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  • Current List of Counties where Southern Corn Rust has been reported Mitchell (Stripling Plots) Clay Jeff Davis Laurens Dooly Atkinson Coffee Baker Early I think that is our current list Our row-crop disease situation is pretty much the same as from my last e-mail.    Environmental conditions continue to be favorable for development of fungal…

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  • Greetings-  In T-town this morning it is 77F and 94% relative humidity. All eyes are on the approaching storm, but it deserves mention that our temperatures, especially night time temperatures, are still excellent for development of white mold.  This makes careful consideration of a plan for fungicide applications ahead of the storm that much more…

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  • Greetings- A few notes for a Friday morning. BECAUSE SOUTHERN CORN RUST IS LIKELY EVERYWHERE IN GEORGIA, please DO not send anymore corn samples.  You have done an outstanding job.  You CAN send me pictures.  PLEASE continue to send kudzu and soybean samples.

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  • My air conditioner is set at 78F and it is running at 4:00 AM.  You know what that means?  That means that in peanut fields across Georgia, white mold is out there chewing on vines and pegs and pods like at some buffet. With the humidity out there now it means that the leaf spot…

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  • The question that comes from many of you who have peanut growers in your county is “Does this grower need to use Thimet in-furrow now to fight thrips and tomato spotted wilt?”  As you have probably heard Dr. Mark Abney say, there is never a bad time for a peanut grower to use Thimet at…

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  • I have had a call recently about Azalea Leaf Gall. It seems to be more common this time of year due to favorable weather conditions. Below is information from UGA’s Ornamental Extension Plant Pathologist Dr. Jean Williams-Woodward Camellia leaf gall, caused by the fungus Exobasidium camelliae, occurs more frequently on sasanqua than japonica camellias. A…

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  • It is time to start considering Peanut Maturity checks. Some fields seem to be ahead of schedule! How to Sample A good sample will improve accuracy of digging date. Pull up or dig up at least 5 to 6 plants at a time from at least three representative parts of a field. Remember to only…

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  • August: a month to manage diseases both now and in the futureBob Kemerait, Plant Pathologist, UGAAugust is a month that is critically important for disease and nematode management for peanutsgrown in Georgia. Heat, humidity, sporadic rainfall, days since planting, and growth of the peanut plantsall put the crop at high risk for diseases, especially white…

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  • Picture – cotton boll rot sent by Jeremy in Colquitt County.   Treatments: as far as I know and my colleagues across the cotton belt know, there is NO product, fungicide or otherwise, that can be sprayed to control boll UNLESS you are talking about an insecticide applied to manage stink bugs which damage pods…

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