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Corn Update By: Reagan Noland & Corn Disease Update By: Bob Kemerait Saturated soil + High winds = Chances of lodging We have had multiple reports of corn lodging in East Georgia (particularly Screven County). Here are some things to consider: How mature is the corn? In the early- to mid-vegetative stages, corn…
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Row Crop Disease Update by Bob Kemerait Plenty of disease issues to consider now. Please let me know if you have questions. To date, no soybean rust has been found this year in Georgia. To date, no southern corn rust has been found this year in Georgia. (We have found a small amount of…
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May, 2018 Peanut Pointers May, 2018 Peanut Pointers Entomology Mark Abney As of 4 May relatively few peanuts are out of the ground, and I have received no reports of thrips injury. Numbers on our thrips traps indicated that tobacco thrips dispersal began around mid-April. Weekly captures remained constant for two weeks and then dropped…
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Zidua in Peanuts (Prostko) It appears as though the following statement on the supplemental Zidua peanut label has many people confused: “Apply Zidua as a broadcast spray to peanut from “at-cracking” stage to first true leaf stage through beginning of pod development.” A few points to consider: a) For whatever reason, most people do…
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Fusarium Wilt of Watermelon: Second Phase By Andrew Sawyer Wilcox County ANR Agent May 11, 2018 This has been a good week for fusarium with not much showing up. This is because our temperatures are increasing. However, UGA Vegetable Pathologist Dr. Bahbesh Dutta the second phase will come at fruit set, and that is…
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Phylloxera and Casebearer Update May 17, 2018 | Written by Lenny Wells Phylloxera damage has become very noticeable this week. If you see galls on the leaves like the image below, that is phylloxera damage. Stem phylloxera (a separate species) shows up as galls in the stems or nuts and is much more damaging. Once you see…
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By: Bob Kemerait After the rains at the beginning of this week, I expect farmers will soon be moving quickly to start planting cotton, peanuts and soybeans. There are two important points that I want to remind you of. Choose planting date as carefully as you can. Cool wet soils (or cool wet conditions…
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Should We Plant Peanuts? By Andrew Sawyer Wilcox County Apr 23, 2018 On this day (April 17th) last year, UGA researchers started planting their plots in Tifton. As a matter of fact, many were planting in GA. Many growers are on ‘go’ now and ready to start, but we’re seeing lots of daily fluctuation…
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Checklist for Early-Season Disease Control Bob Kemerait Disease and nematode management is a critical component of successful peanut production; the foundation for achieving success is established even as the seed is closed in the furrow. Within the next month, the 2018 peanut season will have begun in earnest. In fact, some peanuts will be planted…
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Fungicide Schedule and Pecan Tariffs Apr 4, 2018 | Written by Lenny Wells I have had many requests to provide a pecan fungicide schedule example for 2018. Not much has changed from previous years with the exception of the use of phosphite alone in one of the early sprays. I list it here for spray number 2 but…
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