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Pictured is a dry land peanut field in east Tift County on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. CAES News
Peanut Planting 04/16/15 Jordan Hill
Unusually warm weather conditions and high soil temperatures have Georgia farmers itching to plant peanuts, but University of Georgia peanut agronomist Scott Monfort cautions peanut producers to hold off until the end of April or beginning of May.
This picture shows tomato spotted wilt virus damage in peanuts in 2011. CAES News
TSWV Research 04/08/15 Jordan Hill
A University of Georgia entomologist is searching for a way to control tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) by studying thrips – the insect that carries the disease.
Pictured is orange cane blotch, showing the splitting that occurs on the canes. CAES News
Orange Cane Blotch 04/02/15 Jordan Hill
University of Georgia researchers have found a treatment that kills up to 70 percent of a disease that attacks blackberry plants.
Onion center rot is a devastating disease for Vidalia onion producers in south Georgia. CAES News
Onion Disease Detection 03/19/15 Molly Berg
Onions, one of the biggest vegetable crops in Georgia, risk disease when they are harvested and stored. To solve this issue, University of Georgia researchers have developed new technologies, including a gas sensor and imaging methods, to detect diseases in onions.
Fusarium wilt, a deadly fungal disease that lives in the soil, attacks a watermelon vine in a field in Berrien County. CAES News
Fusarium Wilt 02/27/15 Jordan Hill
Fusarium wilt reduces watermelon yields in Georgia fields. A University of Georgia Extension agent in one of the state’s most prolific watermelon-producing counties is searching for a way to help save the melons and the farmers’ profits.
There were almost 800,000 acres of peanuts grown in Georgia in 2015. CAES News
Peanut Farm Show 12/22/14 Jordan Hill
The University of Georgia Tifton Campus will become the center for all things peanut for growers and industry personnel on Thursday, Jan. 15, when the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center hosts the annual Georgia Peanut Farm Show.
Pictured is a tobacco field in Coffee County that was affected by black shank disease. CAES News
Black Shank Disease 12/18/14 Clint Thompson
April showers washed away chemical treatments and provided moisture for infections in 2014, causing Georgia farmers to lose between 4 and 5 percent of the state’s 12,000-plus tobacco acres to black shank disease.
There were almost 800,000 acres of peanuts grown in Georgia in 2015. CAES News
Peanut Farm Show 12/16/14 Jordan Hill
The University of Georgia Tifton Campus will become the center for all things peanut for growers and industry personnel on Thursday, Jan. 15, when the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center hosts the annual Georgia Peanut Farm Show.
Nighttime spraying is recommended by UGA plant pathologists in treating peanuts for white mold disease. CAES News
Nighttime/Early Morning Spraying 12/09/14 Clint Thompson
A University of Georgia plant pathologist is advocating nighttime and early morning fungicide application as an option to combat white mold disease, a perennially devastating disease for Georgia peanut farmers.