the threshold for Silver Y Moth? | 50 moths cumulatively trapped by the time first pods are established |
| What is the monitoring method for Pea Midge? | Lay pheremone traps 10m apart on last seasons pea land and examine every 2-3 days for males |
| What is the threshold for Pea Midge? | 500 males per trap in May-June, check pea crop in vicinity late afternoon for females, any sign then spray |
| What is the symptom of Pea Midge damage? | Larvae feed on developing buds causing blinding |
| Why would you have a wide rotation for peas? | Foot & root rot, sclerotinia, downy mildew and pea nematode |
