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Published on 08/21/01

Pecan Growers' 2001 Fall Field Day Sept. 13

Georgia pecan growers can learn the latest in pecan research at the annual Fall Field Day Sept. 13 at the NILO Plantation in Albany, Ga.

The program includes workshops on thinning and wisping trees, timing nitrogen applications, integrated pest management, using pecan fungicides and checking water use and its impacts.

The field day will begin at 8:30 a.m. It will end with a sponsored lunch. To learn more, contact Tom Crocker at (912) 386-3410.

The event is sponsored by the Georgia Pecan Growers, Inc., the University of Georgia Extension Service and the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Coastal Plain Experiment Station.

Merritt Melancon, a public relations manager for the UGA Terry College of Business, previously served as a public relations coordinator for the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and UGA Extension.