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UGA researching effectiveness of late-planted soybeans
From Georgia Faces By Clint Thompson University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (Soybeans grow on a plant at a UGA lab in Athens. October 2009 Image credit: April Sorrow/ UGA.) University of Georgia Cooperative Extension agronomist Jared Whitaker is researching ultra-late-planted soybeans, a potential solution for low soybean
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UGA’s Scott Angle selected to lead international agricultural organization
From The University of Georgia By Sam Fahmy (Image Credit: John Amis) Athens, Ga. - J. Scott Angle, who has served as dean and director of the University of Georgia's College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences for the past decade, has announced that he will step
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The Trial Gardens at UGA to host open house July 18
The Trial Gardens at UGA to host open house July 18 [A couple browses this year's collection of annuals at The Trial Gardens at UGA during the industry open house in June. The gardens' staff will be hosting its annual Public Open House on July 18.] A couple browses this year'
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Southern Universities Create Smartphone App to Predict Disease Risk in Peanuts
From Georgia Faces Clint Thompson, University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences A new smartphone app for the Peanut Disease Risk Index, or “PEANUT Rx,” will help Georgia peanut growers predict their risk of disease for this year’s crop. The PEANUT Rx program, created
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Peanut growers on track to produce another big crop
From Southeastern Farm Press By Brad Haire Farm Press Editorial Staff If current estimates hold to harvest, U.S. peanut farmers this year will produce their second-largest peanut crop ever and another large carryover supply. At least there is something to be said about market stability. Here is
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Dr. Peggy Ozias-Akins receives 2015 Creative Research Medal
From COLUMNS By James Hattaway 2015 Creative Research Medals These medals are awarded for outstanding research or creative activity within the past five years that focuses on a single theme identified with the University of Georgia. Peggy Ozias-Akins, a professor of horticulture in the College of Agricultural and Environmental
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Dr. Jerry Johnson receives 2015 Inventor’s Award
From COLUMNS By James Hattaway Creative Research Awards are given in the sciences, the arts and humanities and the social and behavioral sciences to recognize outstanding bodies of work that have gained broad recognition. Inventor's Award for a unique and innovative discovery that has made an
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Researchers testing UGA blueberry varieties in Latin America, Asia and beyond
From Georgia Faces By Denise Horton University of Georgia researchers helped make blueberries the most valuable fruit crop in the state. Now they are reaching beyond the state lines to help farmers establish blueberry crops in Latin America, Asia and beyond. Scott NeSmith, professor of horticulture
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How one college is transforming the blueberry industry
From Mother Nature Network By Tom Oder Have you noticed an improved quality in blueberries in your grocery store produce section in recent years? Larger berries? Better taste? Longer shelf life? If so, it’s not your imagination. The differences are real, whether you have been
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UGA releases New Blueberry Variety to Honor Dr. Gerald Krewer
A new blueberry variety has been released by The University of Georgia and is being named in honor of one of UGA’s blueberry pioneers and recent retirees. ‘Krewer™’, named after Dr. Gerard Krewer, is a very large fruited blueberry (Fig. 1) that ripens in
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