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Tobacco farmer Fred Wetherington checks the moisture level of tobacco in his barn in Valdosta, Ga. CAES News
UGA Tifton lab sleuths plant viruses 09/16/10 Brad Haire
If a disease outbreak in a field could be considered a crime scene, then the “CSI” lab for such viral suspects is on the University of Georgia campus in Tifton, Ga., where samples collected from the scene are sent and tested. The culprits are always identified.
Students register for 2009 UGA Tifton Southwest District Recruitment Event at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center. CAES News
UGA Tifton to hold student recruitment event Sept. 23 09/09/10 Jessica Michelle Green
University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences’ students train for careers in food, plant or animal industries, and they get to work directly with the world-renowned scientists who teach them.
Spring dead spot attacks a lawn CAES News
Fight spring, summer turfgrass diseases now 08/25/10 Elizabeth L. Little
Fall is a great time to guard against spring and summer diseases on warm-season grasses.
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Dealing with wet gardens and landscapes 06/03/10 Bob Westerfield
Most gardeners view rainfall as a good thing. But too much of a good thing, namely rain, can be bad.
Fusarium wilt, a deadly fungal disease that lives in the soil, attacks a watermelon vine in a field in Berrien County. CAES News
Deadly watermelon plant disease lurks under Georgia soil 05/27/10 Brad Haire
Folks don’t like to spit watermelon seeds anymore, so Georgia farmers now grow seedless varieties. The switch has farmers fighting a deadly plant disease that likes seedless melons as much as consumers do.
Paul Wigley, a University of Georgia Cooperative Extension coordinator in Calhoun County, talks to farmer Drew Collins on Jan. 28, 2010 in Morgan, Ga. CAES News
Extension agents provide practical research for state's producers 03/25/10 Stephanie Schupska
University of Georgia research isn’t done just by professors in laboratories in Athens, Ga. It’s also conducted in fields, orchards and gardens statewide by UGA Cooperative Extension agents, who look to solve problems for the people in their counties.