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Two unrelated topics below but I wanted to get them out today: Tropical Storm Isaias We’re all watching this storm as its scheduled to make landfall sometime early Sunday and we might see affects from this system that same day into next Monday. From Pam Knox: Director of UGA Weather Network: “NOAA’s National Hurricane Center…
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To assist with Irrigation Scheduling: here is a link to a publication which includes checkbook water use curves for cotton, corn, peanuts, and soybeans: https://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail.html?number=c1189 Let me know if you have any questions about using soil moisture and/or temperature data in Irrigator pro or SI Cotton software. Cotton Dr. Philip Roberts discusses whitefly number increase,…
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From Dr. Bob Kemerait: “1. Southern Corn Rust– I continue to find new “hits” of southern corn rust in South Georgia, no reports in the Piedmont or mountains. Rust continues to be a real threat for later planted corn. 2. Eye spot on corn – It can look superficially like rust at quick glance…
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Corn- Southern corn rust has now been found in Seminole and Tift Counties. Can keep up with its spread here: https://corn.ipmpipe.org/southerncornrust/ Peanuts- Finding Aspergillus crown rot still is most fields, to varying degrees. Entering time when white mold may start to become problematic. Cotton- Haven’t seen any bacterial blight in Crisp, but doesn’t mean its…
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Peanuts: Dr. Mark Abney – “Portal (fenpyroximate) received a label and can be used in peanut for mite management in 2020. See the supplemental label below. 20 portal peanut supplemental As a reminder, there are only two products registered and recommended by UGA for mite control in peanut: Comite and Portal. I recommend using…
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Entering into this past weekend, southern corn rust was confirmed in Jeff Davis and Decatur Counties. Dr. Bob Kemerait shares: “Southern corn rust could be lightly scattered anywhere along our southern Coastal Plains. We are early, way too early.” You can continue to monitor this disease via the sentinel plot map here: https://corn.ipmpipe.org/southerncornrust/ Bob continues:…
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From Dr. Bob Kemerait: “Southern corn rust was found in Madison Co. FL yesterday just south of the Georgia line. Established in 2 fields of corn; relatively new. With approaching weather this weekend, I advise growers in Deep South Central and deep Southeast Georgia to consider a fungicide application in their corn nearing tassel or…
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The Federal Court overturned EPA’s approval of dicamba-based herbicides yesterday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 9th District. “In a stunning rebuke of the Environmental Protection Agency, a federal court on Wednesday overturned the agency’s approval of popular dicamba-based herbicides made by chemical giants Bayer, BASF and Corteva Agrisciences. The ruling effectively makes…
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From Dr. Bob Kemerait: “I’d like to share a few images with you of symptoms on corn from yesterday. John, UGA Ag Agent in Coffee Co, was pretty sure it was herbicide drift, but as he noted zero spotting on nearby squash, wanted to double check. The damage in the picture is certainly drift injury…
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From Dr. Bob Kemerait: “Just a few things for you to consider as we start the week. Some of our earliest corn is rapidly approaching tassel. My advice to corn growers with top yield expectations is to ask themselves, “Do I need to apply a fungicide as I get to tassel?” The reason for this is that…