Clint Thompson of UGA has written a story featuring Dr. Bob Kemerait on the negative impacts of our warm winter on crops in the Southeast. The warmer temperatures have allowed “volunteer” peanuts or “volunteer cotton plants to regrow, increasing nematode populations and allowing crop diseases to shelter in place over the winter months. Dr. Kemerait is particularly concerned with the possibility of white mold infecting the peanut crop this year. You can read more about it here.
